Project 1 Preliminary Critique

[Sierra_Ross]

Hello! My name is Sierra Ross. Here are my four rough designs for project 1. I did my best to stay simple with the layout since this is my first time designing a proper website.

Design 1- computer rough

Design 1- mobile rough

Design 2- computer rough

Design 2- mobile rough

Here are my 2 inspirational websites. I love the overall look of these websites and took inspiration from their simplicity and bold colors.
https://www.sophiebritt.com/
https://www.byxp.co.uk/

[Brooke_Brown]

Hello Sierra!
I love the color combinations for your designs and the simplicity of them. I personally really like the purple and orange ones, those are such warm colors and I think they pair beautifully with the sunset and then in their subject boxes.

[LMisher]

Hello Sierra!

The colors in both versions are great, but the second version with the purple, pink and red hues were breathtaking. Congratulations on a success first attempt. I love them both. Great job!

[chloecutter]

Hi Sierra!

I really enjoy the use of color on these layouts, they pop off the screen and compliment each other nicely. I enjoy the purple/pink version the most between these roughs, the colors are so vibrant and I like the layout, it has a nice flow to it! Your name is a little hard to read against these backgrounds, using a bolder typeface would be very effective. Other than that I really enjoy these, great job!

[Instructor]

Ooooh! Interesting, Sierra. I think I like your second design a little better, both in terms of colors and layout.

Great selection of your image. It's so visually striking that it sets the tone for the whole layout. You obviously concur because you used it's colors throughout your design. That serves to tie the whole thing together, which is pretty darn cool. You pretty skillfully use contrast as well. From the hard contrast of your header seeping all the way down to your pale purple background color.. Good use of margins throughout the whole design. Everything has room to breathe. I also like the simplicity of the layout. It collapses and expands nicely between computer and mobile.

Watch the top margin on your between your bodycopy and it's container. Your margins are otherwise good, it's just a little tight there. I think a sans-serif typeface would go well with this layout the serif type clashes a little with it. Maybe try something bolder for your title? right now it's a little thin.

Good effort!

[Giselle]

Hi Sierra!
I love both of the pictures you have used. My favorite layout would have to be the second one! The colors are beautiful, and they match perfectly with the picture. The layout is great! There's enough room for links and tabs. The one thing I would change is the type. The type is thin and a little hard to read with the vibrant background. I would suggest a thicker typeface for your name because that's the most important to read. Everything else looks gorgeous!

[ngrover19]

Hi Sierra!

I love the colors in both of your submissions, but I definitely lean toward the purple one. They're both on the simpler side, but that's not always bad! I noticed that your text boxes in the first desktop view are ever so slightly off-center to the left. I am excited to see how your layout progresses and if there are any more colorful surprises in store. Great work!

[CedarM]

Hi Sierra,
I really like the imagery and colors you used! You've created very visually pleasing websites, I think one thing you could do to improve them is to remove the gradient on the text boxes. I find that this creates to much visual clutter and harms the legibility of the text.

-Cedar

[kristenrothbauer]

Hey Sierra!
Your second design definitely caught my eye compared to your second design. The colors and image are working really well together. You might want to explore a thicker/bolder header font for you name it falls to the background a little bit and that's the most important part of your website hierarchies. Other than that they both look great!

[jillian_rodgers]

Hi Sierra!
I enjoy how you focused on using vibrant colors and imagery on both your designs. I definitely think the purple theme is a bit stronger. My only critique would be to mess around with the font a bit more since it seems to blend in too much. Great job otherwise!