Ryno Studios

Radio Station 02

Ryan Thaut — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:00:25 +0000

_{The headphones used in the logo are from Massive Media Icons by MugenB16.}

A redesign of KTED – Casper’s Pure Rock – 100.5 FM, as the current site is atrocious. I designed the site keeping in mind that it could be built on WordPress (or any other blog CMS), as well as some sort of Radio Station CMS.

I have also created a monotone (gray-scale) version of this design, although I personally prefer this colored version over it.

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Store Template 01

Ryan Thaut — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:00:32 +0000

I made this for a school project; we needed to create a database-driven site using PHP and MySQL. The course was ended up being an introductory class, as no one enrolled (except myself) had any PHP or MySQL experience, so I ended up being a teaching assistant in the course.

Anyways, the design is based off my recent Blog Design 02.

I was told I am not allowed to link to the live version of this design, but if anyone is interested in seeing it in action, I would be willing to send you the link – just drop me a note.

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Generic Template 02

Ryan Thaut — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:00:32 +0000

I figured it was time to take a break from blog designs, but I haven’t had much down time lately. So I decided to turn my recent Blog Template 02 into a business template.

I think it turned out very well. I still love the color scheme, and I am happy with the overall layout. The navigation was a little different, than my recent stuff, but it seems to fit very well. I might offer this in other color schemes if any one is interested.

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Blog Template 02 Dark

Ryan Thaut — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:20:40 +0000

This is a variation of my Blog Template 02. I am simply showing that it is possible to have this design in many color variations.

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Blog Template 02

Ryan Thaut — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:00:18 +0000

I came up with the design for this last night. I basically wanted to combine various elements of some of my recent designs into a Blog template. While there are some reused parts, most of the design still had to be completely remade so that everything would fit together well.

I kept the footer from one of my other designs, mostly because I still don’t know what content should go there. I was not happy with the footer in my previous Blog template, but I might replace the one shown now in the future if I ever have a good idea of what to put there instead.

I like the color scheme in this one a lot. I love light designs, as well as blue, so this worked out pretty well. I also like the contrast of the sidebar, which is probably what I spent the most time on.

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Blog Template 01

Ryan Thaut — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:00:13 +0000

I have never really done much design work for blog layouts. Ryno Studios is currently powered by WordPress, but it is nothing like a blog in terms of structure and layout. I was thinking about that the other day; I can code WordPress designs into themes, but I haven’t designed any blogs. So I realized that I should probably practice making designs that follow the typical blog layout.

I love blue designs, and I really wanted to create a blue/green design. This actually came out very close to an idea I had in my head a few days ago, so I am happy about that as well. This took much longer than my recent templates, mostly because there is so much that needs to go into a blog it seems. I tried to style as many things as possible to show the design is quite modular. I still think the footer looks a little simple/plain, but I don’t have any ideas for that. It certainly fits the design, but I feel I should give it a little more “oomph.”

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Portfolio Template 01

Ryan Thaut — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:00:06 +0000

I felt like doing a portfolio style template for a change. My personal portfolios always have much more content than this template allows for, so it was good practice for me.

I used a neutral theme here; it started out as being blue, actually. I wanted to use a different color (since I do many blue designs), but I couldn’t decide on any other color (or colors). So neutral it became.

This one is pretty simple, and this layout style seems to be trending right now.

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Catering Company Template 01

Ryan Thaut — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:00:22 +0000

I spent a few hours on this one, mostly because I tried several layout style before coming to one I liked. This layout is pretty simple and straightforward. I simply keep limiting my creativity for the overall layout of my designs because I know how hard it is to code the unique layouts.

I am again using those 3D banners; they look really neat, and they also break the design up a little bit. I figure pages without a sidebar will use those banners for the main headings as well. Since the front page has a sidebar, it is shown here.

The color scheme pretty much came by accident, but I really like it. I think it fits for a catering company, but could easily be changed for other businesses trying to market their services.

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Used Car Dealership 02

Ryan Thaut — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:00:21 +0000

This is another design for a used car dealership; this one was tailored towards the needs of my client (The Car Shop), whereas the other Used Car Dealership design was made as a template and tweaked for the client after design work was finished.

This was my first try using the headings that break out from the page (with the slight 3D effect). I admit I really like the effect. My only concern is the contrast between the dark text and the red banner; using a white text seems to have too much contrast, and the grays in between are even worse.

I spent most of my design time tweaking their logo, as the client really did not want to change it significantly. After that I spend a great deal of time coding the AJAX to pull their inventory from an external website, as there was no way to retrieve the data in simple XML/etc. form.

Note that the live version has some changes due to the client not being able to supply some content until a later date.

Band Store Template 01

Ryan Thaut — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0000

I was recently inspired to create a simple design that could be used to list and sell band merchandise. I knew from the start that I wanted a design that would work well for only a smaller inventory, like less than 50 items total. That is why this design would likely be the same width and height on all pages.

When I started designing this, I was just doing it in gray-scale, as my friend’s band’s merchandise only came in black with the logo printed in white. It wasn’t until the layout was fully completed that I decided to add the color and spray paint effects. I really like the concept with the spray paint and drips, but perhaps my execution could be better. I know this motif has been done to death with band stuff, but it works well.

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