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Joined: Mar 1999

Hello Every one,
Heres a discussion for those of you who need to get your anger out : ), Just kidding, i need critics for a sit ei am working on at http://www.21studios.com/reports-reviews/template.gif tell me what you first think when you look, this is the first verson so lay the "smack" down, if you like : ) Thanks guys-
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Ken Prescott
www.21studios.com

Ken Prescott - TWF Moderator
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Joined: Apr 1999

Two words..."Anti Alias" If you use an anti alias fuction when creating the logo at the top it will get rid of the "stepping" look. Other wise I think it looks like a good start.

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Thanks, Shai1
http://www.blacklightdesign.com

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Joined: Mar 1999

Hi Ken,
i'm not sure if that's supposed to be a "c" or just a shape, if it's a "c" I would maybe change it to go with the swash caps face already in the logo -- or lose the other swashes and go with the decorative c.
Dejavu (sp?) with the blue circle thing Smiling.

Looks like your off to a good start.

take care,

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Carolyn Jones
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Joined: Jun 1999

I agree that some more color should be used. Maybe you can change the background color of some of the boxes. You would probably want to put a background color in the "Navigation", "Home", "Submition Form", and "Contact Us" boxes. I think that would spice it up a bit. I hope this helps.

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Looks good, I would ad some more colours to the rest of the site though as it looks a bit plain.
JP

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JP Stones
Perforated Edge - Tearing Through Convention

A UK Based Creative Communications Agency

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Hello, Everyone.
Yeah ill have to change the "C"
but i dont know to what... Hey JP where can i add color? any ideas?
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Ken Prescott
http://www.21studios.com

Ken Prescott - TWF Moderator
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Looks fantastic to me! Howdya do that? Care to lead me in the direction of creating templates and interfaces? Where do I start? PSP?

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Suzanna.Net
www.suzanna.net

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Hey Suzanna,
Psst, I make all of my graphics using paint shop pro 5 'ohh no' What do you got for filters for it? and maybe ill tell you how to do somethings, to get a 3d look go to 'image-effects-cutout and use the following effects= uncheck "fillinterior with color" and have shawdow color black, opacity 50 blur 15 vertical 4 horozontal 4. if your using a image thats not black or white, do the same as above just add i minus sign in front of the vertical and horozontal numbers and change the shawdow color to white... then maybe add a drop shawdow...

Ken Prescott - TWF Moderator
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im gonan add color with java mouse overs... i think this will make it look better any ideas for the mouse overs?

Ken Prescott - TWF Moderator
21Studios freelancing design - [url="http://www.graphic-forums.com/index.php?referrerid=1
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Grandmaster,
I have several plug-ins I've downloaded free from the net. The ones I use the most are Graphics Plus and Blade Pro, but my fav is the one I purchased, Eye Candy. What plug-ins to you use? Do you have any favs you would recommend: purchased or freeware?

Thanks for the reply!

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Suzanna.Net
www.suzanna.net