Avatar section opener

Summary

A chapter divider: a full-bleed pale-blue field with a single oversized lowercase "avatar" set top-left in black, marking the start of the avatar section.

Visual description

The slide drops the cream sidebar and goes full-bleed in a soft pale blue (#B9D3DC). The word "avatar" is set very large in black lowercase Neue Haas Grotesk, anchored to the top-left corner. The rest of the field is empty. The deck's persistent furniture remains small and black in the lower-left and bottom edges: the half-circle bullet glyph, the navigation list (Logo, Tagline, Lockups, Avatar in bold with an arrow, Colour, Type, Imagery, Graphics, Applications), and the footer line "© 2022 hcma.ca", "hcma brand guidelines", "Version 01".

Key takeaway

The pacing device: a long guideline breaks into chapters using a single full-bleed colour field and one oversized lowercase word, with the navigation list highlighting the new section. Swapping only the background colour per chapter (blue here) gives each section its own signal while the layout stays identical, so the deck stays calm and rhythmic across 97 pages.

Reuse notes

A clean, reusable section-divider template for any long document or deck. The whole effect rests on one big word, generous empty space, and a per-section background colour, so it needs almost no assets. Pair it with content pages that carry the cream-sidebar layout so the dividers read as breaks. Works in any palette; here the muted blue keeps it calm rather than loud.