Chris Faulkner

Website Design - http://www.WebThirsty.com

By Chris Faulkner

   on Oct 28, 2009
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  • Miro

    Miro

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 5
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
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    I like it

    Posted on Oct 28, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    Looks very good, I would not change a thing.

  • Aaran Casey

    Aaran Casey

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
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    I wouldn't

    Posted on Oct 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    change anything I love this look it's clean sharp and modern excellently executed well done!

    • chris faulkner
      chris faulkner commented:
      Posted: on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:24 PM

      Thanks a lot for the kind words Miro and Aaran! I went through so many different versions. making a site for myself has been the most challenging site i've made so far. never would have thought.

  • Swarat Ghosh

    Swarat Ghosh

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 4
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    the look is nice very contemporary

    Posted on Oct 29, 2009 at 1:08 AM

    the only think bit concerned is the blue u have used can u toned down that bit it's striking to the eyes at the moment..rest is good..

    • chris faulkner
      chris faulkner commented:
      Posted: on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:19 PM

      ah the blue. that blue has grown on me too much for me to change it, although i do see how someone might think it's a bit drastic. i think if i made it any lighter or darker it would take away from it. I appreciate the feedback though.

  • Alan Horne

    Alan Horne

    Rank: 3 Superior

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    • Design: 4
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    Excellent

    Posted on Oct 29, 2009 at 5:51 AM

    I love it.

    Menu is unique, and something a little different.

    Only thing i would change is the colour of the footer needs toned down a little(although i love it) and maybe make the portfolio pictures a little larger, but i can see what you have done with alignment on that.

    • chris faulkner
      chris faulkner commented:
      Posted: on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:17 PM

      yea i have a couple of lighter versions of that footer, might try and see what people think about that. and yea i had to think about the portfolio pictures, because i didn't want them too small but like you said, the alignment is an issue there. Thanks for the feedback.

  • Nate Hamilton

    Nate Hamilton

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    • Design: 4
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    Really well done!

    Posted on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    There is very little I would change on this design, it looks really good. Great organization and clean crisp lines. I like the concept behind everything with being thirsty and the water on the footer. Really well thought out, GREAT job!

  • Kapil Dev

    Kapil Dev

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 2
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    Nice color scheme and neat typography

    Posted on Oct 29, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    hey, your site looks very cool and it directly conveying your service. Call to actions are very well placed but i didnt like the jquery carousel placement and size

  • Ben Walker

    Ben Walker

    Rank: 3 Superior

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
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    Separate the header slightly

    Posted on Oct 30, 2009 at 6:22 AM

    Generally very good.

    Personally I would do something to separate the header (the logo and menu).

    I would move the twitter, etc links elsewhere - it's a bit unclear what these are for.

    A bit more spacing between the intro paragraph and the intro paragraph and the 3 content buckets would help.

    I'd make the portfolio item straight, not wonky. Make more of your work - bigger pictures, show it off!

    Hope that's helpful to you!

  • Szymon Niemczura

    Szymon Niemczura

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
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    Literally nothing

    Posted on Oct 30, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    Chris, you've got a great site! I really love it and I believe it works well with the clients.

    There's one small detail about that list "Design, Develop, Guidance" - I don't quite like the shadow on icons and I believe you could make the list more attractive by changing that squared LIs with a nice tick or something...

    Anyway good job! Take care!

    • chris faulkner
      chris faulkner commented:
      Posted: on Nov 02, 2009 at 8:41 AM

      Hi Szymon. When you say "shadow" for the icons do you mean the shading inside them? I agree with you on the LI lists... I've been meaning to give some other type of bullets a try. Thanks for the help.

  • Hyder

    Hyder

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
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    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    Color contrasts

    Posted on Oct 30, 2009 at 5:34 PM

    Beautiful design. I love the adequate use of whitespace where needed.

    Just on thing. The text at the bottom is not easily readable. Perhaps try to make the background a little darker to increase contrast.

    Good work!

  • Mike Madison

    Mike Madison

    Rank: 4 Master

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    I like it but..

    Posted on Oct 31, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    I would say theres to much type and not enough portfolio pieces

  • Miika Puputti

    Miika Puputti

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 5
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    Nothing much

    Posted on Nov 02, 2009 at 7:54 AM

    You have nailed it!

  • Loffern Loffern

    Loffern Loffern

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 1
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    • Engagement: 1
    0 Votes
    Bottom heavy

    Posted on Nov 02, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    Hi, I like it. If I should poke on anything it might be the main menu, I dont feel its the same style if you know what I mean.

    The bottom also feel a little heavy, but that might work better when its in html.

  • Christoph Brueckner

    Christoph Brueckner

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 5
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 5
    0 Votes
    very good stuff

    Posted on Nov 02, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    The only thing I would change is the topmost texture line. Not that I have a better idea for those social media icons right now, but I think you could maybe do something that would fit the water theme better.

    Apart from that, it's great work. Envying your logo a lot ;-)

  • Josh Jackson

    Josh Jackson

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    One word or two?

    Posted on Nov 03, 2009 at 1:14 AM

    Heeeyy. I remember this logo. I like how the logo turned out, and I really like your site design, Chris. You know, at first glance, I thought it was a brochure.

    I have two simple questions: 1. The site is very modular and linear. Do you want the "Portfolio" icon on the right to be angled? 2. Is Web Thirsty one word or two? Your logo appears to make it two words, but your site content shows it as one word. Personally, I'd go with two words because I think that matches your logo better.

    Great job, Chris.

    • Josh Jackson
      Josh Jackson commented:
      Posted: on Nov 03, 2009 at 1:19 AM

      I have to follow up my own comment with this ... grammatically speaking, you need to tweak your intro for parallelism. If you want to say "is creating clean ..." then you should say "providing clients with ... " Otherwise, it should be "to create clean ..." and "to provide clients ..." I think this will help eliminate that widow, too. Oh, and no comma is needed after "usability."

  • Ted Goas

    Ted Goas

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    Looks great!

    Posted on Nov 03, 2009 at 8:14 AM

    I wouldn't change much. You've create a nice, consistent look. Maybe work on the icons up top and the three across the middle, but that's nitpicking!

  • Joel Glovier

    Joel Glovier

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 5
    0 Votes
    tile the footer

    Posted on Nov 03, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    BEAUTIFUL indeed. Very clean and usable. Great work.

    The only think I'd change is the footer does not tile on larger screens. On my 24" there is white space on either side.

    • chris faulkner
      chris faulkner commented:
      Posted: on Nov 07, 2009 at 9:09 AM

      Thanks a lot Joel for bringing that to my attention. I'm using 20'' screens so I didn't catch it.

  • Joel Colombo

    Joel Colombo

    Rank: 5 Advanced

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    Correct the page content balance

    Posted on Nov 04, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    I think the structure isn't clear enough due to the size resemblance of the logotype and the title.

    One way to go is to slightly reduce the logo size and keep it as tall as the navigation bar, this way you can leave some room and differentiate both areas. I'd also add more space between the title description and the bottom columns.

    I like the color palette and the three columns make the site very clean.

    Hope it helps!