Website Design. Opinions.?

[Repair]

Hey,
Just finished this design. Took a long time! What do you all think? How can I improve it?

http://qoou.net/images/6Xs7B.png

[lRhyss]

Thats ******* sexy

[Repair]

Thanks duude

[iDenning]

Its abit too simple IMO, it looks nice though however is the top half a copyright or is that how its going to be (the shine thingy), that bit looks weird imo!

[Pegle]

I cannot see any way in which to improve it except lower the shine on the banner.

[Repair]

Its abit too simple IMO, it looks nice though however is the top half a copyright or is that how its going to be (the shine thingy), that bit looks weird imo!

Thats part of the design, thanks for your critisism guys, I will lower the shine :)

[Tom]

Really not liking the logo and navigation font... other than that it looks good! I like the simplicity of it. :)

[Repair]

Really not liking the logo and navigation font... other than that it looks good! I like the simplicity of it. :)

Thanks, what font would you reccomend.?

[lolwut]

Three things spring to mind initially:
1) The drop shadow on the navigation bar feels too far away. I guess you're trying to create either emphasis or depth, but it looks too detached to me.
2) The "shine" effect on the image overpowers the actual image. Shine effects are supposed to be used to compliment the image they're on, not overpower it.
3) The position of the shine is a few pixels too low.

Also, I think you should use sans-serif fonts as opposed to serif fonts. Serif fonts are intended for usage in printed articles such as letters, newspapers, and typed documents. Think about it: how many websites (aside from journalistic) do you see using sans-serif fonts? :P

[Repair]

Three things spring to mind initially:
1) The drop shadow on the navigation bar feels too far away. I guess you're trying to create either emphasis or depth, but it looks too detached to me.
2) The "shine" effect on the image overpowers the actual image. Shine effects are supposed to be used to compliment the image they're on, not overpower it.
3) The position of the shine is a few pixels too low.

Also, I think you should use sans-serif fonts as opposed to serif fonts. Serif fonts are intended for usage in printed articles such as letters, newspapers, and typed documents. Think about it: how many websites (aside from journalistic) do you see using sans-serif fonts? :P


Thanks for your extremely helpful response!!

Is this any better? For some reason the font wont stay straight but I'm sure thats an easy fix for someone with the know how.

http://sam.epichosts.com/3.png


Or we have this

http://sam.epichosts.com/4.png

Other forums preffered the 3rd one :)

[Zuth]

The bottom one is much better :)

[lolwut]

http://sam.epichosts.com/4.png


I really like this one.

To me, the drop shadow on the navigation still feels a little too distant, but in every other respect I think it's a brilliant design.

Well done. :)

[Repair]

Thanks so much! :)

[Thomas]

you should probably stay away from tutorials IMHO:http://www.photoshop-plus.co.uk/2011/05/31/learn-to-create-a-clean-style-portfolio-layout/

[Zuth]

you should probably stay away from tutorials IMHO:http://www.photoshop-plus.co.uk/2011/05/31/learn-to-create-a-clean-style-portfolio-layout/

Gotta start somewhere :P

[Fiendly]

Gotta start somewhere :P

But it's better to create something with your tastes, sometimes tutorials seem a bit tacky..

[JerseySafety]

Simple and very effective, just what I would want if I was to purchase a website.

Good job +rep

[Repair]

you should probably stay away from tutorials IMHO:http://www.photoshop-plus.co.uk/2011/05/31/learn-to-create-a-clean-style-portfolio-layout/

Yeah but you have to learn somewhere. Why post in a thread that is almost 2 weeks old anyway. Can you design.? If so, I'd love to know how you started and if its any different to the way I did...

[Thomas]

Yeah but you have to learn somewhere. Why post in a thread that is almost 2 weeks old anyway. Can you design.? If so, I'd love to know how you started and if its any different to the way I did...
I personally just did trial and error. I am not sure why you are being so sharp about it anyway, I never said it was a problem I was just stating a fact and I think you should have said you used a tutorial.

[Repair]

I just get frustrated because I'm trying to learn to design and people just troll... Everyone learns in different ways...

[Thomas]

I just get frustrated because I'm trying to learn to design and people just troll... Everyone learns in different ways...
I was not trolling, I was just putting the facts out there.