Analysis of Bigfoot Website

I chose to analyze the Bigfoot website. My first reaction to the home page of the website was that it was very busy and overwhelming. There were a lot of graphics-pictures, videos, charts, maps, etc. I wasn’t quite sure where to start when looking around the site. The only real text was all the way at the bottom, which I didn’t even see for a while, because all the graphic links attracted my attention.

The way the color was used was somewhat appealing. Dark colors helped fit the Bigfoot topic because it contributes to the sense of the mysterious and unknown. At times, however, I felt that the dark colors with bright text made it somewhat difficult to read.

Once I started exploring the different pages on the website, I found it a little less overwhelming. Separate pages were organized better. There was more informational text, and fewer “in your face” graphics. Charts were used to keep information organized. I did, however, click to go to several pages that were no longer there. The people in charge of the website should make sure they update things like that regularly. It might make the overall appearance a little less overwhelming.

Overall I felt that the website was okay, but not great. The front page was too overwhelming. There wasn’t a good balance of text and graphics. The other pages of the website, however, were more organized, and they varied in design somewhat. The overall color theme was appropriate for the subject matter, but I believe some better choices could have been made when setting the colors.