Category: Site Review

For review number three I choose to look at the website http://www.azulbarycantina.com/ for Azul Bar Y Cantina. The website fits the home style restaurant that it is. Besides the main photo being pixelated it is very easy to use and has some very cool artwork for their banner.

I also chose to compare Azul’s website to the website no9park.com No. 9 park. I did this because both of the websites are closely related. Even though No. 9 Park website’s layout is better that Azul’s. Azul has more emphasis using a darker blue background contrasted to a bright yellow and white fonts.

No. 9 Park has a better all around website in my opinion, because of how the logo, photos, information, and navigation bar are all closely related in color and size.  They also use a softer and less eye popping blue for text. No. 9 park is much better at grabbing my attention because of how it looks more professional and put together. The color scheme and font speak to a higher level than Azul’s website does for me.

For this Restaurant website review, I chose Peter Allan’s Italian restaurant and No. 9 Park.  First, I looked at the home pages of each of the sites.  These are two very similar restaurants in the choices that they offer and the theme that they have.  They are both very elegant or high class restaurants, therefore their website should show that right off the bat.  I believe that they both show that they are higher class on their home page in the layout and the pictures that they use.  They use pictures of food on white plates that look clean and professionally done. The clarity of the navigation on both of the sites makes your choices practically mindless like Krug talks about in the reading.   They also don’t have a lot going on on the homepage which makes the picture of the food the center of attention.  This shows how they use the important things Krug talked about in the reading.  He talked about keeping the noise down.  Noise is referring to the extra stuff on each page.  Both of these sites keep their extra stuff to a minimum so that the food is the central focus.  This is carried though out both of the sites. This helps to unify the site.  Also, This shows how Krug was talking about getting people off on the right foot.  The pages and easy to navigate and you can clearly find the menu, about the restaurant, contact, and other necessary parts. Krug, also, talks about making navigation easy and effortless.   Next, I looked at the menus for these places.  The next thing the Krug talks about is omitting needless words.  The menus on these sites are short and to the point.  They give enough information for the customer to know what they are ordering, but not too many words that they don’t even want to finish reading.  I know I hate when restaurants have such long and complicated descriptions because its hard to understand and it makes me loose attention to it. The next thing I looked at was the layout of the actual site.  Did everything look like it lined up   and look like it was supposed to be there.  I believe that Peter Allan’s website looked pretty good.  There was a nice header at the top.  The text was easy to read.  I would have to say that there was a bit too much white space in the menu portion of the site, though.  It started to hurt my eyes to look at all that white.  Also, I don’t like how the heading part comes down when you start moving the page.  I believe that it should stay visible, but it looks like it is delayed in coming down the page.  No. 9 Park’s website looked cool.  I like how well the side navigation works for their site and I like the contrast in the colors of the pictures to the side navigation.  One thing I do not like is that the information under each of the pictures is lined up with just the picture and not the entire grey box.  I believe that is looks okay for all the section but the menu.  I believe that it looks completely messed up for the menu sections and throws off the balance of the site.   In my opinion, I believe that Peter Allan’s Italian Restaurant is the better website at drawing your attention for a few reasons.  The first reason is the layout.  No.9 Park has some issues with its layout that make it look off balance.  Peter Allan’s is layer out in a way that balances it and unifies each page together.  Another reason that Peter Allan’s website is better at drawing your attention would be the pictures.  Their pictures move and the movement makes the food looks so much more appetizing than static pictures.   No. 9 Park show pictures that are not always of the food and do not seem to be as intriguing to me as Peter Allan’s.  All in all, these are both decent websites, but I believe that Peter Allan’s is definitely the better of the two.

For my second review, upon browsing onepagelove.com, I stumbled across a website based upon one of my favorite tv shows. The website is whoismrrobot.com, a site that is based upon the TV Show Mr. Robot. Now, to understand the websites structure, you must understand the basics of the show. It follows a young man who is a cybersecurity engineer for a company by day and is a hacker for the most elite hacking group in the world by night. As such, the main layout is based upon a command line, or terminal, that navigates you through the website. After a brief introduction to the site is typed out for you, it gives you a list of commands to do that will continue your journey through the site. Unfortunately, after typing in the first two commands it just did some self promoting like asking you to like their Facebook page. The third command though, “inform”, brought up another terminal like page humorously making fun of the NFL deflategate scandal, which had nothing to do with the show at all, but brought themes from the show in it. Upon further investigation of the site, I figured out there were actually multiple real news related stories, all that had a connected comment from “<mrrobot>” himself, which actually brought some cool insight into that character some more. The next command, “question”, brought up a slideshow of different graffiti propaganda like images of how the american dream is a lie and other things of that nature. The other commands just brought up things like a video clip from the show and other things that were directly in the show, but the last command, “join”, brought up a command prompt from someone who says he has been watching you and wants you to join him and to enter your email address. I curiously entered my address, but have not received an email of any sort.

