Concept Reviews
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I feel as this design is only about 5 stages from a wire-frame ?
the white on white about looks od
The glow on the background i feel makes the edges too soft
Type doesn't appear to have had any treatment.
padding seems a little wide on the left and right
1>2>3 i presume you haven't done anything on yet ?
Gradients on body bg maybe just try with a solid colour not transparent
I think this could really improve if with more consideration to the type
Hope this helps
Cheers
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I understand the idea behind the 'about' headline, but it kind of looks cheap, maybe because of the thickness or the font, not sure...
With the colour theme, if you're going for freshness you've got it... though it's almost overpowering: I can smell mint just looking at it (that would make me expect the floss to be mint coated, is it ??)... So anyway, freshness = good thing if you think about your teeth, but maybe keep in mind the chill factor may need some sort of 'warming' element to balance out (I don't know, maybe like a smiling person portrait for example...).
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Jason commented:Thanks for the review Carole. Seems like most of the review is some what positive, if you have a moment could you explain why you posted such low numbers? I'm not offended, just want to learn more about your thoughts, thanks!
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Seems half cooked.
First the logo could get some work.
The menu doesn't look like a menu, you should add some padding at least to the text, looks like a sentence instead of different sections.
The curve is overdone and the glow too.
The "about" header is hard to read, I would get rid of the shadows, but the concept is good, you just need to work on that a little bit more.
The content text is too small and those arrows look weird.
I think you should reconsider the whole layout.
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- Menu seems none existent. You could either work on a more vibrant font/ text styling or have buttons (or perhaps underline effect) for each link.
- The background is quite engaging but nothing else seems to grab attention. You might want to consider changing the color of the center part, if you're considering on using opacity
- Headings seem odd and would need a different font or styling.
- Menu seems none existent. You could either work on a more vibrant font/ text styling or have buttons (or perhaps underline effect) for each link.
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I like the background and the navigation in the top right, they flow well with each other.
However, I think there is too much space in the main content area, between the shape background and the text, I think the text should be pushed left a bit more.
Also, the design would be better if you didn't have the transparency in the main content area. Also I don't agree with the soft glow.
The arrows seem a bit too basic, so i assume they're just placeholders?
I think fix the above comments and it will start to look a lot better.
Good luck
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The water background color is a bit off. Assuming the logo color is fixed, the border should match the logo color scheme.
Also the water swirls are too prominent and distracting. I would soften it.
You could get some ideas from: http://www.conceptfeedback.com/concept/3952/guppy-website-v-3/
The center section is fine, although I would go with a softer grey font to match the about icon.
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Jason commented:
You're right, the logo color is fixed. Looking through a color scheme from http://colorschemedesigner.com/ brought me pretty horrid colors (the original color is #00acef). I decided to go more saturated to liven it up.
I'm not going to lighten up the grays. According to http://www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html my grays are barely passing the WCAG standards.
Yeah that water swirl looks pretty cool, but I agree it's a little distracting. I'll mess around with it.
Thanks for the feedback, very helpful.
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Jackie Villegas commented:Yes the logo needs alot of help and the design is not very effective. Need a more stylized logo of floss and a tooth or just the floss. The water photograph doesn't look right with the design. It cliché been used to many times.
http://logopond.com/search/http://justcreativedesign.com/2009/07/27/what-makes-a-good-logo/
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Nick,
wireframe >> Yeah pretty good guess there. I'm new at designing (I prefer coding) but this is for a friend of mine and she needs the whole package. I'm trying to learn as much as I can so I put it up early to see if I was on a good track or not.
white>> I put the shadows around it to stand it out, but since I'm going to check out the color scheme a little more, I'll see if I can change it.
type>> It's for layout, more 'does it work being placed here', this is the first version
padding>> I think I trusted the 960 grid a little too much. I'm going to widen out and go by 'feel'
gradient>> Gonna try that out
Thanks, got my vote!