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- monNom0
it's a bit grey... I'd say it'd be stronger if you cut out all the grey junk and just the the underlying grid work.
- fiver0
your title is hilarious....
- ipissexcellence0
It's a bit washed out. the light gray on white is painful on the eyes. the side scroll buttons don't feel like they belong on the site.
- Trying to make it so almost all concentration is on the work and not on the site itselftparsons
- +2. Hadn't noticed the side scroll buttons.
Dark could be a lil darker.VectorMasked - I think the lighter gray has the opposite effect. It makes me focus on the gray coz it's there yet not quite.VectorMasked
- What could be a little darker?tparsons
- Got it.. good pointtparsons
- Instead of CCC and EEE go with something like BBB or AAA with CCC. Something minor could help. Might suck thoughVectorMasked
- digdre0
Nice, the work on it aswelle.
- VectorMasked0
Site is not centered. there's an extra 30px on the left side.
"Tim Parsons | Graphic Design / Web / Print / Branding / Art Direction | Graphic Design | Web Design | Logo Design | Art Direction | Packaging Design | Branding | Bend Oregon | Honolulu Hawaii | Maui Hawaii | Seattle Washington | Portland Oregon | San Francisco California | Los Angeles | Boise Idaho | Pacific Northwest"
Too much for a title, no? Feel like the title for a redirect site or spam site.
Assume you'll be making your logo a link to the main page no? People's instinct is to click on the logo keywords like "home" or "go back"
Overall I have no issues with anything. :o)
- Yep.. logo will link shortly... general search title. That's what happens when you live in the middle of nowhere. Thanks....tparsons
- Bender0
lovely work, I would maybe give the site a bit more contrast.
- Point50
I don't have a scroll bar and have a broken mouse wheel, so I have to hit the space bar to see content below the 1200 mark
- tparsons0
For those that see the scrollbar what browser are you using and for those that don't... that might help me figure it out.
Thanks,
- ukit0
Looks nice overall.
I would work on the side nav a little bit. The neon blue doesn't really match the palette of the rest of the site IMO. And the way you are showing subitems in a section is a little confusing, especially when there is only one item.
- tparsons0
@VectorMasked I'm trying to fix the center and optimize for the iPhone for the same time. I was having issues with that before butting up against the iPhone screens edges.
- Point50
...anyways, I like it. the subtlety is nice with the work taking center stage and not being obnoxious.
- monNom0
I think you could have picked a nicer cover image... your web/Interactive images are so engaging, while the bottles on the cover are dull and the background is more eye-catching than the subject. fix it up or replace it. It's not showing the quality you're capable of.
if you really want to show off the packaging, I'd go with the cropped photo (#3 in the sequence)
- I change the landing image whenever I have new work posted. I'll reconsider the crop.tparsons
- NEWSFLASH0
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- utopian0
Nice work Tim.
I would keep the navigational paradigm consistant between the logos/brandmarks, print/packaging and web/interactive. Each section navigates differently E.g. (the logos section clicks to nowhere, the print section has different viewing style and the web section simply launches the project).
- Jnr_Madison0
Some nice stuff but agree some of it feels washed out, I could barely see the footer menu it was so light.
Is the title for SEO, 'cause it does seem too long, looks weird.
- Thanks yes the title is purely SEO. Most clients don't read the title.. I'll probably clean it up a bit.tparsons
- btw, for SEO, you should always link back to root not mysite.com/index.htm...Jnr_Madison
- I couldn't find a sitemap.xml file?Jnr_Madison
- Do you have any other domains, they should be 301'd to main site.Jnr_Madison
- A breadcrumb would help SEO too.Jnr_Madison
- btw, this is all info one of the largest and best SEO companies in the UK recently gave me for a site that was trying to achieve a high ranking.Jnr_Madison
- trying to get a very high ranking.Jnr_Madison
- cbass990
I really dig the logos. Paintings are nice too.
- tparsons0
Thanks for the help.... I have some tweaks to make.
- utopian0
BTW Tim, really nice range of logos:)
- tparsons0
@Jnr_Madison thanks for the tips...
- no problem, they also said...Jnr_Madison
- Make page titles relevant to key terms used in page then company name - not company name first.Jnr_Madison
- Make good use of H1 & H2 tagsJnr_Madison
- Have a forward facing sitemap and a sitemap.xmlJnr_Madison
- Have plain text links to main pages on footer.Jnr_Madison
- that's all the main stuff. They said having rss (for updating content) is also very beneficial.Jnr_Madison
- oh and make sure all your alt tags are filled with relevant text for the image.Jnr_Madison
- oh, wait, were you being sarcastic...Jnr_Madison
- Thanks... I wasn't being sarcastic... : )tparsons