What do you think of this design?

~u-007 Jul 10, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Designwise, what do think of this design? Is a design I made for my church and basically is mostly concept, but this is the look I am going for. The grey square after the navigation bar is where an image slider will go. I would like to hear some opinions.

Cheers and thank in advance =]

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*Aapis Jul 30, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

I think it's too busy. Too many effects/layer styles, inconsistent patterns and generally simplistic font choices. For example, the blue headers in the "body content" (what I'm calling it anyways) area and the blue header in the sidebar are not consistent in either the gradient pattern or the shape. Likewise, the use of all serif fonts for every page element is distracting and somewhat confusing. You do keep a visual hierarchy with general layout elements and fonts so it is readable, which is important, but it could be much better with just a few tweaks. Sans serif fonts for body copy, toning down the use of layer styles and keeping design elements consistent throughout the page would be easy changes that would go a long way.

And personally I'm not a fan of the big footer style that is (unfortunately) quite popular, but you've kept it simple and I like that.

~DavidScript Jul 30, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Love the layout, but I have some issues with the gradients you used with your ribbons. They make your website go from professional to something that a 10 year old can make. But again, I find it appealing

*Aralicia-Moran Jul 25, 2012

Pretty nice.
The only "negative" feedback I can think of is that is fell that there is too much contrast between your black footer and the rest of your light-based design. A light-medium grey may be better.
That said, I never had any kind of design/art classes so I may be wrong.

~u-007 Jul 26, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

No, your opinion is very appreciated and even if you haven't taken classes, you may have a good eye.

You are right about the contrast, I just thought it would help to balance the white-ish background. I'll try playing around with it and see.

Thank you for your input =]

~iDrix Jul 17, 2012 Professional General Artist

Good job, keep working.

~u-007 Jul 25, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks you ^_^

~DC4894 Jul 10, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Nice. Looks good.

~u-007 Jul 11, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

thanks =]

~u-007 Jul 10, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

btw the link is this one

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sorry I forgot to post it before

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