Josh Nielsen

Concept: More Advertising Company

I actually like the 3rd the best. I think it is striking in just black and white, the colored ones seem to take away from that effect in my opinion. perhaps you could try slightly graying the 'creative, thinking, marketing' part to add a little contrast or vice versa.

• Design: 3
• Purpose: 3
• Originality: 4
• Engagement: 4

Concept: Vision/Mission Poster

I like the colors and I think the design as a whole is quite nice.

I think you may be able to drop the DODEA MISSION and VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL VISION since it is a bit redundant given the large heading at top and bottom. then fill that area with a wider paragraph that runs along the top and bottom of the inner content. It may not work, but I find myself struggling to read the paragraphs since they have line breaks after every 2 or three words.

• Design: 3
• Purpose: 3
• Originality: 4
• Engagement: 3

Concept: Buisness Card Design

not really sure how to remedy this, but to me the ?trilobyte? has a very obvious "extracted with photoshop" look.

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

Concept: Website redesign for my own personal website kaplang.com

It seems to me that aside from needing to break up your site, your styles are disconnected. You have a smooth creamy header at the top but then a web 2.0 glossy navbar. Your services sections seems a little "clip-art" to me. Then you have a Welcome banner that is an entirely new color and style. I think you should consolidate to a simple few colors and a cohesive style. I am partial to the creamy style that you have in the top with your logo. Your contact info should be in the footer or on another page, not in the header. People are interested in what you do first, then they will worry about contacting you.

• Design: 1
• Purpose: 2
• Originality: 1
• Engagement: 1

Concept: MobileMySite

the radial gradient in the lower gray section was a little distracting to me as I was reading the white text and the contrast with the bg would change as I read left to right. Not sure if you should necessarily change that just because of me, but maybe see if any others feel the same way. Possibly make the gradient a little more subtle. Otherwise I think it is a very effective and profesional site.

• Design: 5
• Purpose: 5
• Originality: 3
• Engagement: 5

Concept: unikdesign portfolio/website

Very nice design! I love how spacious and welcoming the header is. but then the portfolio section seems crowded in contrast. I would go for only 3 item that have plenty of breathing room. also the footer with the diagonal lines seems a little "8-bit" compared to the modern smooth feeling the rest of the site has. The .js transitions are awesome with the fixed logo, love it.

• Design: 4
• Purpose: 5
• Originality: 5
• Engagement: 4

Concept: Broken Crayon Portfolio

I have to say that I don't like how the dark and light sections of the site mesh. Is it a light, open, "breath of fresh air" site? Or is it a dark, stylish, cozy site? feels to me like you need to decide on one. It looks like there is attention to detail and is done well, I just feel the two styles are in conflict.

• Design: 3
• Purpose: 5
• Originality: 4
• Engagement: 4

Concept: Aviaturgus

I agree with Szymon about the sparkles and glam and also about the links. the overall layout isn't bad. I would consider a short description of your site just to help newcomers. also the quicklinks at the right of the header are almost invisible. might want to give them some contrast from the surrounding area.

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

Concept: Baltic Apartments

I am jealous, i wish i had designed it!

• Design: 5
• Purpose: 5
• Originality: 5
• Engagement: 5

Concept: Web site redesign for air-conditioning shop

the header to me seems broken and disconnected. if the VEKA-ING in the top left is the company logo i woulnd't know it. it needs to be bigger to seperate it from the other two item in the header. since they are all roughly the same size the seem like they are all on the same level of importance and related, which they are not. with that said, it is a very nice stylish design. i ilke the depth that the menu bars have a lot.

• Design: 4
• Purpose: 4
• Originality: 4
• Engagement: 4

Concept: Church Logo

i don;t like the cross used int he last example. If you are going to use a cross maybe use the same alignment as the first example and use a slimmer cross to rest above "Pr" and wrap over the top of the "R". if you did that you may need to bring the R and h at the end into alignment.

• Design: 3
• Purpose: 3
• Originality: 3
• Engagement: 3

Concept: Trio Design Logo

I think the way the second one aligns nicely on the left and right is nice and the chopped t it makes it seem more stylish and unique. I don't think the glow would be a problem if the logo was displayed smaller. I am assuming it won't be this big in use. If you are going to use it at this size then I would consider dropping the blur atleast on the "trio" and maybe keep it on the "design".

• Design: 4
• Purpose: 4
• Originality: 4
• Engagement: 4

Concept: compasswheel

It is very nice, the COMPASS font is spot on, but wheel could use something diferent, also you might consider going a little simpler with the compass image, it seems a bit busy inside the inner circle. although I like it anyway, I would just be interested to see it in a simpler format.

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