Finished Design & One Unfinished Event

Crappy Design

I just decided to scrap this one. I had some kind of ideas but I forgot what that was.

The Thumbnails Are In

Here is my first rough sketch

 

And the second. Even though this one is way messier, I like the design for this one better.

About Bars

I've realized that most of my favorite websites have bars on the top of the screen rather than sidebars. Maybe it's the current trend. Anyway, I like it and I'll be incorporating that into my design.

Thoughts

Even though I don't know what my website will be about, I'm thinking it might be something like the Oatmeal's design. It's very clean and bright and I like how the light borders all over the page aren't perfectly straight. That's probably the most inspirational design to me.

Also...

I also like the site design for the webcomic antics (http://www.anticscomic.com/). And it's an awesome comic.

Preferred Website Designs

The website designs that I like are:

• http://www.rush.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• https://www.newgrounds.com/
• http://cinemassacre.com/
• http://theoatmeal.com/
• The old Youtube design from around 2005(??). Unfortunately it can't really be linked to anymore.

The reason I like many of these designs is mostly because there aren't many advertisements. If there are any, they're not really in the way. Most of them are pretty clean, like Cinemassacre and the Rush website and The Oatmeal (this one being the best example). Other examples like the old Youtube design and Wikipedia do a good job of managing lots of information on one page.