Another try...
#2
Posted 12 June 2004 - 04:50 PM
You have some kind of smear going on up top in the red. I don't know what it is, but it looks like a paint blob. I'd also get rid of the outlines on the text. They aren't black, they aren't red, they aren't silver... looks like a mixture of all three. No outline will make the silver stand out better I think.
#3
Posted 12 June 2004 - 08:32 PM
I will add some color back into the hydrant I was thinking the whole thing looked too dull.
Thanks for the comments.
-Adam
Adam Wilkinson
#4
Posted 12 June 2004 - 08:49 PM
Second, I wouldn't recommend using a photo as a background - I don't think it looks good. In all honesty, the only time I ever see a photo used that way is in a free geocities website (you know when people use large photos as tiled backgrounds).
I really think you should create something simpler. Find one or two key elements you want to include, and work around them. Use a discreet background colour, make a basic layout, develop a good logo, and then work around that.
#6
Posted 12 June 2004 - 08:52 PM
Its also not complete
Adam Wilkinson
#7
Posted 12 June 2004 - 09:02 PM
First, who is your target audience? Firefighters?
Second, I wouldn't recommend using a photo as a background - I don't think it looks good. In all honesty, the only time I ever see a photo used that way is in a free geocities website (you know when people use large photos as tiled backgrounds).
I really think you should create something simpler. Find one or two key elements you want to include, and work around them. Use a discreet background colour, make a basic layout, develop a good logo, and then work around that.
I wasn't looking at waterlog's page as a home page. It appeared to be more of an "entrance" page. If I'm wrong, then I agree with Penguin. There is really no place for text on the page.
I think as an entrance page the graphic works except for the fact that you have to make the connection that the orange and silver thing is a fire hydrant.
I am still not liking the outlines though. There is less of a blur/smear thing there, but it is still there and makes the page look sloppy. I think what's happening is that the underlying red is bleeding through. If you are determined to keep the outlines, then I would make a white copy of the text and layer it behind the silver text. This will help control the bleed, or at least it does in the program I use. (don't know about Adobe... I don't use it)
By the way, I think the logo looks good on its own.
#9
Posted 22 June 2004 - 01:31 PM
simple and effective design solutions
#10
Posted 22 June 2004 - 05:38 PM
As said above, I'm not sure about the picture as a background. Maybe use it in a header but no more. Because I'm trying to figure out where you will put text, but I can't seem to find some place.
And I think your logo is a little bit too much complicated and not clear enough. I wasn't able to find out what it was quickly. The essence is there, but it still IMO needs work.
You may want to work around the curves that are currently present in you interface. They may be a good starting point.
My 0.02$
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