ZoomConcept Reviews
Minor Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 Font and button treatment not bold enough 2 Good graphic - but awkward whitespace Minor Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/atlanta-web-design-portfolio 1 Twitter icon may be better Serious Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/atlanta-web-design-portfolio 1 lacks visual affordance (definition: http://www.usabilityfirst.com/glossary/affordance/) Serious Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/digital-marketing 1 Make gray - and move down. Too close to logo Critical Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/atlanta-web-design-portfolio 1 Too close to the logo - creates visual clutter 2 place a bounding box around this item Critical Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/digital-marketing 1 too dark for this design - will create a huge hole in the page Positive Feature on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 Good logo and tagline 2 Great areas of content - well balanced, easy to read Positive Feature on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/ 1 Cleaner! Nice balance Positive Feature on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/digital-marketing 1 Nice page design Summary:
Overall - the design works well.
First Landing page - has some subtle flaws in contrasting elements like fonts and graphics.
First Interior page - has some elements that appear as though they are floating.
Second Landing Page - is a very strong design. I like the balance.
Second Interior Page - Is excellent.
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the design need some bounders inside so it won't be like this , u can make it with lines shadow , or bold the blog tittles like All Tagged Up my eye goes like feeling all the site is one peice :D one paragraph or something and all of this in all the 3 other designs which u made a good work , but make it excellent ;)
Minor Problem This is a Minor, but I am picky... I think the logo would look better left aligned, and I the grey could be slightly darker Alignment, make the logo in-line with the content Alignment, again... Alignment, in order to have a professional site, it looks best if everything is on a nice solid grid Minor Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/atlanta-web-design-portfolio 1 This is a minor - but on the live site this kind of flicker's and it's really distracting to the point, that I moved to another page and didn't read anything about the project 2 Underlines are fairly irrelevant, I would just keep it the different color Minor Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/digital-marketing 1 alignment - again Serious Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 Readability - that gray is too light, it's almost unreadable Critical Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/atlanta-web-design-portfolio 1 This is misleading and the icon is TOO small, is it an RSS or Twitter make up your mind Critical Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/digital-marketing 1 These rolling images are really hard on the eye, honestly from a user point of view, it made me leave the page 2 Stock images - these may be "marketing" images, but they just look tacky and unprofessional... Positive Feature on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 Like this New Idea on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 I think it would look better, if you had your portfolio snapshots in here, because this image might mean something to you, but it means nothing to me, and doesn't portray any creativity Summary:
Overall it's nice to see a clean site, however the more I delve into it the more I dislike it, and find it hard to use.
I like how the logo is integrated into the site colors, but at the same time I think you need to be able to break up content in oder to interest the audience.
Moving forward I would like to see a wire frame of this, and how you are going to break up the site a bit better...
Good luck!
Minor Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 I would reduce the line spacing a little bit, it looks too loose otherwise. Also reduce the line spacing in the lists and paragraphs. 2 I would add some visual guide to separate the different posts, when I look at the site, I don' know when a post finishes and when the next starts. Minor Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com/atlanta-web-design-portfolio 1 This has been said already and I agree, logo should be aligned left. 2 Also said before, RSS Icon is instead of the Twitter icon (I believe you don't need any icon here though). Serious Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 When you roll over the buttons, the whole blog moves, fix this by not resizing the button on the rollover 2 Main image is too big, Reduce the size of this image, otherwise the first post starts almost below the fold. and the first impression of the blog is lucking cohesion. Maybe move the image left or right and add a short line of text to get rid of the space that you are loosing left and right of the image. 3 Looking at the site, I see several h1s on the same page, you MUST have only one H1 per page. Also it needs to be coherent don't have an h1 as subtitle and an h2 as title. Summary:
I have noted down some first impressions on the design and the user experience. I like the design so far, is very clean, but it needs some tweaking. I am looking forward to seeing the updates you make on the blog. Also, you are touching interesting subjects in it.
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I like the site and colors used, the typography and the simplicity of it all ..
BUT ,, I'm not a fan of the over used little white men. I think it looks too corporate and doesn't portray the correct look for a freelance designer. they do compliment the design nicely , but overall I think that they should be replaced..
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Clayton Curtis commented:Yeah, as far as the white men go: I've heard it both ways, people either like it or they don't like it. I've come to realize that with a lot of my potential clients, they like a more "corporate" look. I feel that a lot of the time designers try to be too elaborate and out there with their design and it goes over the head of 95% of people/businesses who need websites.
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Minor Problem Top navigation
Upon hovering over the top navigation, the entire page skids down a bit. The hover must be adding extra margin to the page. If intentional, forgive...Topic Title
Whitespace between the topic title and contents is more than the space between a topic ending and the next topic title.Critical Problem Facebook recommendations
The facebook recommendation box destroys the right half of the page if viewed under 1027x768 res. (Chrome)Summary:
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Overall I like it. The Devil graphic could be facing in instead to bring focus to the main text area. It would be a simple flip of the image that would be easy to try and see how you like it.
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I think one can be a bit too corporate. The colours are simple and minimalistic, but there is nothing to draw my attention and pull me in. Maybe add a splash of other colour, or make the men at the top a different pic.
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Minor Problem Banner
What is this for? Is this supposed to convey a message to your users? I'm not sure it is effective. You may want to use this main space to start conveying your main message about your site.Navigation
Navigation is hard to read due to the small text and light contrastimage
What is this? Needs better message of what you are trying to convey.Serious Problem Left Nav Bar
Not sure what this is for. You may want to consider getting rid of this completely.Positive Feature Logo
I like the logos colors and design. It pops out to me the most.Summary:
Too much white space, colors seem a bit light. May want to consider using more colorful images and make them convey a stronger message.
Minor Problem on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 Not sure what this image is doing here. It is also quite different from the style of the featured image. For some reason it feels a bit out of place. Positive Feature on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 Very nice header logo and tagline, matches the overall look and feel of the website. New Idea on http://www.claytoncurtis.com 1 How about a bit more contrast between the font color and the background? 2 It might be better to show these buttons only on the article page, now they are repeated on the homepage and distract from the actual content. Summary:
I think you're a great graphic designer; however, the overall flow of your website just didn't work for me.
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Keeping it clean and tidy has made it nice to view, read and navigate around. This also encourages people to visit again and again - letting others know about the website. Easy on the eye as well as easy to navigate does encourage people to re-visit
