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pgo · 15-09-2005, 02:58

Working on a comp at the moment.

Some may recall my headaches regarding "Naming Myself" - well, I decided on just using my own name - going "independent contractor" style as opposed to trying to pass myself (an individual) off as a company/agency/whatever.

So, without further ado, I present a comp. It's in an early stage, but I'd like constructive comments if you don't mind.

Naturally, text treatments haven't been thought out. I'm looking more for commentary on the graphic elements - navigation bar, sidebar, etc. I'll work out font choices and whatnot next.

EDIT: One more thing. The deep blue/grey bars up top, the orange horizontal bar, and the white will continue through the 100% width of the viewport. And the orange tab denotes which section the user is on ("services" in this case) and the white bar/text denotes a hover state.

emil · 15-09-2005, 03:41

well, not so sure about the orange (in fact not so sure about the overall color scheme), plus the top stripes make me think of pijamas...
It feels kind of empty and dull at the moment. consider maybe adding more images/graphical elements.
Just a thought...

pgo · 15-09-2005, 05:02

Haha, pajamas. I like the vertical stripes, though.

There will certainly be more graphical elements, but this is a first step.

I'll play with other colors, but the orange/blue combination is a good one, IMHO.

Anyone else care to comment?

finbarr · 15-09-2005, 05:20

think the orange needs to be more vibrant (#FF821F perhaps teamed with #99C0BB for blue) and the page needs to be more defined as - like emil said - it feels empty. But obviously the non-treatment of text is making the whole thing hard to judge.

pat · 15-09-2005, 12:13

if briljant oranje was here, he/she'd say "fucking cunt fucking looks so css" And i'd agree, it looks like pure css to me - bit boring, like him above said, some more graphics would be nice.

cam · 15-09-2005, 12:25

orange is too dull, and i'm sorry but those stripes are atrocious

Transmogrify · 15-09-2005, 12:30

I'm quite into the stripes, but then, as previously demonstrated.. what would i know?

pgo · 15-09-2005, 13:13

Still playing. Cam, Transmogrify - comments heeded. Here's one sans-stripes. And I agree on the old orange. Needed to brighten a bit.

Naturally, there would be images in the content area - specific to the page. Just filler text for now. I haven't thought that far ahead - just basic structure now.

Will have a new one tomorrow.

briljant oranje · 15-09-2005, 13:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by pat

if briljant oranje was here, he/she'd say

i know my hair's getting long, but i ain't no shemale.

oh -

fucking cunt so fucking css. blah blah etc.

jase1000 · 15-09-2005, 13:56

I'd definitely ditch the shading off of the orange - very muddy.

pat · 15-09-2005, 14:34

that looks much better pgo.

briljant oranje, you're probably the most confusing member on here. Your picture's of a bird, so i think "Woman". Then you say "cunt" lots, so i think bloke, then, your name has js in it, so i think "Dutch".

briljant oranje · 15-09-2005, 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by pat

that looks much better pgo.

briljant oranje, you're probably the most confusing member on here. Your picture's of a bird, so i think "Woman". Then you say "cunt" lots, so i think bloke, then, your name has js in it, so i think "Dutch".

the picture's of Sienna Miller - it brightens up my day to see her smiling at me everytime i post.

the name has j's in cause i like the dutch spellings better, and it's taken from a book about total football.

and it's what we were gonna call ourselves when we went freelance.

i'm a hairy, scruffy grunting foul-mouthed geezer. the only female thing about me is my lesbian tendancies

pgo · 16-09-2005, 08:19

Shifting gears a bit with a new color scheme. Thought I'd try a color I'd never used before. Pink.

I'm not sure what I think of it just yet, but it's growing on me.

dan · 16-09-2005, 08:21

The pink's, ok but again it's a bit dull. Not loving it combined with that green either.

Narate · 16-09-2005, 08:22

white / black / grey / pink /green / blue + gradient

tooooo much

emil · 16-09-2005, 08:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by dan

The pink's, ok but again it's a bit dull. Not loving it combined with that green either.

.

pgo · 16-09-2005, 08:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narate

white / black / grey / pink /green / blue + gradient

tooooo much

I took another look and absolutely agree. The green goes well with the pink and the blue, and sort of with both, but it's too much...here's another.

Not sure I want to go brighter on the pink...

With brighter pink...

What I like, and my original intent, is to have the "tab" shape (2 rounded corner rectangle) that's present in the nav sort of continue down to the sidebar for sub-nav - the shape and (at the moment, pink) bar establishing a relationship between the two.

And I've thought of a possible way of reinforcing that AND keeping the consistent horizontal bar. Comp6 coming up in a jiffy.

finbarr · 16-09-2005, 08:33

better

gray · 16-09-2005, 08:40

looks a bit rushed, text is very small and lines very wide
dont think the bevels and shadow add anything

but i like the colours now

pgo · 16-09-2005, 08:40

Version 6. Not sure about this, but it definitely is closer to my original hand drawing. And the relationship between the "current" global nav item and the sidebar should be quite apparent.

The idea would be to extend the pink bar as far as necessary to meet each nav item's "current" tab...

