After finding the inspiration a couple months I have finally finished my brother's site, 445 days past the original launch date.
To design the header I took a piece of construction paper, folded it in half, and drew a bunch of curves and points. Then I cut it out, unfolded it, and traced it with my tablet. I've found it's easier to draw a good curved by erasing extra "ink" than by painting it, so when I colored in my tracing I went over the lines. Then I chopped it back to the curve by flipping the pen and using the eraser end. Here's a step by step walk-through with images:
- Trace the shape, going over tricky curves several times*
- Fill in the lines, being generous with the paint
- Erase the excess paint
- Hide the trace lines
*"Don't be afraid to build scaffolding" - Jon
Not much to say about the coding except that a) there are background images on a number of elements and b) it was a bitch getting everything to line up in the center of the page (still off by 1 pixel in IE). Oh, and one other thing; the design works with images turned off.
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