In the beginning i read the brief carefully from the contest holder then i start to shorting out the content for the header section, body section and footer section. Next i start to do wireframing, After that i start to do mock up and make the design look good in Photoshop. Finally i upload the design and awaiting for feedback.
Fortunately i fail, but i got feedback that my design was open, clean, and accessible. It had everything he wanted, but final selection was very difficult.
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