My final edit I did some minor changes. I added the social media bar under the picture. The bottom I added some more site links that are common to web pagers, as well as contact information. I changed the color of the link text so that it was less washed out. also i made the text smaller and fit it to the left of the picture. I found a higher quality logo so that it was less pixelated. I change the colors of the logo and the slogan on the blue background so that they were easier to read.
The non profit organization I chose is Volunteers of America. I have had interaction with the organization in the past, as I have done some volunteer work for them. They specialize in helping young teens with drug addictions, or bad home lives.
I did use the real mission statement from the organization. The feel I wanted to give was a genuine feel as if you were surfing the page. I created the rectangle box where the header is, and added a dark to light blue gradient to it. took the logo from a localized section of the organizations website, cropped it, and change the color with a red color overlay. I then created the black rectangles where the links are, and added a Black to dark grey gradient overlay. Each rectangle from the "About Us" sub link menus is a separate entity. The smaller rectangles are the same gradient overlay as the main header to give the page bit of a flow as far as the color goes. I lowered the opacity of the squares so that they do not take away from the rest of the website below it. Overall I went for a really simple design. I believe the less clutter there is on a website the best it looks visually, and the easier it is to navigate for the user.
Work Cited
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VOA AK Logo. Digital image. Volunteers of America Alaska.
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Holding hands. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Aug. 2014.
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