Comments on: My mind is mush… http://karinhill.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/my-mind-is-mush/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:17:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: veprek.com » Blog Archive » Design Critiques http://karinhill.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/my-mind-is-mush/#comment-129 veprek.com » Blog Archive » Design Critiques Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:44:01 +0000 http://karinhill.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/my-mind-is-mush/#comment-129 [...] added some comments on Karin’s site because I thought she did a really great job and the critique got a little carried away. Perhaps [...] [...] added some comments on Karin’s site because I thought she did a really great job and the critique got a little carried away. Perhaps [...]

]]> By: Laura http://karinhill.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/my-mind-is-mush/#comment-128 Laura Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:31:21 +0000 http://karinhill.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/my-mind-is-mush/#comment-128 Karin, Great job with your design! I really, really liked it. I think folks got a little carried away in the critique last night because, as is, it's pretty darn good and definitely better than much that is out on the web. I think a few things would help your site look even better. 1) make your background the same blue as the main content area (include {background-color: #blue;} in your body section of your css, obviousl replacing "blue" with the code/name of your color. 2) on the container that holds all of your content, include a margin setting like this: margin: 0 auto; --that will center that container on the page. 3) consider making the header smaller. I know we talked about this in class. I love it, it's very dramatic. If you were to make the overall height of that image more like 200px and maybe move the text up to the top right quarter of the periscope, I think it would work even better. Along these lines, I would also increase the font size of your subtitle and make it a sans-serif like the main title so that it stands out from the body text a little more. 4) I would move the declassified stamp to the very top right, but I would not make it bigger. I'm impressed. I think you have a really good design sense. Good luck with the final project! Laura Karin,
Great job with your design! I really, really liked it. I think folks got a little carried away in the critique last night because, as is, it’s pretty darn good and definitely better than much that is out on the web. I think a few things would help your site look even better.

1) make your background the same blue as the main content area (include {background-color: #blue;} in your body section of your css, obviousl replacing “blue” with the code/name of your color.

2) on the container that holds all of your content, include a margin setting like this: margin: 0 auto; –that will center that container on the page.

3) consider making the header smaller. I know we talked about this in class. I love it, it’s very dramatic. If you were to make the overall height of that image more like 200px and maybe move the text up to the top right quarter of the periscope, I think it would work even better. Along these lines, I would also increase the font size of your subtitle and make it a sans-serif like the main title so that it stands out from the body text a little more.

4) I would move the declassified stamp to the very top right, but I would not make it bigger.

I’m impressed. I think you have a really good design sense. Good luck with the final project!

Laura

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