Grocery Shop Boyz

One idea I had was to create a Fruitmachine type interaction. This would act as the 'animated introductory section' that we were required to create. It would allow the user to stop and start the tweened animation by simply clicking the stage and also have a 'skip' button as required.


Another idea was to create a little car that would drive to 'The Grocery Boyz' shop. This would be in a similar 2D stlye of the image below.

For the main site i had a few ideas. I originally thought of this theme....but after a brain storming session I came up with some improved ideas. One I had was to simply use images like the ones below as the background. These would be different on each page and there would be a white area for the content.

However, my preferred idea was to use a trolley. The links would run along the handle while there would be the logo on the front of the trolley where they often put advertisements. This would link well to either of my ideas for the 'animated introductory section and could incorporate a photographic or illustrative style.

While searching google for inspiration; I came across this image.

Its from this site http://www.trolleywobble.com/trolley.htm. I like this mainly because of its simplicity. Its aesthetically pleasing and quite quirky.



I also found this...

Its quite irrelevant but its very impressive. Its by Ptolemy Elrington is made from a rescued supermarket trolley. He has made a whole range of these on the theme of the riverbed where the trolleys are rescued from.

and this by Brendan Jamison, made from coloured wax. He also has a series of these ranging from JCB buckets to helicopters. Other mediums he works in are sugar cubes, wool and the more traditional:bronze.

again this is quite irrelivant but tangents are always good!!


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