Splash Page

[alexcahiz]

This is gonna be the splash page for my website when i finally put it up over the break http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...iz/splash3.jpg

[Rogan]

Not bad..I like everything except about 3 things: the background, the text, and the "wires". First I don't think the text blends in very well...looks kind of sloppy. The background doesn't look very well done and at just a glimpse it looks just like a brown background, maybe you could add more depth. Lastly the wires, the are nice and better then anything I could do, but where they overlap it kind of makes it look unrealist it and more 2D. Maybe add more of a drop shadow to each or something? I'm not sure how to resolve that...but the image itself is nice...I'd rather it a high 7 low 8 out of 10 if I was going to rate it.

[blkfire]

is it 100% photoshop??
if it does so it realy good work!!!

[alexcahiz]

1st to rogan, i agree about the wires, i was having trouble with them so i just decided to leave it that way, the background is ment to be bland brown with just some grunge on it to focus on the image and the text is ment to be like that to stand out.
2nd to blkfire: yes 100% photoshop with no images everything made digitally

thanx for the c&c

I dont like the text,the rest fit my eyes

[alexcahiz]

Originally Posted by ParaSnake

I dont like the text,the rest fit my eyes

huh? can you explain a litle better?

ohhh,sorry,i meaned the "ALX",it doesnt look right with the whole image

[alexcahiz]

Originally Posted by ParaSnake

ohhh,sorry,i meaned the "ALX",it doesnt look right with the whole image

i see well thats actually my name and i made it white and not as blended so it would stand out more but ya maybe i could make it a little better

[scrowler]

"Close your eyes and imagine using a design technique for your Web site that increases page load time, encourages people to leave the site, confuses search engines, and discourages repeat visitors. Did you imagine a splash page? You should have."

that is awsome, I actually love the wires. I'm new here, so I'm not exactly sure what I should be doing. But yeah, it looks awsome.

what you should do is start a new thread in "Introduction" so that you and some of us can gain some more posts

[alexcahiz]

Originally Posted by scrowler

"Close your eyes and imagine using a design technique for your Web site that increases page load time, encourages people to leave the site, confuses search engines, and discourages repeat visitors. Did you imagine a splash page? You should have."

ok.... im not sure what to say to that... im guessing you dont like it and are being an dumbass about it or you like it but came up with some smartass way of saying it. either way your post doesnt help me in anyway
thnx

[scrowler]

Originally Posted by alexcahiz

ok.... im not sure what to say to that... im guessing you dont like it and are being an dumbass about it or you like it but came up with some smartass way of saying it. either way your post doesnt help me in anyway
thnx

i'm saying you should stop where you are, your design looks great, i'd change the font maybe and add a bit of grungyness to the text, but in the end splash pages are pointless.

you should incorporate this design into a main page design somehow (e.g. as a logo) instead of using it as a splash.

it wasn't meant as an attack at you or your art.

[lukus]

yeah that page took like 3 seconds to load that pic haha.... on a slow bandwidth that would just rape there bandwidth. you either wanna make it 200% smaller in size and file size or risk not having many visitors.

[stiney51]

To put what Scrowler said another way, splash pages on any website are seen as a waste of time and can in fact cause you to fail to get accurate placement in search engines. Inherently there is no reason for them except to fill space and to look nice (unless it is a temporary fix to put something up there while you build the actual website).

As for the design, I keep saying this, but the text is the central and most important point of a design. The text looks like it was an afterthought here. It looks like you spent considerable time on the design (which looks good) and then slapped the first font you came to on there and added a slight bevel that doesn't match the rest of the design. The text should and can stand out, but not because it looks like it doesn't belong (although done correctly, that can be pretty effective too).

If you revisit the text please post the design here again, we'd love to see it (just not as a splash page )