As far as the style of the webpage, it’s very basic but is made to look that way since it is a command prompt. It has the block to tell you where you’re at on the command line, it has a simple Serif font with just green and white text on a black background, and nothing that incredibly pops out at you.  One thing I did notice was the sound design is a little messed up. I had my headphones in while navigating the command line, and all of the sound of the keystrokes and entering a new command only came out of the right side of my headphones. There isn’t a lot of texture that you can analyze from the site though, as there is no shapes or shadows or gradients that make it stand out. Just generic, but it’s obvious that’s how the site was supposed to be setup.

Overall, I think this site did a good job of achieving it’s purpose. It’s target audience is obviously for fans of the show, and I feel as it’s goal is to bring fans into the real world of the show, which it successfully did for me. The only thing I wish is that there was more commands to go through, perhaps a more interactive part to the site besides just entering commands that take you places. More typing in the command line to do more in depth things would’ve really helped, but it still successfully did what it was supposed to do.

After looking through the many single page websites found on the site you provided for us, I found a site that was one large animation saying Happy New Year. When I first launched the website, all that appeared was a loading screen that said “Are you ready?” and then a match that kept jumping up and down. I then discovered that when I put my mouse over the match it was a button to click on. Clicking on the match then made the match catch on fire and four colorful rockets showed up. Clicking on the match again I could drag the match to each rocket string. After dragging the match to the first rocket a sign popped up that said “Nicely done! 3 to go!” which then led me to believe I needed to light the last three rockets to find out what happens next. The rockets then shot up and the screen changed to a city skyline and the words Happy New Year 2016 on it with lots of little blinking dots in the background. Referring back to the reading, the color of the single page site went perfectly with it’s theme. The never burning out match was fun because it gave you as much time as you wanted to light the rockets. Taking a deeper look at the rockets colors (green, orange, blue, and red); green symbolizing growth or hope, orange being a very active and energetic color, blue symbolizing openness, and red having a reputation for stimulating adrenaline and blood pressure.

The navigation is provided by the different objects you have to click on and where you move them to get to the next page. The user does not need to scroll at any time. I don’t necessarily understand why there is a website just for an animation regarding a happy new year note. The site’s design elements make it extremely easy to move throughout the site. The texture of the illustrations could be better. There could be shadows or more detail in the illustrations but it all still works for the simplicity of the site itself. The point I got from the website was just to make a fun animation for New Years. I like the process of getting to the New Years message with the city skyline. It is a very basic site. On the last screen on animations you can click to get more information about the artist. I don’t feel there is a strong purpose for the site. It’s not selling anything or persuading anyone to do something. It’s just a way to say happy new year and show off the artist’s coding skills. Although this site is a bit childish because of the process, every once in a while it is fun to come around these types of sites. The site is supposed to be promoting the artist’s GreenSock Workshop but I would not have known that if I didn’t read about it beforehand. For what the site provides I think it would be a fun thing to send to relatives on New Year’s.

For my second review, I chose one of my favorite websites Letterboxd. This is basically the “Facebook” for film critics and film lovers (like myself). And at the end of last year, they published a year-end wrap-up for the films released in 2015 with an enormous one page website. At first glance, I could already tell that it was going to be an awesome experience, especially with the big “2015” in bright vibrant colors and having film stills in each number. The main color scheme is a very dark blue, with accents of light orange, green, and blue. I believe that this color scheme works well because the bright colors complement the dark blue to create a really stylish look. I liked how they tell the user to navigate the one page site by using the arrow keys. They also give a little illustration to accompany the directions. The one thing that bugs me is that I feel that it is too small. They should make it one or two points bigger. I feel that the navigation and layout is spot on. According to Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think, a website should have these attributes: usefulness, learnability, memorability, effectiveness, efficiency, desirability, and delightfulness. All of these attributes were executed in Letterboxd’s 2015 Wrap-Up one page site. When one navigates down the page, he or she is delivered with a small clip, title, poster, and short summary of the film in a smooth and clean look. Then, if one continues, they are given a quote and small movie poster from the film above. This format continues throughout the website and also gives interesting facts, lists top film posters as well as top directors, actors and actresses. The finale of this wonderful splendor is the “25 Best of 2015 Video Countdown” that summarizes the “Top 25 Films of 2015” in an incredible video montage that really showcases each film. This one page site truly delivers an amazing experience for anyone who loves film or is even interested in a specific title. Letterboxd did a great job with showcasing a huge amount of content in an organized, clean, sleek, as well as interactive manner.

