dsavi Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 First off, things to ignore:The logo ("COMPANY"), I haven't styled it at allThe colors, I'm still looking for suggestions thereThe sidebar that's bright red, I haven't styled it at all except for the color so that it's visibleThe links (About us, contact us or something) at the top, I haven't really styled those eitherLike I said in the title this design is highly experimental. I used no images at all in the CSS of this design; The polygons are using an obscure CSS trick and the gradient and font are CSS3. I will update this, I'm working on it right now. This is for my last work in Visual Art class at school, so I'd like lots of CC please. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 No images? Damn. I thought one. Still, I'm interested to see where you take this :) "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptical Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Looks pretty good, but I have to agree with y_guy that it could use a couple of images. "Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." Support transparency... and by extension, freedom and democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronan Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 The no image concept is great - nice job with that one! :) Like you've said, there's a few things you haven't styled yet so once those are all fixed up I think that'll obviously increase the overall appeal and look of the page. I like the main navigation bar, the gradient works very well and the mix of grays and black definitely suits. Is that search box slightly offset from the center vertically? If so - is it supposed to be like that? That's not overly obvious but it caught my eye for some reason. If the white line across the page is an actual feature (the one splitting the navigation bar), I'm not quite sure on that - to me that seems to be too obvious of a divider. Although I can see that perhaps it's used as more of an intermediate divider between the red and gray to not be such a sudden change? Maybe toning down that colour, trying something darker instead of the white would blend in better. Again, same applies for the smaller white line spreading across below the navigation bar - to me the page would naturally be split in my head without that divider. I think perhaps the lower-gray area could do with having...'something' else to it. The gray in itself seems a little overbearing, I'm not quite sure what would improve that but even a small effect or slight alteration to a part of it would draw emphasis away from it's single-coloured appearance. Nothing incredibly obvious, something relatively subtle but I think that would make all the difference. The overall colour-scheme works well though I reckon, the main red isn't too harsh and seems to be just right to mix with the grays and black. Colour of the text seems right too! Overall - very nicely done! I can certainly see the page having a great appearance once everything's finalised and having that done without images at all makes it all the better! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayr Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I've always thought that images shouldn't be needed in CSS designs. When I'm designing sites, I try to use as few as possible.Overall, the design looks great. I really like it, and the color scheme looks good to me. Maybe the red should be a little darker, but other than that, all good. Obscure CSS trick? Show us please :-) and good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 Behold, CSS polygons: A Study of Regular PolygonsIt looks very boring until you realize that none of the shapes on that page are images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smapla Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 that is quite clever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 I have changed the color scheme almost entirely, It's very broken right now. Added a footer, started positioning the logo, made lots of other changes. Took some suggestions into consideration. I personally like the lighter approach I took to this color scheme, I think it works much better and makes it look more modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaosmerchant Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 I'll be honest, that side nav bar doesn't fit as well as it could in either color scheme, in my opinoin. The red is much to harsh in the first one, and I tihnk the grey is too dark/lacking a light accent/draws too much attention to itself. Love the top nav bar though! This really is excellent for having no images -KaosmerchantSend me a PM if you'd like any style of sig done - I'd be glad to help you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 Yeah I hadn't touched the sidebar for a while. Here's the current version: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 How many kb is that page? :P "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 davis@elite:/var/www/bk2$ wc -c 960.css index.html style.css TitilliumText400wt.otf logo.png 2588 960.css 7466 index.html 6588 style.css 22160 TitilliumText400wt.otf 2995 logo.png 41797 total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mil Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Looking good, will you be WordPress-ing this? I guess you're planning on selling it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 No, I'm not going to wordpress it and I have no plans to sell it. Although, if you know some place where I could sell it, I might do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mil Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I'd recommend http://themeforest.net/ - never actually sold through them, but been with them since the beginning. Of course, if you are planning to sell, some extra work may be required to get the design approved (help docs etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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