helping artists to make their dream come true by receiving donations from their fans; it is called "crowd fundraising"
GROSSO MODO:
a site with all the same functions of [login to view URL] or [login to view URL]
SPECIFIC DESIGN ELEMENTS IN MIND:
should be very easy to read and to navigate;
a menu at the top with, above all:
A) a link/page for the artists to post their project on the website (they must create like a profile giving all information about their project: photo(s), or/and presentation-video, amount pledged, deadline, links to their other networks as facebook, myspace etc...
B) a link/page for the fans/supporters to browse all the projects and give money to the creator of their choice.
On the side of the home page (left or right?), there should be a list of links (navigator) for looking at each different categorie of projects availables (i.e.
music, movies, books, etc) and maybe different cities...
There should be a few more links of course, like "how it works", "tips for a successful campaign"
Also "featured project(s)" or/and "most popular project(s) appearing on the home page (with picture linking to the related artist)
There will be also a payment system integrated for the donations, most probably paypal; PLEASE register yourself to one or more of these websites to see how the back-end works especially with the payments (even if you make a pledge you can always take it back)
IMAGE, LOOK AND FEEL:
I would like to inspire trust with an artistic touch; that's why I'd like to have a bright or white background with some touch of color, like on this website for example: [login to view URL]
and some of the titles in color orange... maybe other colors lightly used could be blue turquoise and light green.
There will be no big logo, more like on this website for example:[login to view URL]
SITES I LIKE FOR YOUR INSPIRATION:
[login to view URL], [login to view URL],
[login to view URL], [login to view URL]
FOR THE NAVIGATION IN PARTICULAR:
[login to view URL]
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[login to view URL]
FOR THE COLOR SCHEME:
[login to view URL]
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FOR THEIR INTERFACE OR LAYOUT:
[login to view URL]
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[login to view URL]
WHAT I LIKE AND DON'T LIKE FROM SOME OF THE
COMPETITION WEBSITES:
[login to view URL]: I like the layout and the clarity, especially the info how much advanced/funded is each project at the bottom... I don't like the color beige header, and header takes too much space
[login to view URL]: I like the clarity of the menu and fonts in general... I don't like the large, black header and graphism (too heavy)
[login to view URL]: I like especially the header and the colorful (google kind) logo... I would like to have sub-menus showing up when somebody mouse over the links at the top (to show the different categories of projects for example) and I definitely don't like the
color scheme (especially the black top)
IMPORTANT: ONLY responses talking about my project will be appreciated; responses just with your PORTFOLIO and examples of your work NON-related to my project will be ignored; THANK YOU!