site crit (dibec.com)
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- anxiousarms0
no header?
- I was thinking no. still not sure. what do you think?dibec
- seems like a lot of empty real estate. your images are gorgeous i bet you can make a stellar header.anxiousarms
- herm. food for thought. Thank you.dibec
- np. good start and good work man.anxiousarms
- Nairn0
I echo the shrill complaints of a horizontal scrollbar (on my lappie here, anyway) and query the employment of drop shadows - they seem a little overwrought. I wonder whether shifting the layout leftwards a handful of pixels or so might make the vertically-orientated headers clearer?
I'm not sure that having the single-most critical piece of information - your contact details - vertically-orientated and unclickable is a wise move. Likewise the About descriptor - you really want me to hurt my neck reading that?
I guess you're working on it still as there are a couple of of broken links, but I like the layout overall though - good job!
- ukit0
Popup is showing up misaligned for me (too low and bigger than the screen).
Also IMHO your straight up photography is much better than your vector work, which kind of diminishes the overall impact. Photography is genius though.
- The vector work I have up there is totally jacked and circa 2000'ish. lol.My photography has been real hot this year. I just grew into a new level.dibec
- dibec0
http://www.dibec.com/ ... on black better?
AHAHAHAHA! I cant pick one that I like. The black works well with color contrast. I had this page before I went to INDXR.
Grumble. Grumble.
Any idea, feed back would be awesome.
Thank you.
Where is my beer?
- akrokdesign0
come on, dibec. the things need to line up at the top with the menu bar. by the way, i prefer the menu to stay at same place and not jump around. :-)
- dibec0
yeah no doubt. I am really seeking the overall flow of the content, does it work, and does it work well. There are some major corrections that need to be applied. =)
- jaylarson0
i miss the minimalism of yr last page. much stronger grid. honor your great content. the empty space above header loses me too. anyway. good luck.
- ukit0
I think what you have works OK but I feel like a better solution would be one that just focuses on the work with a really minimal interface. Even something like moamoa's site where you are just clicking through the images would be fine I think.
- dibec0
So after last's night drunk designing ... and creating something that would make a mother cry. I decided to go really minimal. The big change is black. I found this works really well with my work and sucks you right into a given image. Still demo mode ... would like hate/love for structure, layout, and overall size. I am also updating the lightbox, and reducing image size, so those are still existent issues.
Thank you.
- 3point141590
I almost did not see the menu/nav. I would just download a free wordpress blog theme.
- I resist to transform my site into a generic template blog.dibec
- dibec0
for those who are interested. I will live building tonight. It should be a kick in the ass. wOOt wOOt!
- OhYeah0
dibec, the site looks really empty and doesn't work for me at all. Why did you remove the header? Why do you want to have the preview images so large? Might be an idea to have them smaller and maybe have 2 next to each other?
- crillix0
my two cents on your latest design would be that I am not digging the background. The wood grain texture is to large and draws attention away from your work.
A finer texture and a cooler color for the background would still achieve the results you are going for, but not distract the end user.
- digdre0
looking good Dibec.
links not working though
- meffid0
design by committee?
I like the look of the first one but didn't get to see it.
The current one is heavy.
- Renegade0
Looks like a blog template, nice work though...
- ukit0
Who you callin a Peop?
- Jnr_Madison0
Ahh, no wood grain, I liked it black or if you must a dark gray.
- HelloMatt0
use a lighter wood background