GRC 175 Learning and Discussion Forum

I wanted to keep it simplify to communicate with shapes, images, and color.

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I really like the flow of both of your rough layout designs. The shapes you created with the negative space is awesome. The one mostly enjoyed by me is the two on the bottom, it has great contrast and it's easy to read. The ones at the top I think the colors clash to much.

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I really enjoy your colors. They pair well with your images you choose. I do not really have any critiques except maybe the fonts be a bit more legible, otherwise they look great!

I think that the white and beige concepts here are the better of the two ideas. They come off as being easier to read and to navigate. My only suggestion is to possibly make the black in your fonts not so black. I think it could make the design more appealing to the eye.

I really love the colors on the bottom two (rough 2). I really like how you did the links with the not complete square and how you can clearly see that they are related. The only major thing I would like to suggest is putting that tan color as a box for the bottom copyright section.

Hah! This is convenient. While you're hibernating in your cave, you can work on websites.

I like your second one better, myself. The outdoor theme, and sand color works well especially with just a little black for contrast. You've got an excellent choice of imagery throughout. I especially like the computer layout with the mountain lake photo as the design centerpiece and everything radially balanced around it. You've got a really good sense of margin and padding in your layouts. I especially like the cutout around your image on the computer layout. It makes a fake stroke where none existed before. A good look, definitely.

The "Erik" and "Reyes" in your mobile design title are too far apart. I'd recommend centering your inspirational links at the bottom of your mobile design rather than have them be right aligned. I'd also recommend going with a non-italic regular weight bodycopy as well. The bold, italic bodycopy is a little shouty.

Nice work!

In your first design, I like the way you used shapes to block out your different sections. I also liked the shape you put around your name/introduction in the web version of your first design. It reminds me of a text bubble.

Overall I like your second design best. I really like the warm orange/yellow color you use. I also really like the way you centered and outlined the image in the web version. I think you should change "Reyes" to that orange/yellow color in your web layout.
In your mobile version, I think the text being almost the exact size of the photo/box next to it feels a little crowded to me. I think making your font and textbox a little smaller, maybe more the size of the photo instead of the whole outline/boarder, would let the white space breathe a little better? I also think your name would look more unified if you centered it closer together.

The bottom two designs work best for me. They have a nice balance and is pleasing to my eye. I think one of the pictures on the top design is warped. Not sure if that’s how the original looked. I feel you are off to a good start with the bottom two designs. Good job!

Hi, Erik. Both designs are pretty great. The soccer designs feel like they shows more of your personality and the nature designs are very easy flowing designs. The only recommendations I have are:

1. The pictures in the soccer design need to be fixed, if you go with that one, they look a bit skewed.

2. The text in your soccer mobile design need to be a bit bigger. It's almost a little hard to read.

3. Also your links aren't lined up evenly in your nature mobile design.

Other than that. Great job.

Why hello Erik. I ought to give it to you straight, I think rectangular raster images on top of a background images is a great exhibit of tackiness. It look like one of these kind of sites from the 90s.

But still among these is a great design. The last one employs great use of symmetrical balance and negative space.