Custom
Flash website design for Kent, Ohio cartoon character licensing
company Fineline Properties.
Fineline's
website was a unique project in that over 20 cartoon character
groups had to be presented in a coherent fashion all on one Flash
page. The site also needed to reflect a creative and fun cartoon
atmosphere while still maintaing a level of professionalism for
the business clients (licensing agent/agencies, manufacturers,
film & television animation producers and distributors) the
site targets.
The
resulting Flash website incorporates minimalist cartoony boings
and bounces in the individual section header titles, the navigation
buttons and the character group buttons. The real challenge with
this Flash website was the individual character group Flash pages.
Numbering over 20, each character group in Fineline's cartoon
character library has a unique look and feel that needed to be
reflected in the presentation page for that group.
From
pint-sized movie monsters to sports teams, from robot superheroes
to cute, cuddly critters, each section demanded a style unique
to itself. The challenge was painstakingly met down to the smallest
details: each character section had it's own custom navigation,
animated backgrounds and elements as well as the design and layout
of each section reflecting the look, feel and attitude of the
cartoon characters.