does it suck or not?
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- andre_andreev0
the layout is ok, the type is bad and so is the design.
- Gilt0010
Does the dance group have anything to do with hip-hop, because that's the impression I get when I see the handstyle font.
- kbags0
Gilt...yes, it does. The studio has a nationally award-winning dance company and the big draw is hip-hop.
- Mick0
It's not alllllll that ad but yeh the design doesn't suit the audience. I think my biggest gripe is the background image... it sooooo doesn't work. Try something more elegant/classy or nothing at all.
- e-wo0
seemed pretty cluttery / sluggish when i opened it in Safari
- Gilt0010
Then the font style works great. Oh and it opened blazingly fast on Mozilla. I didn't even get a chance to see your loading bar.
- warheros0
maybe it's just me, but the "the company", "contact us", and "the studio" links were kind of fucked up. theyd change when my mouse went over an area above the actual text, but not on the text links themselves.
overall, i dont think the style works very well, like what has been said before with the font and the image. not enough asthetic or something.
- jpolk0
i believe so.
- devaur0
lacks some refinement. some of the images just do not work. the fonts say hip hop and the images say ballet.
- lilbabyarm0
oh, and that dance site sucks too.
- swollenelbow0
yeah it sucks...needs to have more "togetherness" seems like some "hip" graphics were just thrown together. that's about it...oh and so other peopl can see why it sucks heres this...
http://www.danceinthespotlight.c…
i had to click through 10 post to see if people had linked it and STILL even STILL had to go back to kbaggies original post, copy and paste, clear the space, and hit enter on my browser! DANM!
- kbags0
Thanks for all the comments, folks. Please keep them coming.
I'd love to hear thoughts on how the layout and/or design might be improved.
- _jens_0
A Website Like No Other!
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Mix of army/graffti/art deco fonts on one page.. is among the things i don't like
- polarunion0
to me it seems like you got all this break beat scratching going on, then all of a sudden you've got these people in ballet suits appearing. It doesn't mix. Unless this is breakbeat ballet. Get away from the hiphop style. It's not representative of the scope of your webpage.
Lastly, your site is not built for all resolutions. case in point, my resolution is 1920x1200. your badkground runs out at about 1600 and then restarts itself over again. this is the biggest flaw of any webpage and highly unprofessional. either replace the image with something that blends, or replace it entirely with something else.
personally, I'd vertically center that box in the screen.
haha.. lastly, the musak is horrible.. please consider getting some better tracks..
you've just got a mixed bag that you need to tone down a bit.. break it up and get an idea of what your target audience is supposed to see..
- helloperson0
In the same post-modern way that hip-hop ballet sucks..... so does your site.
A pastiche of street art, psudo-classical ballet and fun smiling white people is not acomplishing anything but being unappealing. Pick one. That decision should be based on what the site is intended to acomplish and whom your target audience is.
Ideas:
1. Type-Pick a one type style and stick with it.
2. Illustration-If street art is the appropriate direction... consult actual street art. Your rectalinear backgrounds don't look authentic.
3. Photos-Take your own! The masked out group shots are really amatureish.Your motion/pacing is really good, and so is your basic navigation layout.
- zeroblade0
dood you have asked for crit before... nothing's changed.
- kbags0
I agree with most of everything that's been posted, and that's why I have solicited your opinions.
Thanks for all the crits...especially helloperson's. I am intrigued by your ideas and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter! Thanx for taking the time...
zeroblade, Idunnowhatchootalkinabout cuz this is definitely the first crit request on this...
The school is for 2-year old ballerinas up through contemporary jazz, tap, hip-hop dancers...where do you start when you're trying to attract such a wide spectrum? Agree that font selection is a good place to start...and I'm getting a lot of fuzz on the background which makes me happy because flash transparency sux and I'd love nothing more than to do away with it...
Thanks guys, keep em rolling!
- zeroblade0
dood here it is:
- zeroblade0
wahey you are right.
this IS the first official time for crit haha...
okay I'm AR.