In this first section you must Research, Collect and Describe a range of existing graphics and images for use in web pages.

You will learn to analyse and produce images for use in navigation bars, advertising images and web banners.

What are you required to do?

You are required to design and present the following web Graphics for a new recycling website that you are about to produce called
Recycle GB

You have been asked to plan and create some graphics for the Recycle GB website.
Recycle GB is a new, national company that has been asked to coordinate household recycling for the whole country.

Recycle GB is working with local councils to provide every house in the country with the following equipment.

• A black recycling bin for general household waste.
• A green recycling bin for garden waste and cardboard.
• A yellow box for tins and plastic and glass waste
• A green box for waste paper

Recycle GB wants their website to perform the following functions:

• To inform people what they should recycle in each box and bin
• To encourage people to recycle more of their rubbish
• To involve young people early so they are more environmentally aware
• To seek feedback from people about the new website & how it could be improved

Recycle GB wants to create a high impact website and wants graphics to make the website look professional.
They have asked for a navigation menu bar, some buttons and an advertising banner that they can use to promote the work that they do.

You will require to research some existing examples of graphics used on WebPages before planning and creating graphics for Recycle GB.
You will then present your work to Recycle GB

The graphics you create do not have to be created from scratch you may use ready-made components and adapt them to suit your purposes.