Hi Joel,
I hope you're well.
If this company don't hire you, they would be making a big mistake.
You've managed to make the company look a lot more professional, organised and modern without going outside of the original theme.
If I am to be pedantic for your benefit I would say to make a couple of items a little more prominent.
The phrase 'heal changes everything' is powerful and tugs at the heart-strings, which is what you want. I think it could do with being in a softer font, perhaps something that is a smooth script face.
The second area I would draw a little more attention to is the 'Stay in touch. Sign Up!' area. This news letter is a valuable marketing mechnism for their audience. It's a bit washed-out in my opinion.
Again - nice work. I'd hire ya.
Good luck with the job.
Kind regards,
Matt
Great job, a big improvement over the original version of the website!
I would make the slogan bigger and maybe add another color to the color scheme to make the website a bit brighter.
I like what you did with the four "buttons", but I'd like to see them without scrolling, so I would swap them with the "Stay in touch. Sign up!" bar.
Putting the Donate button in such a prominent location is unconventional and bold. You're not wasting anybody's time. This site is about getting donations to cure kids!!! Excellent choice.
First off great design! You managed to keep the basic feel of the site yet really move them up to a whole new level.
I must disagree with changing the color scheme. I am a fan of the mild, organic palette. Although it wouldn't hurt to throw in a bright color in very small places.
I also agree that 'healing changes everything' could benefit from a softer font.
The top buttons feel a bit cheap to me. They feel almost 'generated'. Maybe work on getting those up to par with the rest of your design.
I'll be interested to see any hover effects when the site is up.
Again great job and I hope they hire you!
Not enough copy to understand from home page what is offered.
pure deisgn, good layout
I'm just not feeling the color combination. Any other options?
Yeah it's probably pretty open, I just picked something "safe" for this purpose. I didn't want to make any thing radical and risk them just totally hating it because of that. It was received very well, but if I get the position I would likely explore a lot more options.
I've been finding lately that some of my clients have been liking things just out of the fact that they are"new" and improved. But that what I've designed for them doesn't totally hit the nail on the head. Do you ever get that sense? I'm just curious to see if anyone else experiences this.
Thanks very much for your compliments and insight Matt!