@gray - Yeah, the text needs a lot of work, but I'd prefer to do that when I get down to the CSS - where everything will be adjusted and fine-tuned. I find working with text in CSS much easier than in Photoshop.

Also, re: gradient overlay on the sidebar - the purpose is that those sub-navigational links will be buttons - in the sense that a rollover will create a solid background, which will contrast with the current background.

Drop shadows (actually "Outer glow" because it works better) are there for no real reason but to give things a bit more dimension.

15-09-2005, 02:58	#1 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Early Comp. Comments Please Working on a comp at the moment. Some may recall my headaches regarding "Naming Myself" - well, I decided on just using my own name - going "independent contractor" style as opposed to trying to pass myself (an individual) off as a company/agency/whatever. So, without further ado, I present a comp. It's in an early stage, but I'd like constructive comments if you don't mind. Naturally, text treatments haven't been thought out. I'm looking more for commentary on the graphic elements - navigation bar, sidebar, etc. I'll work out font choices and whatnot next. EDIT: One more thing. The deep blue/grey bars up top, the orange horizontal bar, and the white will continue through the 100% width of the viewport. And the orange tab denotes which section the user is on ("services" in this case) and the white bar/text denotes a hover state. Last edited by pgo : 15-09-2005 at 03:19.

15-09-2005, 05:02	#3 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Haha, pajamas. I like the vertical stripes, though. There will certainly be more graphical elements, but this is a first step. I'll play with other colors, but the orange/blue combination is a good one, IMHO. Anyone else care to comment? Last edited by pgo : 15-09-2005 at 05:15.

15-09-2005, 12:13	#5 (permalink)
pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 5,154	if briljant oranje was here, he/she'd say "fucking cunt fucking looks so css" And i'd agree, it looks like pure css to me - bit boring, like him above said, some more graphics would be nice. __________________

15-09-2005, 13:13	#8 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Still playing. Cam, Transmogrify - comments heeded. Here's one sans-stripes. And I agree on the old orange. Needed to brighten a bit. Naturally, there would be images in the content area - specific to the page. Just filler text for now. I haven't thought that far ahead - just basic structure now. Will have a new one tomorrow. Last edited by pgo : 15-09-2005 at 13:25.

15-09-2005, 14:34	#11 (permalink)
pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 5,154	that looks much better pgo. briljant oranje, you're probably the most confusing member on here. Your picture's of a bird, so i think "Woman". Then you say "cunt" lots, so i think bloke, then, your name has js in it, so i think "Dutch". __________________

15-09-2005, 03:41	#2 (permalink)
emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 7,588	well, not so sure about the orange (in fact not so sure about the overall color scheme), plus the top stripes make me think of pijamas... It feels kind of empty and dull at the moment. consider maybe adding more images/graphical elements. Just a thought...

15-09-2005, 05:20	#4 (permalink)
finbarr who the fuck am i? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: london Posts: 2,686	think the orange needs to be more vibrant (#FF821F perhaps teamed with #99C0BB for blue) and the page needs to be more defined as - like emil said - it feels empty. But obviously the non-treatment of text is making the whole thing hard to judge.

15-09-2005, 12:25	#6 (permalink)
cam vague™ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glasgow Posts: 5,595	orange is too dull, and i'm sorry but those stripes are atrocious

15-09-2005, 12:30	#7 (permalink)
Transmogrify Rough Creep Arse™ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1,888	I'm quite into the stripes, but then, as previously demonstrated.. what would i know?

15-09-2005, 13:56	#10 (permalink)
jase1000 turd 2.0 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Right on your tit end Posts: 1,163	I'd definitely ditch the shading off of the orange - very muddy.

16-09-2005, 08:19	#13 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Shifting gears a bit with a new color scheme. Thought I'd try a color I'd never used before. Pink. I'm not sure what I think of it just yet, but it's growing on me.

16-09-2005, 08:21	#14 (permalink)
dan Iris Folder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: smokey Posts: 2,650	The pink's, ok but again it's a bit dull. Not loving it combined with that green either.

16-09-2005, 08:22	#15 (permalink)
Narate Royalty™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester (UK) Posts: 3,273	white / black / grey / pink /green / blue + gradient tooooo much

16-09-2005, 08:33	#18 (permalink)
finbarr who the fuck am i? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: london Posts: 2,686	better

16-09-2005, 08:40	#19 (permalink)
gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,842	looks a bit rushed, text is very small and lines very wide dont think the bevels and shadow add anything but i like the colours now

16-09-2005, 08:40	#20 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Version 6. Not sure about this, but it definitely is closer to my original hand drawing. And the relationship between the "current" global nav item and the sidebar should be quite apparent. The idea would be to extend the pink bar as far as necessary to meet each nav item's "current" tab... @gray - Yeah, the text needs a lot of work, but I'd prefer to do that when I get down to the CSS - where everything will be adjusted and fine-tuned. I find working with text in CSS much easier than in Photoshop. Also, re: gradient overlay on the sidebar - the purpose is that those sub-navigational links will be buttons - in the sense that a rollover will create a solid background, which will contrast with the current background. Drop shadows (actually "Outer glow" because it works better) are there for no real reason but to give things a bit more dimension.

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