[jenn]

When designing something from scratch, my process goes from a bit of sketch on graph paper to a Photoshop mockup. I'll let that stew for a day or so and tweak it here and there, maybe share with some friends for feedback, and then start coding it. I generally put all of the main elements into a structure and use FireBug to push things around to where I like them!

For redesigns of existing sites, it's more an exercise of rearranging elements that are already there so I -may- go into Photoshop and see what I come up with or I might just go straight into FireBug and move things around to get a general sense of where I want to go with it. This is especially helpful for proposing (quick) design changes to a client.