GRC 175 Learning and Discussion Forum

With everyone's helpful comments, I made some changes to the desktop and mobile version. Thank you for all of the critiques!

Hi McKenzie, these look amazing! The colors are nice and the layout is easy to understand and well made, I think you could make your name a bit bigger and try to get rid of some of the empty space on the mobile design. Other than that these look awesome!

Looking good, plenty of link room for your links. I like.

Okay yeah, you're definitely feeling the '80s here, McKenzie. Heck, I'm feeling the '80s now just looking at it. I mean, that kitty is SURELY feeling the '80s.

Good use of color. All of your pastel colors really work well with the New Wave/Memphis theme you've got going here. I'm usually a contrast guy, but your pastels work okay here. Your layout is clean and well framed with a simple top bar. Your logo is basically textbook Memphis, too. Helps transport me to like 1987 here. Everything is easy to see and use including your navigation and bodycopy. I'm not usually a fan of bolder bodycopies, but here it works. Challenge m y assumptions left and right, why don't ya? Awwww, I just noticed all the dotted "i"s have hearts on them.

I think your computer one one would have looked better with your cat pic to on one side, your text under the other and your navigation spread across a single line under both. Also, I think the cat pic would have looked just fine under all your content on your mobile version. Also, I'm not sure your bodycopy and nav needed the semi-transparent white boxes behind them.

Good work!

Hi McKenzie!

Yessssssss! I am loving the 80's vibes from this. That cat seriously just made my day! Your color choice is just awesome - besides my love of the 80's era, I truly have a sweatshirt that exact lavender color and a pair of sweatpants (same brand) that are that cream orange color (and yes I have worn them together)!

I think you have a really strong layout here with very interesting/fun elements. I love your font choice for your name as it totally coincides with the 80's vibes/peace and love hippy vibes! Your shape usage with your name logo just ties that aesthetic all together. My only critique would be your about me section as it's a little hard to read when it crosses over that circle border of the cat image. If it were me, I would stick your projects section into the navigation bar you already have up top, allowing you room to move that cat image out from behind the body copy. Same thing with your mobile since you have the drop down hamburger icon up top for the nav, projects could be put into there and free up space on your homepage (I'm clearly just trying to put more of a stage focus on that cat ).

Besides that small issue with the font over that border (granted my suggested solution may require a bit of shifting around of your projects section) there isn't much I'd change. The 80's will never die and it's a fantastic creative aesthetic to build from. Great job!

I like the kitty in the center, and the colors add to the website, making it have a fantastic appeal.

Not sure how I feel about all the space on the bottom, but that is just me. Maybe you're saving it for something in the future. I don't know. I'm not the designer of this website.
I can't think of anything else to say, so I look forward to what it looks like in the future times.

Hello McKenzie!

I'm glad you went with the funky fresh 80s layout. The colors are a lot of fun and that kitty cat is stylish and living her best life. I stan. The only thing I can think of to suggest would be to let the kitty breathe and not cover her up with text and instead use her to make some nice balance with the text. I might also suggest making the class information just a smidge darker so it stands off the page a little bit more.

Hi MacKenzie,
I love it, your design feels balanced, with plenty of space to breath. The black font feels a little out of place for your pastel sherberty palette, but that's me and my opinion.

Hey McKenzie,

I love the colors! I love the cat! I think you made a lot of good changes to your design and I think this works really well! I also think you did a good job playing with the transparency. I additionally think your menu bar looks really clean and easy to navigate. I also like the shapes you made into your logo. It's very unique. I think overall your design is very cute and fun!

This is a beautiful page, so easy to look at, comforting and soft. The colors are so nice. It's a nice layout, separated sections each with it's own personality, but blending nicely with the other sections. I'd like to see kitty's face unobstructed by the type. :- )