Post #220491 by Humuhumu on Mon, Mar 13, 2006 12:45 PM

Thank you christiki, on both counts!

I still have a weakness for good ol' red-orange-on-black, but now that I'm creating websites for a living, I wanted Humu Kon Tiki to look a bit more pulled-together, and also show that I'm not a one trick pony when it comes to design. Also, I got bored of looking at my giant melon every time I went to the site.

My inspiration was the Don the Beachcomber menu that can be seen on pages 72-73 of the Book of Tiki. That said, you can probably really blame puamana and her amazing menu collection -- though I didn't use any of her collection for direct reference, I've spent many an afternoon gazing at her gorgeous menu collection, and that's what made me think of doing a vintage-inspired graphic design style for the site.

Some of my website projects lately have called for me to polish up my rusty drawing skills, and I've been having a lot of fun with it. I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out.