EvansLight Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Ok well for those who know ive been doing graphic web design for about 2 years now. I dont find myself to be great but i dont think i suck. Well recently i havent had new work because ive been coding my sites new version. But because of the forums we all love ive found 2 new projects, and another 2 coming in the next few weeks Well the first two are designs, and coding for one, for 2 hookah selling sites, www.mnhookah.com and www.genuinehookah.com I was wanting to get everyones opinions on the designs as i work on them. I figured getting input from the people most likey to buy from these sites would be a good idea. Here is the first. This one is for MNHookah. Its going to be an oscommerce template so thats why theres alot of stuff on the page. [url="http://www.stoneddevilinc.com/random_files/mn25s4f3.jpg"]http://www.stoneddevilinc.com/random_files...es/mn25s4f3.jpg[/url] Now this is form GenuineHookah (yes i know a sore subject on the forums, but i started this before he got banned once and for all, so i cant just drop it). This i dont know if its going to be oscommerce or just plain html or if he wants php custom work, so oh well. [url="http://www.stoneddevilinc.com/random_files/ghd1105a1.jpg"]http://www.stoneddevilinc.com/random_files...s/ghd1105a1.jpg[/url] Well please be gentle. Both are in the early stages, still going to be changed alot, and still got ALOT of detail work to do on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I like the second one better than your first, but still are both pretty good IMO. Both are very clean, simple, good color scheme. The first just seems to have a lot going on table wise. I guess it could look very different when you start adding content to it, but for now, I like the GH layout better.Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 thanks yash. Yea as i said oscommerce has alot of random stuff in it. Once i get all the design done, and start adding in stuff and the design is up, it will look much better. Many designs have that problem, without at least placeholder content they dont look right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anpu Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I also like the second one better. Not as visually intense. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 aight added more content on the mnh design these 2 are actually my first commerce site designs, so im going off web theory for the layout and design, so if anything doesnt look right, tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anpu Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 First one looks a lot better with products on the front page... just keep em both developing because, at this point, they both have the potential to be the winner. I do have to say that the first has the most unique feel to it. The second is easier to 'accept', if u will, but looks like something I've seen around quite a bit. Always good to break the mold a lil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Spork Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 #2 > #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 very awesome thanks everyone yea wait till more gets done on GH's design, then it will look weird if it doesnt have content either. Yea u should see how the first looks now did some more detail work.lol and they way yall are acting its as if the two designs are in competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 updated one more time. Its starting to look more like a complete design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimshamsam Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 i like the first one best but i seem to be the only one and are they really selling a 3 hose hookah for $65??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I liked the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Hookah Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 EvansLight is awesome he is doing a great job , and yes shimshamsam we are selling a three hose mya for $65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthHookah Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 so, what happened with genuine hookah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I am not sure myself. I bought leftover QT parts from him and had a good transaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwieise Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Both look great! Are these going to be done with flash or php? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 [quote name='DarthHookah']so, what happened with genuine hookah?[/quote] he got banned. do a search and youll find the topic it happened in.But yea all prices youll see on the design are taken directly off the sites the designs are for.And thanks alot for all the praise guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetuo Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 wait...he got banned I thought he was posting in other topics and not advocating his products to all hell. I have ordered from him twice with no problems or complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 [quote name='joetuo']wait...he got banned I thought he was posting in other topics and not advocating his products to all hell. I have ordered from him twice with no problems or complaints.[/quote] yup. I have no problem with him, but aparently there was. But nothing i can say or do about it :Dyea he seems pretty kewl from my talking with him. Hes got me doing alot of work, but hey free hookah stuff i am easily persuaded to do free work when someone waves a free mya or free nakhla in my face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanguineSolitude Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 first sight would look better if it were lighter in color. like a orange, red, or green. the dark blue makes it a bit too dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 color schemes are personal opinion. they wanted a dark dark dark one, but i went with a blue and white theme.Alot of people actually prefer the darker schemes these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwthisaway Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 As a fellow graphic designer, I feel I can offer you some critique on both layout, but first, I'd like to know how you're going about making the sites themselves (Slicing in Photoshop, or just coding everything with minimal image use, etc.) Depending on how you're going about doing these sites, I could possibly lend you some useful advice. That aside, I feel you need to rework the layouts of both sites. There is a lot of misused space, and misplaced content areas, and, in the first one especially, you are lacking a solid hierarchy for your navigation. The second site is the exception, and looks pretty nice, so I'd keep running with that one. I'll see if I can dig up some of my favorite designer's sites for inspiration and guidance. It's nice to see another graphic designer on the boards, keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 I use photoshop slicing to cut the images up to save me time, but then i turn everything i can into 1px tiles. CSS is your friend.And what you mean about misused space? The design is an oscommerce template, meaning that the front page of the site has to include a rather large amount of initial data for the consumer. And also how are the content areas missplaced? Theres really no set style or way to place your content areas. As long as the site flows the way it should and the end user likes the design, you can place the header below the content just to be diffrent.And the navigation is not done yet, its not even on there yet, so what hierarchy we talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Sweet stuff. Glad to have you here, man. Closing in on 1000 posts? When did you join? Last week? I'm glad EL is here. Without him, we'd be bouncing thread responses up and down, still! Great member! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']Sweet stuff. Glad to have you here, man. Closing in on 1000 posts? When did you join? Last week? [IMG]smileys/smiley36.gif" align="middle" /> [/quote] so what if i hit the spam message 10-20 times most nights, i try to make all my posts meaninfull i type fast dangit!!and thanks, im working my butt off on these things!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web250 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Both pretty nice. Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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