Creating and analysing my website

Having a good an appealing website is essential in order to build a decent image of the artist. I created a website which would appeal to the audience with black, yellow and white colours and containing every feature a real artist webpage has.

After doing some research about the codes and conventions of artists websites, I found out that most websites have a big image of the artist as its main photo in order for it to stand out to people and to focus on the artists face followed by the name which is usually situated above or aside the photo in big bold letters. For my page I decided to make the photos stand out more than the actual text leaving the name of the artist above not standing out so much. I did this so her face would stand out and to follow the theme.

Another thing I found out in my research was that every artist has its own merchandising and that's why I went ahead and designed nine different pieces of merchandising including hats, hoodies, crop tops and the CD. I used photoshop to design all of these products using clothes templates from the internet and getting ideas from many artist's merchandising such as Demi Lovato or Selena Gomez.

Here are some examples of what I designed:

Another essential feature that these pages have is tour dates, I added nine dates from random cities all over the world and designed a calendar so people can buy the tickets to see the artist.

Something that is also key to complete an artists webpage is to have a brief description of the artist so people get to know him/her. I wrote a brief description of her music of her personality and carrier and added a photo to complete this section.

The contact is also very important, all artists have their contact details in their webpages in order to receive any business offers or any type of suggestions.

The most important detail to add to an artist's webpage is social media. Nowadays social media is everything and it is a way for the artist to communicate and receive feedback from the public, thats why I added social media links in the webpage too.

Keeping your public up to date with the news is also fundamental, as they want to know all the things that are going on and want to hear updates about new music or events. In the news section of the website I designed an announcement poster for the upcoming album and listed all the platforms it will be available on. I created this in photoshop using another picture from the photoshoot I did to her and selected some of the most popular platforms where people listen to music nowadays.