[thelist] Site Critique?

[Eric Langlitz]

Hi Frank.  Here are some thoughts...

You have some great things happening with your logo that could be continued
throughout your site.  The curves could work somewhere on a larger scale.
The fonts in the logo could be pulled out for headers and footers, etc.

Your Logo - As I understand from your site, you develop code.  An exciting
and rewarding activity to those of us who do it (I love Cold Fusion!), but
usually viewed as some geeky and boring task to outsiders.  To me, you logo
says corporate and professional until you get to the colors.  The blue you
have chosen is a strong, common color for conveying a corporate,
professional attitude without overpowering.  However, the pastel/brick color
takes away from that feel.  I keep wanting this to be some oil painters or
portrait painters website.

Don't get me wrong, your logo is your identity, and if this says "you" or
what you want it to say about you, then please leave it alone, because it is
a pretty nice logo.  I think you may find more success by changing that
pastel/brick color to something with more presence say an orange-red, a
solid red, or even a lighter shade of orange.

I think the "Tip" portion of your site is a great concept!  I wonder if it
could be in a better location however...

I can't get my eyes to go past the very large red type you have used for
headers (1024 x 768 res on a Mac).  I am all for clear type on screen,
because of the lack of readability with screen text, but, maybe you could
size stuff down just a hair?

Ok, that's enough from me.  I think your content is there and enough for
substance.  Now you need to develop the visual - something I would start
from the logo and develop from there.


--
Eric Langlitz
Principal
Chicken3
3409 NE 62nd Ave #164
Vancouver, WA 98661
360.906.7195
feed at chicken3.com



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>From: Frank <framar at interlog.com>
>To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>Subject: [thelist] Site Critique?
>Date: Fri, Aug 31, 2001, 2:02 AM
>

>
> Hey folks,
>
> I'm wondering if you could take a look at
>
> http://www.framarstudios.com/
>
> It's my own site, and aside from being a little short on content
> (that I haven't added all my apps yet) I'm generally pleased with it
> at this phase.
>
> Please feel free to critique it from any point of view. No holds barred.
>
> Thanks!
> --
>
>
> A bucket full of water does not splash about,
>              only a bucket half-full splashes.
>                                            -- Malayan Proverb.
>
> Frank Marion                      Framar Studios
> frank at framarstudios.com           http://www.framarstudios.com
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