So I have been really excited about this project and I’m so glad I get to show you today. Brooke White is a SUPER talented singer songwriter and such an AWESOME girl. Brooke found me on twitter a while back and asked me to design her a simple landing page for her site. We plan to develop a more in depth site in the future, but we just kept it simple for her re-appearance this coming Wednesday on American Idol. WOOHOOO for BROOKE!!! You may recognize her from the Girls with Glasses Show that I blogged about yesterday. A big thanks to SHOWITFAST.COM for the creative freedom in the software for me to make this site. And a thanks to them for processing it ASAP to go live before her AI appearance. YOU GUYS ROCK!!
You know those projects where you just feel REALLY inspired to create it?!? Well, that was this way for me. Getting to know Brooke, seeing her personality, and then seeing her inspiration images, made my head and heart start spinning with ideas. It’s really refreshing and exciting when the client you work with REALLY gets you, the design process, and totally trusts you. I was UBER inspired for this project and I hope it shows. I told her that if she didn’t like the site then consider it MY new site. haha. SHE LOVED IT! Great for her, great for me, bad for me. hahaha.
Brooke’s personality is super bubbly, happy, and she has a zest for life. When we chatted about her site design and new look, we discussed her LOVE for the 1970s. It’s a whimsical hippie style meets modern folk. You could go so many directions with a 1970s hippy style… so I had Brooke pull some images that caught her eye and represented her look and feel. These images below in particular really stuck out to me and made our discussion come to life. She mentioned that she really liked my website design, and wanted a strong and simple structure, and the stand out buttons like my site.
Brooke just had a shoot with the AMAZING angelakohler.com. We incorporated these looks in black and white and color on the simple landing page of her site. The palm tree image was a photo that I took I Palm Springs last summer. It was so fun to be able to incorporate my photography into the design of the site.
Last but not least I whipped up some buttons for the major links on her site. These little icons are color washed in 1970s colors. The link hover colors are my favorite. Be sure to check it out. I think these add a completed 1970s feel to the site, and make it a little more interesting of a landing page.
I hope you like the site. I always love to hear your feedback. Please be sure to check out Brooke on American Idol performing Elvis’ “If I Can Dream” Wednesday, April 14, 2010!!! Or Set your DVRs!
www.realbrookwhite.com or click on the website image to visit the site i created
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Brittany Dawson - This is great Promise! I love it- you did such a wonderful job!
promisetangeman - Aww thanks Brittany.
jamie delaine - oh my goshhhhh this is brilliant. brooke was my favourite contestant that season on american idol. i remember being so bummed she was voted off!
Lonnie Webb - This is really awesome! so cool, love the site!
Cameron Smith - AHH!! Brooke White was my favorite last season! My wife and I STILL talk about her… so jealous that you got to work with her.
What I love about this ShowIt site is that your style shines brighter than the cool factor of ShowIt. A lot of ShowIt sites that I’ve seen seem to perform a little slow and clunky, and that’s probably because they haven’t been designed by a… designer.
Great work Promise!
promisetangeman - WOW!! Thanks Cameron. Brooke White is Awesome and it was SOOO fun working with her.
Alex Evjen - this is FANTASTICAL!!!!
Tina - I LOVED her on AI. She had that cool raspy voice and sang all the older songs my dad used to love and reminded me of when I was little. Beautiful job Promise. I need a new website soon. Hmmmm……
jadie - promise this is SO. GOOD. my favorite little touch is the patterns below the background image! love.
kindra hall - You hear people say “If I could just bottle her up and…” Well, you totally ‘bottled up’ the essence of Brooke and put it on the web. I’m sure it was no easy task — but this looks effortless. What a great expression of her/her brand. Congrats!
Kristi @ Visible Voice - It’s so fabulous. Very perfect.
Nathan - Beautiful job, Promise!
Meghan - I love the colors of the buttons. Perfection!
Tara Wheaton - LOVE IT! What a great Showit Site for Brooke… who we love too! I love Showit too… wish I could afford to have you UBER design my Showit Site… As for your question a couple of posts ago… I am a 44 year old Floral And Event Designer loving watching all the amazing and fresh inspiration coming from the next generation. I also have a 14 year old daughter MaryKate who is watching you and what your internet presence is and is gaining experience and inspiration for her life dreams… She even did a video for the Epiphanie contest a few weeks ago based on what she has seen on your blog.. She is a big fan of Salt and Prep too….. We can’t wait to see what is next! Be Blessed
CHRIS CORNWELL - These are AWESOME!!
