Cetanu Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 My friend asked me to design a website for him to display a comic I'm drawing for him. I decided to take a new approach to the website, rather than the normal coding. I wanna know what you guys think about the overall look, not the content since the comic's not done and he hasn't told me what to write on the home page. I'll be happy with any feedback. http://darknesscomic.freezoka.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zypherone Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I like the look, very comic like indeed. The color scheme seems to work, and easy on the eye too. Um, possibly change the font for the copyright notice at the bottom. Look forward to seeing the rest of the development... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Okay! Thanks! WOOT for a good comment. I'm gonna mess around with the copyright thing, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpSensei Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 haha always love sites like these, unique too. keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks. Anything I could improve on? *Aside from the copyright thing* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpSensei Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks. Anything I could improve on? *Aside from the copyright thing* S H A R P N E S S and try not using too much gradients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynew Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ok, I'll be throw you some suggestions: 1) When I first arrived I noticed a huge drop shadow. I remember when I used to put a drop shadow onto everything, because "it looked cool." Seriously man, drop shadows are far too overused to the point of being tacky. If you're going to use one, use a small subtle drop shadow with less blur. 2) You have HELLO written in unformatted text at the top. It looks out of place. 3) You're using an iframe or a frame or a scrolling div on the gallery. Why not let the body expand? 4) Everything seems a little dark? 5) Maybe find some comic fonts on dafont or urbanfonts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks. Anything I could improve on? *Aside from the copyright thing* S H A R P N E S S and try not using too much gradients. Okay thanks! About the HELLO text: I am designing buttons to put there. XD I do see a lot of drop shadows, and I liked the look, but I guess they are overused. I'll lighten it up a bit. I'm not using an iframe for the gallery, I'm using a <div style="overflow: auto;">, I'm not sure what you mean by expanding the body. :-\ Thanks for all the criticism. Now I have some stuff to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Okay, I've fixed the HELLO! Text and I have modified the main page. I have also added some more design elements/pages, etc. Lemme know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Okay, I've fixed the HELLO! Text and I have modified the main page. I have also added some more design elements/pages, etc. Lemme know what you think. That's probably the first time I saw someone use that smiley on these forums. Was this a mistake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 O.O YES... ...I MEANT THIS: XD They look the same on the emote bar. >.> <.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Hey, I have been asked to do another comic website, so I'd like to know what you think: http://lateralcomics.freezoka.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 You shouldn't be using images to display text, only very short text at the most. Your site has absolutley nothing to offer a search engine. With expanding I think he means make it multiple rows, why does it need to be so small? And I agree with others, massive overuse of the shadow edge, same on the new one. Also the color scheme on the new one doesn't fit at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 You shouldn't be using images to display text, only very short text at the most. Your site has absolutley nothing to offer a search engine. With expanding I think he means make it multiple rows, why does it need to be so small? And I agree with others, massive overuse of the shadow edge, same on the new one. Also the color scheme on the new one doesn't fit at all. I know image maps take away from Search Engines, that's why I asked the people "Do you want people to find your site through Google or is it personal?" And they said no Google. So...IMAGE MAPS!!! The new one's color scheme was NOT my choice. It was the person who wants the site; she said that's what she wanted. *shrug* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpSensei Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 http://darknesscomic.freezoka.com/gallery.php?page=pic2 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Haha, thanks. I drew the penciled ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 The new one's color scheme was NOT my choice. It was the person who wants the site; she said that's what she wanted. *shrug* Seems kind of pointless asking for a critique of it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 I still coded the rest of everything and made the home page and extras page with a photo-editing software. It's not like the color scheme is everything, what do you think of functionality; organization; content layout? There are more to sites than just the color scheme that one person likes and the other person doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpSensei Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Haha, thanks. I drew the penciled ones. You will be a great designer, don't worry about what people say right now its only to help you. Creativity is more powerful than knowledge" - Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetanu Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 Haha, thanks. I drew the penciled ones. You will be a great designer, don't worry about what people say right now its only to help you. Creativity is more powerful than knowledge" - Einstein Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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