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- Irafis
I made this design layout for a friend of mine who has this Villa in Boracay to rent. I did it everything today. I'm still working on text and small graphic things. Next step is having his approval and then make the html.
http://www.boracayvilla.com/news…
Any feedback are really appreciated.
For your info: he will pay me by give me the villa free for 10 days ... Not bad??:-)
Cris
- Knuckleberry0
why is the entire thing one big picture?
- one would assume this is a mock-upsputnik2
- whoa yeah. i am hopping this is more conceptualhellojeehae
- It's a mock-up ... i'm still waiting the final text, prices, ...Irafis
- a mock up wich is an entire image with working links?sureshot
- but you put links in an image map on this??????mg33
- hellojeehae0
i dont know if that typeface works for the smaller sizes.
- Ravdyk0
I don't know if that sea stars are really party of the layout right now
- bigtrickagain0
seems fine. text on photos seems a tad thick. graphically speaking, the little accents you have on top - starfish, palm tree, orchid frond - take up too much attention whereas the pictures of the villa itself seem like third-place citizens behind the (very large) nav text and the accent pictures. it might be worth exploring making the nav text and photo overlay text smaller, and making the photos bigger.
also, the white space between the photos on the front page is distracting - the strong separation it causes between the photos is not really necessary, i feel. you could probably tighten that up since the photos themselves even if placed next to each other will still look distinct from each other.
- BonSeff0
the type over the photos es muy horrible
- kona0
nice start Irafis.
my thoughts:
- shrink the navigation text quite a bit
- explore what the villa can offer text should be much larger and a bit more creatively placed/handled within that space
- the same can be said for the 3 images on the right. up that text a bit
- the starfish should be above the bottom line as it would give the illusion of a bit more depth to the page. same for the palm tree. it should be above the lines.
- if you added a medium sized subhead line below your hero image, and a small paragraph of text (in arial, maybe a medium gray like 666666), you could add a small subhead and very small paragraphs of text underneath each of the 3 images with a short call to action something like .... 'see what the philippines has to offer >'
that would really help. right now ask yoruself this... as a user what do i click on? none of the images say 'click me' metaphorically speaking of course. don't put a 'click me' button anywhere over them ya know.nice start. keep pushing!
- kona0
this type of typography would be hot as hell over your hero image
http://fulbright.lizlance.com/this type of typography treatment (sub-head and small body copy) would be nice below each of your three smaller images.
http://www.daguia.com.br/not the BEST examples but you get the idea.
- orrinward0
It's not an award winner but for what's required it does the job quite well.
The type on the images looks horrible though. I dont like the starfish either
- NONEIS0
please please please pop that starfish over your pixel line at the bottom!
- lukus_W0
If you want something to look expensive, I reckon less is more.
Suggest, don't tell.
Concentrate on the details of the reduced amount of design elements you show.
- lukus_W0
If the images were desaturated and regained _some_ saturation when the mouse hovers over them .. it might add an element of interaction to the experience, suggesting that the viewer will complete the picture (i.e. it will be personal / their own experience).
At the moment I think your images are too highly saturated, which seems tacky imo.
- Also - are those pictures real (or stock photos?) -> they seem like stock photos on first glance.lukus_W
- No one is going to care about seeing 'artists impressions' of the area .. make it real - postpone the site till after yr trip even, and take pics yrself ;)lukus_W
- if that's possible ;)lukus_W
- (i.e. take photos yourself)lukus_W
- lukus_W0
I'd switch the main body text on the sub-pages to the left hand side, because this is where the viewer naturally looks to start reading.
At the moment, I think your illustrative images (currently on the left) might prove too distracting when trying to read the content.
- http://www.boracayvi… -> columns could be swapped quite happily too.lukus_W