I think I want to get more into the design, but this is just preliminary.
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The first image is the home page, I am going to do a splash page!
This next image is secondary, for programmers
Third image is tertiary page of programmers with terms and links that bring up different information
Comment and thanks! Any feedback is appreciated!
later gators
Hey girl, you have to show me how you get this colorful gradient.
ReplyDeleteYou know I love your site already. It's clean and...well it's YOU!
Hey girl,
ReplyDeleteI too am digging the gradient. How do you do it? Love the site, colors, and name. Also, great outside the box on size. Don't be afraid to be vertical!
xoxo,
Suz
thanks my loves!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a nice beginning Jenell, but there's always a few things that can be improved upon... and in that spirit let's begin :-)
ReplyDeleteTYPOGRAPHY and IMAGERY
I think your heading type is fun and large enough that it makes the type legible. I do worry that your title "cherrybomb" on the side of the page is hard to read. Additionally my eye keeps returning to the descender in the "y" which pops out a little too much since it's the only letter that drops below the baseline.
Are you planning on having any images within the main black definition area/body? Currently it feels like the type will just be a long scrolling set of text simply set within the black area. Will the text be broken up with imagery ever? What about incorporating color (and scale) within the type to create hierarchy and depth within the typography blocks. Additionally, it seems that the margins around the paragraph of text changes depending on the page and I would aim at keeping it more consistent.
Your mini-cherries on the left side of the page don't read like cherries to me. Perhaps it's the green and blue colors? or that they have a drop shadow? I also think it's unclear what the terms "upload" and "download" refer to. As a user, how do I know what I'm getting into by clicking on these? Some sort of description somewhere seems like it would be extremely valuable to the user experience.
DROP SHADOWS
I'm not 100% sold on the drop shadows on the little cherries and on the tabs. I would work on creating more realistic shadows that don't feel so heavy and unrealistic. Imagine how light would fall and skew the lights and darks of the page. There are some great tutorials on creating realistic shadows that I would check out PSDTUTS.
FOOTER
I like the idea that you have a secondary nav at the bottom of the page, but in every example there is never enough content that someone would actually scroll past the primary nav tabs. If that's the case, it seems somewhat redundant to have them both. Additionally, as much as I enjoy the tabs, the type turned on its side is a little tricky to read. I actually imagine wanting to use the footer more than the tabs to navigate, simply because it's easier to read. It may be simply be the small size of the comp that's uploaded, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
HOMEPAGE
The last thing I would mention is the lack of differentiation from the Homepage to the internal pages. I understand that you will simply be having people click within one page to get at all the information they want to read. But how can you still work to create an initial image within the black area that as added value and interest as an initial entry point to your site? Perhaps there is inviting imagery that only lives introduction page? Or perhaps it's simply a change in color and size with the typography that helps distinguish the content between "introduction" and "definition".
I hope this helps, makes sense, and doesn't overwhelm you too much!
As always, great work Jenell!