Rip me to shreds

estevancarlos

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My immediate response is that maybe you shouldn't offer web design services. That isn't to be mean but I don't think you're ready. Maybe you should focus on just programming it. Perhaps consider finding outside web designers that you can team up with.

What is your specialty? I get the impression that you like to illustrate? Is that an area you spend a lot of time in? illustration is definitely different from design and so I think you should take some time to just study design. Not web design, not any specific area of design -- just design. That should help you build a better foundation.

If I understand your style well enough it seems playful, youthful with a kind of naivete. If that's your thing you should either emphasize it more or find a better way to have it inform your overall look.

For example, here are two experimental websites that present themselves in a very simplistic, awkward manner:

http://kalx.com
http://www.yokoland.com

I know of the designers but what I like about both is that they take possible weaknesses and push them to such extremes so as to seem dreamy and innocent.

Again, if illustration is your thing, consider an interface that is an unobtrusive as possible:

http://www.lotie.com/

that website is overcome with just illustration. It's built in flash but you could create a menu or interface that does not interfere with the artwork.

That comic link: if that's your comic there the style you have there is ten times more interesting aesthetically than the website example. Work with that. Use huge pixels. Vivid colors.

This website works heavily with a pixel look and a lot of designers do the same: http://k10k.org/


I hope all this advice helps.
 
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zach

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Rip me to shreds

Will do.

I have to say overall the site is a complete miss.

  • The size of the web page is 1187.3K (HUGE for that kind of site)
  • Found no description meta tag
  • Found no keywords meta tag
  • Found no robots meta tag
  • Found no author meta tag
The site seems to have a terrible flow and structure. You also forgot to factor in different size resolutions when it comes to your web pages.

omy2.jpg

omy.jpg


  • Image quality lacks
  • You shouldn't resize on large images (that spikes up your web pages memory) Try Lightbox
  • Choose a easier to read header font
  • The border around the images looks like it was done in Paint
  • Optimize your CSS with CleanCSS
  • Make your background images a small pattern not a large one.
  • Use Smush.it on some of your images to reduce file size without losing quailty.
  • Think about using a CMS (Content Management System)
I currently don't believe you should offer Web Design services.

I also believe it would be a good idea for you to respond. We can see if we can work out some of the technical issues.
 
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