Jeff Bridgforth :: Webcraftsman

Crafting Web sites since 1999

I am a Web designer passionate about creating elegant, inspiring, and usable Web experiences that connect with an audience and fulfull business objectives.

Hoola Monsters

Launched: June 2010
Con­trac­tor for Big Sea Design & Devel­op­ment
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Hoola Mon­sters is a hoop dance group out of St. Peters­burg, Florida. They wanted a new look to show­case their per­for­mances, cus­tom monster-sized hoops for sale, and the var­i­ous classes they offer.

Work­ing with the prin­ci­pal of Big Sea, we decided that a dis­tressed visual look would best rep­re­sent the Hoola Mon­ster brand. I worked with their exist­ing color palette of pink, green, and pur­ple to cre­ate a new visual look. I chose a grunge style type­face from FontSquirrel.com and imple­mented it using @font-face. The client was also fond of swirl type orna­ments which I incor­po­rated into the design.

I was respon­si­ble for the over­all visual design and typog­ra­phy choices. The prin­ci­pal of Big Sea then cre­ated sec­ondary page lay­outs and graphic ele­ments to extend the theme that I had created.

My role in the project

  • over­all visual design
  • home­page design
  • basic struc­ture of sec­ondary pages
  • typog­ra­phy choice of Xeno­phone typeface
  • Word­Press tem­plate pages (XTML, CSS, and PHP) for home­page and basic sec­ondary page

Key Ben­e­fits

  • Built in Word­Press so that client can update and edit content
  • Visual iden­tity that bet­ter rep­re­sents the Hoola Mon­ster brand

Tech­nol­ogy

  • @font-face using Xeno­phone type­face for head­ings and other elements
  • Word­Press

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