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- leftwave
site crit - bring it on.
client is a massage therapist who has her own practice:
- shilohous0
the layout is pretty basic and works. i don't care for the *jazz hands in the header
- lvl_130
first thing: i don't think the flower image and the woman getting a massage image are a good combo....unless it is more than just a massage parlor. just a thought.
- markd0
diddo about the hadns...also lose the weird font on the word "feel"
- leftwave0
oh, forgot to mention that the hand logo has got to stay (I didn't design that)
- shilohous0
yeah that *feel font is the creeps
- leftwave0
okay, here's a new "prettier" font
- lvl_130
better. i would say drop that grid background and the :: between the nav as well.
that flower/woman combo still creeps me out though.
- leftwave0
what's creepy about the woman and the flower?
- _salisae_0
your design elements are not consistent. are you going flowy or square? choose one and do throughout.
too much purple and unnecessary lines. all i see is a big fat T
- ********0
make it an orchid so it looks all sexualized and junk
- leftwave0
okay, i've cut down on some of the purple. i think this looks better. do you?
- D_Dot0
Is it the same link as the original post?
- kyl30
thanks you for not designing the jazz hands.
- ********0
site crit - bring it on.
client is a massage therapist who has her own practice:
leftwave.com/indevelop...
leftwave
(Mar 14 06, 18:45)quite like that leftwave - did something similar for my sister a while back. quite a tough one to solve to be honest. http://www.crystalclearskin.co.u…
- who0
please drop the flower..it makes the site busy, need more space at the header...
- _salisae_0
that looks 'calmer'. use the same font for your nav as the title font.
try lining up the headers .. 'a feeling of calm' and 'newsletter sign up'. basically line up anything possible. (bottom nav)
i'd ax the purple side bars and the flower .. and if the logo doesn't require the drop shadow .. that too.
- fifty500
The purple and taupe are a very "sensual" colour scheme.
The subtle dropshadows and gradients are a very nice touch.
Futura in caps is looking nice for the subheaders.
But for some reason it's not really meshing together as well as it could. Something just isn't sitting right with the main graphic. The background pattern in there isn't really working. The logo is generally hurting everything, too, but I think it needs more white space at the top to help separate it.
- ********0
the NT art directors have spoken!
lol.i think it looks alright mate. cut down on the amount of font styles.
i dont think i like the grid in the background though. a grid is anything BUT nice and peaceful and relaxing - and thats what the rest of the page is meant to be conveying isnt it?
the top design is better than the bottom. the creamy colour adds a better structure and hierarchy.
other than that, its pretty sweet.
thats my tuppence.
- leftwave0
thanks for the feedback!
- jevad0
The colour palette does nothing for me I'm afraid - and you could do a lot more with typography and imagery than what you've done. I mean - it get's the message across and it looks ok...but it didn't *wow* me.