The finishing touches

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

- Leonardo da Vinci

Introduction

It is almost over. Much care has gone into the production of my web site. Many long hours spent agonizing over the merits of the smallest of creative decisions. Towards the end I find the hardest part is resisting the urge to perfectionism. It is hard to know when the time has come to declare a given work good enough and walk away. But there will always be deadlines, and there will always be a new project beckoning, and so it must be done.

Website Review

www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design

Smart Webby definitely has a lot of helpful articles on a number of topics. I felt much more comfortable with my own design decisions after reading their Web Design Tips article. I will definitely make sure to include a lot of well-placed white space and use fonts on the “safe list” on every website I am involved with in the future. Some of there Dreamweaver Templates looked pretty nice but I am not sure about having a “designed by smartwebby.com” tag on every page.

Final Thoughts

A web site, as with every creative work, is never truly finished. Of course there is always one more stroke that can be made. One more minor tweak, another small improvement that might just be the difference between a pedestrian work and a true masterpiece. While this urge can make one’s creation more beautiful, it can also make it quite overdone. Sometimes the best artist is the one who knows when it is time to walk away.

Until next time, take care of yourselves, and one another.

Farley