GRC 175 Learning and Discussion Forum

When I posted my two drafts for Preliminary, I got mix feedback for both designs. Thus I decided to merge the concept from both that seemed favored from each into what is the final display of my second choice. The color scheme still sticks out with a mixture of magenta and soft pink on font, while keeping the edgy dark black. The over all idea of punk gamer feel I wanted, while still showing the sense of professionalism I feel is achieved. I also like the horns of the Aries symbol, my symbol, piercing through the loops of the letter, thanks for that suggestion professor.

I like this mixed one! In particular, I really like the centered logo stabbing down through your navigation with its center point. That bit of 3D immediately draws the eye and establishes a focal point from which it can all branch out. The colors are working well to establish contrast and hierarchy. I like the magenta, white, and black main colors. Your hand-painted font works well for your navigation and name. The navigation is well placed and easy to use. The paint splatter nebula works well as a background image. It provides a bit of visual texture without dominating your composition and its pattern is not so distracting as to take the eye off your content. That rounded magenta footer is working pretty well too. It does a good job of framing the layout.

Your bodycopy could have used a bit more leading in my opinion. I'm also not 100% sold on the lighter version of your magenta in the name at the top. The D-pad is a little large too. The TMCC logo is a little close to your footer copy the left side. I had also hoped to see final text in the design rather than filler.

Good work!

I like your design a lot. Again, as I told you at your preliminary draft, I totally inspires freedom and a very own style.

I agree with Michael, your header is awesome. Although I think the D-Pad could play a better role popping off the center of the footer. Sort of a "closing image" or kind of a "seal".

Your colors are beautiful to be honest, it's a nice balance between bright and dark while creating a nice high-contrast. Your colors give your page a "mystical" feeling.

Finally, it was very thoughtful of you to add the drop shadow to your text to make it easy to read.

Great Job, really!

Good job one your website it is looking great. THe drop shadow helps the text pop off the background and makes it a little easier to read, but at the same time it also makes it harder as well. For what you could have improved on, for your tmcc logo i would have done the one with the blank background and maybe change the the color of the footer box you have .

Cool colors. Looks very 3d! Really draws you in. I like the logo in the middle. Really good for navigation purposes. Like the typefaces you chose. Also your body copy is nice and legible.

Good improvements here, I like the symbol piercing through your name. It also looks nice having everything at the top lean towards the left side. I do wish you would have left a shape behind your text instead of using a drop shadow. I also think the color of your name is too close to the colors of your background.

I agree that your logo placement is killer, and your color scheme nicely resembles
the punk rocker theme you're going for. The navigation bar I'm especially fond of,
I really like the colors pink and black and it works well here. However, I think you
could push the color of the body text a little further, the white text gets lost in the
decorative background. Over all great work!

Its much easier to read now and I love the colors. However, is the controller pad at the top left necessary? Maybe change the coloring of it so it doesn't stand out so much.

You did a great job fixing up your rough! This looks really good. The pink bar at the bottom complements the other colors in your site.

Hello,
The new design looks sharp! The horns going through the name is a nice touch. The punk gamer feel was successful. The placement of the page elements is strong. The body copy could have a tad more space between the lines. The page is unified well by the color scheme. The game-pad graphic is neat!