nicdsgn
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- Sep 21, 2014
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Excuse my English it's not my first language.
Just to make it clear. In no way I am promoting stealing or copying anyone.
For the past 7 years that I have been doing this. Most clients especially in the supplement game requests a copy of a competitor site. That's why most if not all of the skin, weight loss (garcinia), muscle pages looks identical or similar. Most of the time I convince them not to, especially copying the texts word for word and just replacing the names of the product and sometimes they just straight rip the page and just replace product shots/name. And in the rare occasion that I can do my own original version others would copy it as well so it's really just a common thing to do and it seems like no one cares.
For this sample I will use a current project I am working on (client agreed to this, he's not a member here and this is still not the final product since it's just a made up name/bottle for now so it's okay). So the client asked to a copy a site and wants do to do a version that is a bit diffent but same structure and content.
In order to do something like this, I really believe you don't have to be an expert in Photoshop. As long as you can remove a background from a pic decently and can find good resources, inspiration and a good eye for typography (look at a lot of inspiration designs from Pinterest and other website showcase gallery like SiteInspire etc.) This is really easy.
Let's start.
The first section of the page is this:
For this page I decided to do a black/yellow theme.
Browsed for some resources I can use like fonts, flames, a grunge wall background and the main image model. Positioned the grunge background and changed the opacity a bit and deleted the edges a bit to blend nicely with the solid black background color. Removed the backgrond of the model then I placed the fire behind it. I removed the watermark using the patch tool. And ended up with this.
Want to give back the little knowledge I gained in the years I've been doing this coz I'm waaay beyond being an expert I just find ways that makes the process a lot easier. And I was blessed to get connected with people that gives me work endlessly. This is one thing I know that is very important. Get connected with people that are in the higher level of the pyramid if you know what I mean.
Next section on the next post.
Just to make it clear. In no way I am promoting stealing or copying anyone.
For the past 7 years that I have been doing this. Most clients especially in the supplement game requests a copy of a competitor site. That's why most if not all of the skin, weight loss (garcinia), muscle pages looks identical or similar. Most of the time I convince them not to, especially copying the texts word for word and just replacing the names of the product and sometimes they just straight rip the page and just replace product shots/name. And in the rare occasion that I can do my own original version others would copy it as well so it's really just a common thing to do and it seems like no one cares.
For this sample I will use a current project I am working on (client agreed to this, he's not a member here and this is still not the final product since it's just a made up name/bottle for now so it's okay). So the client asked to a copy a site and wants do to do a version that is a bit diffent but same structure and content.
In order to do something like this, I really believe you don't have to be an expert in Photoshop. As long as you can remove a background from a pic decently and can find good resources, inspiration and a good eye for typography (look at a lot of inspiration designs from Pinterest and other website showcase gallery like SiteInspire etc.) This is really easy.
Let's start.
The first section of the page is this:
For this page I decided to do a black/yellow theme.
Browsed for some resources I can use like fonts, flames, a grunge wall background and the main image model. Positioned the grunge background and changed the opacity a bit and deleted the edges a bit to blend nicely with the solid black background color. Removed the backgrond of the model then I placed the fire behind it. I removed the watermark using the patch tool. And ended up with this.
Want to give back the little knowledge I gained in the years I've been doing this coz I'm waaay beyond being an expert I just find ways that makes the process a lot easier. And I was blessed to get connected with people that gives me work endlessly. This is one thing I know that is very important. Get connected with people that are in the higher level of the pyramid if you know what I mean.
Next section on the next post.
