What is consistency for me! Should it be applied in my web designs? Is it an important consideration in my layout?
Well, consistency for me should be applied in different ways or variations depending on to where you will apply and to what you will do. Consistency should be visible in the total effect of your designs, like look and feel (colors and other elements) and the total effect of your design perspective.
Consistency maybe absent in layouts that does not need strict compliance of “structureship” like when you want different images, sizes of elements, line styles and background effects. You can have a design that will probably have different positioning of elements most especially in the homepage but still be consistent most especially when you get into the inner pages. By the way, consistency will be in the “eyes of the beholder”. Of course, this will always be dependent on your client. But again, being inconsistent in some part your design doesn’t mean “a rejected and unusable” design. Everything goes for me.
Jefferson Danipog