Comments | lucidtears: frosted bulbous p i x e l s .

lucidtears

frosted bulbous p i x e l s .

Jul 14, 2004 03:38

Woooo... cheers to 4-hour naps that left me wake abounding with energy, even during the forbidden twilight hours of the night in which I'm posting! ;) Unlike the hideous former psugar, and the pooped-up pchemistry (which I created zillions of months ago), this one was created quite recently and I finally decided to launch it.

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laotzu02 July 14 2004, 04:24:04 UTC

I really like your colors, and I think you have a good idea going that just needs some refining. The drops, for instance, look a bit choppy and could be smoothed out more, especially around the top area.

The composition seems alright, but perhaps you could mesh the larger, brown drop into the design a bit more. It seems like it's floating a bit. You could maybe attach it to the eye more, in a more realistic fashion. (hanging from the corner about to fall)

I also think that the main pieces of the site (large cloud and drop) have a "pasted on" look to them. This might work with your current design, but I think that separating them from the background a bit more would be better. Perhaps if you added a stroke to the overall shape it would "lift" it off the page more ( ... )

omg! lucidtears July 15 2004, 00:53:07 UTC

This most certainly does help ( ... )

Re: omg! laotzu02 July 15 2004, 01:02:17 UTC

When I say the drops look "choppy", I mean that they appear... almost block-like at some parts. The drops have corners along the sides, where it should be a smooth transition.

By floating, I mean that the drop seems "detached" from the rest of the design. There's not much binding it all together, other than it touching the eye a bit. Since you're going for something more on the fantasy side of things, however, you may want to just leave as is.

Pasted on meaning that it looks like pieces of construction paper were cut out into shapes and thrown onto the page. Almost like an intentional sloppiness (not calling yours sloppy, just trying to convey the idea better).

And you're welcome. Good luck with the site.

Wow. This Journal is amazing. mrhulk2005 July 20 2004, 03:33:51 UTC

Thsi thread is amazing. You are great with a camera & words! I am addicted to you:P

javababy July 14 2004, 06:13:18 UTC

I really love the immagry, but my first thought is that your initial page reads "A mass of water......... droplets suspended... is a cloud, which" then when I realize that doesn't make sense, I go back and try to fitin the grey matter with the rest, and flip some of the phrases around.

lucidtears July 15 2004, 00:43:46 UTC

Does the initial confusing splash page deter your overall impression of the site?

I too agree the splash page is WAY too busy, but I couldn't resist the pattern of the lightning bolt.

But if it's going to deter the impression of the site, then I'll take it out. THanks for the heads up! ;)

nynekontinentz July 14 2004, 06:29:29 UTC

you have way too much editing skill to be confined to your own website. Expand! I salute you!

lucidtears July 15 2004, 00:42:35 UTC

Expansion of scansion!

I have hordes of poetry and prose that will eventually be posted up ;)

Hope all's going spiffily well!

starbody July 14 2004, 07:08:53 UTC

I just sent some minor critique info via your site's contact form.

keri80 July 14 2004, 07:42:58 UTC

Wow, I like it! The layout is different and fun all at the same time :)