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Design Is Not For Me.

I have a friend who works in the music industry and I wanted to pitch a website idea for one of his artist. They passed on me(rightfully so).

Lets Break This Down To Left And Right Page

Left

I am not a designer as you can see from the horrible designs, lines, and just all around penmanship. I am glad that I had the intuition to at least keep it simple. Looking back if I had to pick it would be the second one.

Right

I am not a designer as you can see from the horrible layout, CTA placement, and flow of the design. In retrospect, I dont mind the layout so much. The layout gets the job done, its simple, and with the right assets it could work.

Developer !== Designer

The point of this is to state you do not have to be a designer to be a developer. I would assume this is the normal. To be a successful developer you should know some common design practices.

This is bad design

This is bad design (unless it is a medieval themed blog

What Should I Learn?

If I had to pick something / first it would be mobile design. The web is moving more and more towards mobile and its a must have now. After that I suggest understanding what looks good and looks modern, from font colors not clashing to hierarchy of font sizes.

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