Critique

This week I am critiquing my website AND my adoption feature. After class today I went home and immediately started redesigning my splash page. It looked good last week, but when I saw it up on the screen it just looked way too juvenile.

I wanted to keep the dots but make it look different, so I pushed them down and changed the red to a pink. I also added white to the dots and made the background gray. I really like my new color palette. Check it out at http://eflanary.com and feel free to post comments on my blog. I want to show it in class on Thursday too to get more response/feedback.



As for my adoption feature, I am pretty darn happy with the way it turned out! I had trouble with making the title stand out yet still look appropriate for the seriousness of the article.

I wish I wouldn't have had to put in the sidebar, but Sara, the editor, really wanted it in there. I like having white space, and I felt like that page needed some! However, the first page looks good and I like how the photo doesn't run a full two columns. It is hard for me to think outside the grid sometimes, especially with magazine design for some reason. It worked out well though, so maybe I need to open up more.

The design has changed a bit since this draft, but I thought it needed a visual. Check it out in Vox on Thursday!