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cmonkey
05-15-2004, 12:29 AM
I'm looking for some honest opinions on the latest version of http://www.thecreativemonkey.com
- Look/Feel
- Usability, etc.
The site is a free online artist collective for everything from illustration and3d animation to mixed media and everything in between.
Please let me know what you think, and don't hold back!
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http://www.thecreativemonkey.com
Online Artist Collective
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Big Perm-dizzle
05-15-2004, 07:08 AM
is this an ad?
nothing special.....
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cmonkey
05-15-2004, 08:12 PM
No this is not an ad, I'm looking for a critique of the site.
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http://www.thecreativemonkey.com
Online Artist Collective
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Drorain
05-16-2004, 08:44 AM
i am curious if you came to us before, i thought i remember this from earlier, in any case i love the logo kinda nice, maybe u should add a title too tho? the idea is cool as well for the rest of the site, I'll need to browse more to formulate a stronger opinion
- Everyday, all the time, without fail!
cmonkey
05-16-2004, 07:11 PM
I don't think I've posted on this forum before this past friday(5/14). I
have posted about the site on a few other forums so maybe you saw it there?
Thanks for the comments.
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http://www.thecreativemonkey.com
Online Artist Collective
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WOW there is some really amazing work on there. Welcome to the forum and invite some members this way.
Big Perm-dizzle
05-17-2004, 05:26 PM
i thought we were looking at the site not in the site
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D-Zine
05-17-2004, 05:35 PM
We are but ya gotta look INTO the site...to look AT the site right? ;o)
cmonkey - Nice clean site you have here. Easy to read and very functional. I'm diggin your color scheme too. Nice and easy on the eyes. The only thing I would recommend is what Drorain suggested and have a title that says 'Creative Monkey'. I think its a neccessity for newcomers to the site. You can even make it subtle by using that green color down on the left side bar for the color of the type for the name, but put the name up by the logo on that darker green. Just a thought :o)
http://coastalcarousel.com/GDF/metatag3.jpg
Who says doodling isn't constructive?!
Big Perm-dizzle
05-17-2004, 06:03 PM
if you were to critic the work inside the site its other people's works....he asked for a site critic i think....the whole site is not his portfolio
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D-Zine
05-17-2004, 06:26 PM
I understand that Perm. I know all the work isn't his, but you have to look inside the site to crit the layout and the functionality of the site is what I meant :o)
http://coastalcarousel.com/GDF/metatag3.jpg
Who says doodling isn't constructive?!
The site looks fine but who care about that look at the work! LOL!
YellowDart
05-17-2004, 08:21 PM
Nice job on the site. It looks a lot like devaiantart.com imo (layout, etc). To give the home page a little more artistic flare, you should maybe add some more illustration to the page header. It's sort of bland, containing only the site logo on a plain green bg color. It would be nice to see something cool done with the name on a sleek looking background image.
My only other suggestion would be to carry out any creativity you put into the header on the homepage throughout the site. It's a nice layout and does it's job efficiently, but it looks a a lot like a phpnuke template. That might be a direction to consider, especially since it's a site for a collective of artists. ;)