Name of Board: JUST!CE Link to Board: Click Short description of Board: A currently being developed super hero RPG board that I just want some feedback on the skin for Focus Areas: Looking currently for feed back on the graphics area Analysis Form: Code: Select [b]First Impressions:[/b] What were your first impressions on the skin, how did it make you feel? [b]Colour Scheme:[/b] Did the colour scheme used give you any issues [b]Graphics[/b] How do the Graphics look, do they work for the site? [b]Summing Up[/b] Just sum up what you feel are the good and bad points, and how they could be improved Link to profile on the Board: ADMIN
This is my first review, so please forgive me if I make any mistakes.. Now to move on. :D First Impressions: A Little bland and a bit to boxy. Colour Scheme: I love shades of Grey and Shades of black and they work great together. Your chosen font color is easy to read on the skin for me.Though the lilac colored border sort of throws me for a loop and I keep wondering why it is there. Graphics Nicely done and not overbearing, it was a nice little treat to scroll down and have Batman and Robin just hidden below view on my screen. It made me laugh a little to see them just chillin down there. Summing Up Okay like I said at first it was a little bland and a bit boxy. Perhaps making the Medium title a bit narrower and doing a city type Maintitle would break that up, though that is just my opinion.I think Spiderman hanging in the corner is really awesome and I love how he seems to hang onto the forum. The font for Justice is really neat, it just seems like it might be missing something, perhaps maybe adding another character to it, make it seem like it is hanging from it, sitting on it, or even defending it, maybe even something as small as giving the font some sort of effect like shadowing or what not. The userlinks in the top corner bothered me. They don't really seem to blend in and sort of stick out like a sore thumb to me. Other then that I really liked the skin and the graphics.
Thanks Magnifique - I was originally going to have say the joker sillhouetted where the ! is but I couldn't find a picture, I know what you're saying however, - its also very tempting to have someone leaning against the E or crouched on the J. The userlinks in the top corner are something I'm still very slowly working on as I'm not happy with their look - its tempting to go for just simple gradients for them all the way down. The lilac border is put in partly as to have two bits white was too overpowering and the site merged too much together with a darker border option. I will however look into trying to get the banner to 'pop' more.
First Impressions: I thought the spider-man and batman background was cool, but overall the skin itself was somewhat uninspired and lacking Colour Scheme: Kind of bland, but ok Graphics Not wild about the banner and the only two graphics you have are in the background Summing Up Overall it’s passable, but nothing special. Not much I can say because there’s not much to look at. Normally superhero based sites like to do a little more with their skins, paying tribute to the comics or movies they're sites are based on.
First Impressions: My first thought was that your banner wasn't finished. "Justice" looks nice, then you have Nightwing on the end and then a HUGE empty space before your links. Because Nightwing is on the end my eye is drawn to the middle and then there is nothing in the middle. This gives the whole forum an unfinished vibe. Colour Scheme: Bland. I'd consider, if you're going to stay with the colors you have now, picking an accent color, like the blue from some of the super hero's costumes. Adding a little dash of blue here and there could really liven the skin up a bit. Also, you have this wonderful banner and then those colors aren't seen anywhere else in the skin. Graphics: I'm really not sure why you have so many characters at bottom of the skin. Also, its very crowded. On the other hand, I do love the banner. I just wish that Nightwing was on the left hand side or there was something next to to eat up the dead space. Summing Up: You might want to add a background image to the skin. Even something as simple as stripes would add just a little more pizazz. Also, right now, it seems like the only graphic that really fits with your skin is the Joker. Maybe changing the subtle shades of purple to something like blue would make it a more friendly to the characters like Batman, Blue Bettle, etc. Overall, you have a good start and if you need help on skinning you've certainly come to the right place. The coding center is a great resource!
First Impressions: Eh, followed by a sense of contradictory. Colour Scheme: The white is a bit harsh, maybe tone it down a little? The blue man could be altered into a more fitting purple (with a few tweaks in a program). The purple is too light, and it looks much too simple and monotone. I would suggest removing the gradient and adding something brighter and more befitting of a superhero site. It's also too blocky. Graphics I like the background, but feel like it needs to be drawn in through the rest of the site, add in some icons and the like? The top banner is, to me, very simple and horrrid. The outline does not fit at all, and the color is jarring against that background. Maybe order one that combines many superheroes in that same purple tone, and is just as bright as the base? Summing Up It's a bit too simple for me. Make it a bit more complex with some more graphics, and something truly eye-catching up top. Add a few graphics. Edit the colors to fit better, and make the contrasts less harsh. Remove the purple gradient and maybe add a different color? It's a good base for a skin though, but to me it seems to be just that--the beginning of a skin.
This is my first review, but I'll do my best. First Impressions: Very....grey. Bland. Colour Scheme: The color scheme is fairly grey and that's fine, but there's an overwhelming amount of it. The background is also a little bland as well too much grey involved, but I shall cover that in the next section. Graphics I feel like the background could be vastly improved. There are an innumerable amount of both marvel and DC characters. I feel like you could literally have a rainbow of heroes in the background. Heck, even a blue to white gradient as the base with many characters slapped on top of it would brighten up the site considerably. In short, look around for inspiration! Liven things up! Concerning the banner at the top...It's simple, but it works. However, I still don't think the gray on grey is a good idea. Perhaps go with a darker grey like 222222. Still, the banner on a whole might look a lot nicer if it was completely overhauled like the background. Perhaps a scheme of marvel characters on one side and DC on the other with the site's name in the middle. Summing Up On the whole, much too grey, but if you overhaul the graphics, it'll look much better. A bright banner would immediately catch the visitor's eye against the dark grey. This is far from the worst skin I've ever seen, but I regard it as a work in progress. There's still a lot of room for improvement, but with a little effort, it will look great!
First Impressions: Just a tad boxy, but very nicely done. Colour Scheme: The gray goes well with the characters. My only problem is in the box that includes your contact us and the rest has a blue line around it. Not quite sure about how that fits in. Graphics I like them, but I think they need to be a Bit brighter. Maybe around Batman and Robin, if only because they are hero's, even if they are 'dark. I do enjoy the rest of it though. Looks very smooth. Summing Up So the boxy could be changed to something with rounded edges, at least at the top. It'll make it a bit more streamlined. Maybe fixing that blue line. It doesn't match the site. And lighten up the characters just a bit. I don't mind the gray on gray, but give it either a darker gray, or change the skin and give it a rehall. Personally I'd just make the text darker. Other than that it's good. I like your mixture of heroes. Oh and drop the second Batman. It's kind of redundant, and doesn't look quite right. Especially with them RIGHT next to one another.
First impression: The gray is a good neutral-background, it can be worked to look nice with a lot of colors, the header looks nice, but as my eyes went down, it got way too busy Color scheme: It could use some other colors to go along with it, as of now, it looks just plain grayscale. White text on a dark grey background is good for legibility, but you also want to add some colors. Maybe have the links a different color then the regular font? Graphics: The header is alright, I like the 3-Dish affect spiderman has. However, the bottom where you have all the supers, it looks way too busy and crowded. This could be a very distracting factor.