Lydia - Wow, Promise, you are amazing! Can’t wait to see what you’re going to do with the entire site!
Emma - WOWZA! So fresh and it stands out so much from the crowd.
BROOKIE W. - Promise!!!!! you truly are my Design hero that made all my website dreams come true… how super awesome is it that this world wide web brought me to your beautiful blog and site, and then twitter connected us… I LOVE THAT! Honestly, I am soooooooo in love with the new look of realbrookewhite.com, seriously X’s a million, you incorporated simplicity and function AND brilliantly hip design to it… And most impressively and importantly, you captured Me in this web design, you soaked up my inspiration board and your interpretation was so right on the money. I’ve worked with many others, you’re my fave and like I’ve mentioned in the past, your pretty much gonna be my go to girl for all things design. Thank you sincerely for your kind words on your blog, for sharing with me a piece of your genius. Not only do you have talent, you have a bright spirit and a light filled personality and rockin’ style. Such a joy to work with you… and many many many more amazing projects to be realized!!!!!! AND we get to be friends, I love it, such a win-win situation!!!
KELLI TRONTELL - everything you do is better than the last….unbelievable!
you nailed it! I love it oh so much!!!
FABULOUS!
xoxo
amaris - love seeing the elements of inspiration Brooke shared with you next to the things that you fashioned together for the site! thanks for taking the time to re-create your process for us. LOVE it. : )
Laura - looks great!! I went to the real website and when I clicked on the single exclusively at walmart, the link took me to a DVD called “secrets of the mountain” – not her single.
Angel - SHUT THE FREAKING FRONT DOOR!!! Promise you are SO legit!!! you talked to and worked with brooke white?! i shouldn’t be surprised, you ARE ridiculously and magically talented.
wow!!
love the site!
love you!
promisetangeman - Hey Laura!! Her single is on “secrets on the mountain”.
carissa - great work, promise! so pretty… and well done. she is cute– i remember my brother and mom watching that season of america idol she was one and my mom LOVED her. its fun to see what she’s up to now (and, of course, i sent the link to my mom. so she could too.
claudia - i absolutely love this design! the palette, the pics, aahhh the design.
i love that you added your inspirations and a bit of your process. i LOVE geekin out at peoples process. thanks for providing me with a few minutes of geekery, thanks, thanks a lot. hehehe
Taylor Joy - I’m lovin’ it! Totally love Brooke and without even knowing her it is so clear you captured all that her fans percieve her to be! Brilliant as always! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Sarah Knight - I love the retro/vintage feel of this:) The color palette totally completes the look for sure. Also, Brooke White was my favorite american idol but then I lost track of her so thanks for bringing her back in the spotlight. I loved when she sang “let it be” on the piano, it was amazing! Great job as always Promise!
Crystal - You rocked her style on this one. I am sure she loves it!
Denise Saucedo - Ooooohhh girl!!! You are too bad for words!!! Seriously. Love Brook. Love how you brought out her personality to perfection. Love her new song. And how cool is she to leave you the cutest message. EVER. How could she not love you? You are so adorable I wanna put you in my pocket.
Magnificent work woman.
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Bianca - This is brilliant! Great job, Promise
Melissa Jill :) - Amazingly awesome Promise! Really love how it came out!! The colors are stunning!
roscoe p coaltrain - Great job on Brooke White’s new website! FYI I found her song Change that is on Secrets of the Mountain sountrack on iTunes and Amazon on her debut CD Songs From the Attic. did you know that?? just piano and vocals…gr8 song!
Josh Harwell - Great work! Love the way you captured Brooke’s feel into an outstanding web presence.
Feuza - Very cool! so do you design show it sites, would love to know pricing, if you could email me, mine is done but its for my moms business, also will do a blog revamp in future
xoxo
Kelli - Way to go rockstar! I love it!
Rachel Brooke - I am blown away. AMAZING.
Kevin - Promise you seriously are amazing. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE FINAL DESIGN!
fixer upper - What excellent topic
Aletha Startup - wow amazing write-ups
Chelsea - liked this article!
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ajira - I love that wry smile of hers. Awesome website.
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