Friday, January 13, 2006

Blog Jacket

Okay, I got so much good feedback from the Blogjacket design that I decided to run with it.

Here is a rough draft.

http://www.blogjacket.com/bjupdate.htm

Do you like the design across the top of the page?

Is the main body font too dark or does it just look understated? I am going for classic understated.

Can you tell me how it looks in your browser? Right now I only have IE since my computer crashed last month.

20 Comments:

Molicious said...

I think it looks terrific Eddo. Very classy. :o)

9:03 AM  
Katie said...

eddo I like it, but if you are going for understaded removing the design at the top of the page will allow the eye to focus on the main box. Just a suggestion. It looks great, very retro-modern (and yes I know that is an oxymoron)

9:11 AM  
jes said...

i like the overall design. i think the main (dark) font is neither understated nor overstated, and i particularly like that you used the pale yellow for the links (hosting, portfolio, etc.)

The top design doesn't really "match" the background of the main design, but still, it works. I think this is because of all the angles incorporated in the overall design. I think that without it, the page would look oddly bare, but I reserve the right to change my opinion if I see it without the top design.

Lastly, I love the colors you chose. Very hip.

10:02 AM  
jes said...

oh, and one more thing. i'm not sure how i feel about the paragraph at the bottom. i think SOMETHING should be down there, but I don't really know what. were you planning on leaving this exact text?

maybe try creating a bulleted list of services that Blog Jacket offers?

10:06 AM  
Stephanie said...

Oooh! Eddo, I really LOVE it! If I could get a framed picture that looked something like that, it'd go right up on my walls!

Nice work!

11:04 AM  
Micah said...

I like it! :)

11:14 AM  
Holly said...

I think what is bothering me is its top heavy. Either remove the border at the top or center it and add it to the bottom..... although I don't think I will like that.... hmmmmm I say no bordr although I like the border for what it is.

Beyond that I think iot looks good

12:08 PM  
Kal said...

Your banner background (the whirly swirly thing) doesn't sit well with 'classic understated'. The text colours are lovely, but the graphic feels like putting a Wurlitzer in a gentlemen's club drawing room.

12:18 PM  
Nate said...

I think it looks good even though I am not a big fan of brown.

12:54 PM  
Edgy Mama said...

Wonderful, Eddo.

The margins are a bit too wide, but otherwise, it's great.

1:11 PM  
jes said...

see, i disagree. i like that it is top heavy. it's different. it doesn't look like every other site out there that is perfectly measured and centered.

1:18 PM  
Faith in Florida said...

It is tight. And I am using Mozilla.

3:31 PM  
Cris said...

I'm also using Mozilla/Firefox. Is it supposed to be missing the right blue sidebar border on the top table? Other than that it looks great to me!

Cropped screenshot. It looks better than this but I saved it as a jpg and it washed away the color, whoops! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/crstna/eddo.jpg

6:47 PM  
jes said...

at work, the image was near the top (i have a 19" at work). but at home (i have a 17" at home) the design was vertically centered, reaching from the top of the screen down to the bottom.

7:38 AM  
Angelica said...

I think is looks great!
How could you make something that is not?

12:52 PM  
Fred said...

It looks the same using IE or Firefox. I'm not a big fan of brown; but that's simply a personal choice. I think the design is great, though. It fits what you're trying to accomplish.

1:57 PM  
Live, Love, Laugh said...

I love it, classy and very up to date if you ask me!!

9:04 PM  
Chad said...

That is very cool. Fits my sense of style, which is impeccable, of course.

10:48 AM  
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