All of these pages have a similar aesthetic but I wanted them to slightly vary between themselves to represent the individual planets.
As Mercury is a plain looking planet I had to choose the colours that best represented it while still making it interesting for the audience. On the planet there is the texture of the planet where I have decreased the opacity so that it doesn’t overpower the page. This made the grey and purple tones more obvious, therefore, that is why I have chosen them. I like the contrast of this because it is quite a bright planet as it is the closet one to the sun, so all of the brightness works well.
Venus is the fiery planet and I think that this is represented in my page design for it. I used three different shades of orange and yellow to contrast the perspective of the triangles and also make the page look exciting. These shards around the edge will slightly move while the user is on this page to continue the interaction. I have used, similarly to Mercury, the texture of Venus and lowered the opacity again so that it isn’t only a flat shape. I think that this works against the distinctively bold shapes around the planet.
Because Saturn has the rings this planet was slightly different. Saturn’s rings are actually really big in comparison to the planet, but on this page I couldn’t make them as big as they actually are because they took over the whole design and I wanted the pages to show continuity between them. Therefore, I made the rings smaller around the planet and I think that this work really well because of the angle, plus with the texture of the planet and simplicity of the colour you can still tell that they are there, though they are subtle and don’t ruin the overall aesthetic. The simple tones of brown and grey work with this planet, and I still feel that it looks interesting and works because of the composition and layout.
Neptune’s deep blue colour is great for this page because of the intensity and how it will capture the audience’s attention. I used darker shades of blue for it because of this, plus some of the other planets have a lot of blue in them too so I still wanted them to differentiate between each other. I like how this looks overall because of the boldness and vibrance of the colours and the subtle texture on the planet brings it forward and separates it from the shards and the background.
As Uranus, again, is mainly blue it was harder to change the design to make it stand out against the others. As the planet was a lighter blue this meant that the design could revolve around this. I think this was a good way to continue to make it exciting for the target audience and the vibrance of the blues work great together with the planet in the centre. The planet has a shadow and a subtle texture overlapped on it so that it adds the 3D element and reinforces the perspective direction.
The final planet, Pluto, had a range of tones and colours which I think work for the shards. These colours are very different to the vibrant ones which are on the other pages, though I think these still work because they make Pluto stand out and they all blend together with the planet in the centre. I like the arrangement of the typography and the readability of it which is appropriate for the target audience. Overall I think that all of these pages work and answer the brief well, while also making an interesting design which is interactive and engaging.