Natasa S

portfolio website

By Natasa S

   on Mar 09, 2010
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  • Scott Galloway

    Scott Galloway

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
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    I like the header and footer treatments; very clean and straightforward.

    However, I find my eyes aren't following the header text very well (i.e. "we handcraft clean & usable..."). My eyes dart around to the higher font sized elements, and have to go back to re-read the full sentence, which appears broken up too much to me. I'd want instead to see perhaps a slightly more linear approach to that text, with maybe not as heavy a hand on the keywords you're calling out (e.g. "handcraft, web solutions, needs")...In terms of color of those keywords, I like the 2nd option, as it reinforces your brand.

    Additionally, I'd like to see a bit more harmony in the layout of the text blocks at the bottom of the page; for example, simply bottom aligning both boxes may help here.

  • Gustavs Cirulis

    Gustavs Cirulis

    Rank: 4 Master

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 2
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    clean up

    Posted on Mar 09, 2010 at 2:41 PM

    I've always liked the usage of big fonts, however I don't like the way the letters are placed and them being in many different sizes and colors.

    I think you should align the first 3 lines to the left side of the "hello all" box and make the black text a bit smaller and a bit more gray.

    Also use just one red color.

  • Anna Funk

    Anna Funk

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 2
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    Word Grouping

    Posted on Mar 09, 2010 at 2:55 PM

    I love the idea of the big, eye-catching words. There is no way that anyone could take more than just a few seconds to figure out what you do.

    However, I am not reading the words as naturally as they could/should be. Read each line as they are its own idea or sentence.

    "We handcraft clean" "& usable web" "solutions for your needs" (even though it's technically two lines, I do at least read them as one)

    The last line makes complete sense on its own, but the first two don't. If you break up the sentence in a way that leaves each line its own, complete idea, it'll improve readability quite a bit.

  • Escape Creative

    Escape Creative

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
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    The gray box on the right ("we are available...") seems out of place. It distracts from the big words, and from the "hello all" box.

    Maybe incorporate the gray box language into the 'hello all' box, and include some kind of large button image with a call to action. The call to action is important, and it's hidden in that gray box that I feel also detracts from the design.

  • Joey Guerra

    Joey Guerra

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
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    I'd change "solutions" to "sites".

    Posted on Mar 09, 2010 at 8:32 PM

    I like the aesthetics overall. But I don't think your potential customers are going to get "web solutions".

    Also, you should consider adding a call to action to contact you in the brownish box at the bottom.

  • Avinash Tripathi

    Avinash Tripathi

    Rank: 4 Master

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
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    Nice start on the header just getting lost a bit in a too big size of the typo.

  • Ashim D'silva

    Ashim D'silva

    Rank: 2 Titan

    843

    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 3
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    Arrangement of the opening line

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:27 AM

    Big type can be beautiful, but what becomes important is not just the type but the space created by the varying sizes. You have a lot of different sizes on text, which means the spaces (below 'web', the '& usable' area, space between 'your' and the 'd' of 'needs') all create an odd and unbalanced feeling.

    I'd say definitely change the font for 'creative for your needs' and the jagged line, they stands out significantly as a tacked on extras and interfere with the cleanliness of the rest of the site.

  • Jim van Aalst

    Jim van Aalst

    Rank: 4 Master

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 5
    • Engagement: 2
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    The top

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:31 AM

    The website looks very creative, well done. There are a couple of things that bugs me.

    1 - The top of the page is too big, the tekst looks creative but i miss the flow. And maybe a little smaller.

    2 - Play with the menu. Try to use a more creative font or maybe a icon before the pagetitles.

    Good luck!!

  • Joshua Jansen

    Joshua Jansen

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 2
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    Better but still a bit messy

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 8:35 AM

    I like the way you cleared it up. But I think the use of different colors for are a bit messy.

  • Nate Hamilton

    Nate Hamilton

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
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    not a website

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 8:53 AM

    This still doesn't look like a website. It looks more like a printed piece that has some typography issues. I love your colors and gradient usage but the layout just isn't working for me. You need to contain your header text more.

  • Daniela Guerrato

    Daniela Guerrato

    Rank: 3 Superior

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
    0 Votes
    Text alignment

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    I really like the big text! But I thing that If you align it to the left it would be 100% better.

    I would also have a blank space after that heading to give the user room to breath and place the "hello all" box after it (instead of aligned with "need").

    As for the colors I like the blue text better. It gives more contrast.

  • Heberti Almeida

    Heberti Almeida

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    I like

    Posted on Mar 11, 2010 at 5:53 AM

    I liked but I think it should have less variation sources.

  • Aline Marques

    Aline Marques

    Rank: 3 Superior

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 1
    • Originality: 1
    • Engagement: 1
    0 Votes
    Letters too big

    Posted on Mar 11, 2010 at 9:44 AM

    I can´t read the text in the first time, I´d reduce the size of the letters a bit or reorganize them.

    I prefer the blue version, looks more harmonious.

  • celia leocadio

    celia leocadio

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    change font

    Posted on Mar 13, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    red works better