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[Arshad]

I am newbie with some days experience. I have designed a site (incomplete though) for a friend. I have placed it at http://www7.ewebcity.com/ashper/FrontLine2.html
Will someone comment on that please ?

I need some real criticism so that I can improve it.

Arshad

[This message has been edited by Arshad (edited 28 May 2000).]

[This message has been edited by Arshad (edited 28 May 2000).]

[Mundane]

I don't know what to say!.
it's Ok, but basic.
The only suggestion i can give is, Browse the site check and get inspired.
learn but don't rip off.

thats what i did. hope it works for ya!

Mundane

[Kristoffer]

Hi... u need to remove the text thta folows the mouse,
or else the site is realy cool :-)

[puresin]

hiya Arshad,

welcome to graphic design... hope you don't like but love
it

your site:

first thing:
horrible font! (why is that the first thing i always see?
blame it on my typographic education).
it's distorted to the point of illegibility. that makes it
almost impossible to use even for headlines or links.
the text and the font you use for it are vital elements of
information.
if you want to use a condensed font with an similar look,
try futuraMd condensed. it's still not the optimum, but it's
way better than most other fonts.

give a second thought to your color scheme.
the blue tones are heavy on my eyes, and the grey-golden
tones at the top don't really fit. try the complementary
colors.

the intro: i'm not 100% sure, but it doesn't look like you
brought the items that show when the cursor moves over them
and flashes were brought into a geometric order. why not
try that with a grid that helpes you to get those elements
into position?
be beware of the fact that the position of those elements
give them a certain hierarchic value. place the most
important elements on top and the not-that-important ones
at the bottom. maybe use a geometric shape as hints for the
positions.

the navigation vanishes when clicking at a link. i'd make
the main navigation ALWAYS and on every place on your site
accessible.

hope this helped you.

[Kristoffer]

Yes i know that my homepage is horrible now, butt (hehe) my homepage is NOT done yet...
that page is just a test page


butt thank u for the answer u gave me.

[puresin]

no Kristoffer,

i didn't do this site check to tell you that your site is
horrible.

i wanted to point out some things that seemed important to
me and that are vital points of graphic and interface
design.

when you're at the start of your graphic designers'
career it's a long and sometimes steep path you still have
to go, but the only thing that helpes you there is
experience. go on, and maybe the next five pages will look
horrible (to you!), but the 10th or maybe 20th will be
better. and even more important, you learn from the faults
more than from the thing you did (knowingly or
subconciously) right.

so, keep on working and learning.

it all will be good.