This tutorial, shows you how to create custom homepages from screen snapshots of websites that you already like. I usually stick with the large companies homepages because of their design and simplicity. In the examples here, I’ll be using the Jaguar site and the Mini Cooper site.
I usually show this technique to people who aren’t trained graphic designers and I find the results to be pretty cool. At first, it seems like copying, but once you replace the main imagery, logo and navigation with your own, it will look totally new. You are only borrowing the template and the general flow for where items are placed.
Quantity is the key to this exercise, the more designs you do, the options you’ll have, which will eventually lead to a better decision as you narrow things down to your final design. I recommend designing 3 – 5 mockups to get you started.
I also like this technique because it requires little or no coding. Everything is visual and I find that people have lots of fun doing it.
