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Muselive V2

Muselive is the premier fan site for the UK group Muse. With over 60,000 members and nearly 100 million hits in the past 6 years, its one of the most popular fansites on the net

Muselive wanted a complete overhaul for their new site. The site had remained relatively untouched from launch up until the end of 2008, following a general blog format. Muselive wanted the mirror the bombastic nature of Muse, their artwork and their live shows by way of a full screen background illustration, overlaced with a new user interface. The Illustration was designed, followed by a the design of a new layout, followed by a redesign of the illustrative background, as i felt that during the development time of the site i had progressed my composition/illustration skills to a point that i wasnt happy for the original to used on a site with such a large audience. The redesign proved immensely popular with their large userbase.