 

Take a look for yourself and experience the awesomeness!

Link: http://letterboxd.com/2015/

Describe and analyze the site’s use of color and texture.

I chose Flying Piñata (flyingpinata.co) as the single page website of my choice. Flying Piñata is a minimalistic site that relies on festive colors of yellow-orange, cyan, red, and green.  The Flying Piñata logo is made up of all of these colors while the “flying piñata” is a yellow-orange and red striped donkey with a green drone carrying it. I feel these colors fit the personality of this site. Flying Piñata sells literal flying piñatas. When you download the application, you can deliver a piñata via drone to a location of your choosing, typically to a child’s party or other fun event. Otherwise, the site is made of a muted sky blue as the piñata is carried across the sky that is their header. This blue appears again at the bottom of the sight where there is multicolored confetti pieces.

 

Further, as this is a single page site how does the user navigate from one section of content to another? Does the user have to scroll left to right, top to bottom, all over or is navigation provided that takes the user to the content? What design elements make the site easy to scan, read and understand content.

On this site, the user navigates by scrolling from top to bottom where links to the app are seen along the way down as well as cute, animations that explain the purpose of the company. The site is a little confusing at first glance. While I adore the animations, I was confused by the extremely large video beneath the header. As I scrolled by it, I discovered the simple bit of information provided by the company and another link to the application similar to the one in the header. If the video were smaller, it would be much easier to understand and would not have a giant break in the middle of the page.

 

Lastly, make an argument for whether this site’s design is well or poorly done.

While I enjoy the theme and idea of this site, I do not believe it is the easiest to read or understand. The header is charming and cute, but the large video clip takes up too much space and takes away from the rest of the website by dividing it and creating a large, black hole on an otherwise light feeling site. After the video, we return to the bright, fun website, though it had a bit of white space that I feel made the animations look like they were floating.

I chose the to review this site https://brand.uber.com. This site is a single page. It scrolls from top to bottom with wonderful design and cleanliness. In the beginning, they have put the company logo in the middle with light phrases in black and turquoise and the in the left side there are the social media connection as Facebook, Twitter, etc. To make it easier for the researcher to see. On the right, there is a short video that explains the company’s work, the shape is beautiful and smooth and appropriate for the page. There beside the simple video texture and light to the eye, colors and comfortable to the eye also. The page white and turquoise, good use of white space there are some lines in the back.

When you go to the bottom of a rapid move, it shows you a beautiful illustration with perfect color choice. There is some writing for the definition of the company when you press the button, “find out why” page is smooth appear not to cause inconvenience.

Go down again, a blank page and a light show. With some designer lines and used some of the shapes in the background to give a kind of dimension and three-dimensional shape of the bottom. There is a circle within a quick video about cars to show the speed of service using the technology to give a quick overview of the company and its service there is also a button “Watch the film” to show exactly about the company and what they are.

The part that after that, the background and the beautiful light displays some pictures, press the button “View the work” to introduce the company’s business profile and What is its vision and where you derive their impact through logo etc.

The last part of the page, the white page appears with some forms of weaving back and there is a nice, well done illustration. There footer beneath the company’s website, design and shows jobs to help faster when searching.

In general, clean the site and designed concatenate it easier for everyone to see. A good choice for that bright color, you do not feel upset when the page scans. There is useful information for the company and what you want quickly. Good use of the line is clear. Simple and beautiful page.

I did my review on http://shoutouts.space/. This website collects user-submitted compliments and praises online. The user scrolls up and down to see all the content on the website. This website it really simple to navigate. The designer used big rectangles with different colors and white font color. When you land on a box the color of the words turns black. In each box there is the user’s name, what they wrote, and the date of the compliment. This shout out page reminds me of a horoscope page because it seems like it would be a page you check right when you get up. To improve this page the designer should organize the posts in chronological order. Also the designer can make it easier for a person to make an account in order to post compliments. The creator can also connect with Twitter and Instagram to expand the website. The most recent post was from February 10, 2016. If it is connected to Twitter, a lot of people would like to read compliments and praises to start off their day. Me personally would like to see the more recent posts at the top than rather all over the page. If you click on a box, it will just appear larger and a viewer can “Give a Shoutout” and/or share on Facebook. I like how the designer kept the font sanserif and white in order to keep it simple. Overall the website might be a little too simple. Maybe the viewers might like it simple but to attract more people the creator should add a better design and more posts. I’ll give credit because this website was created this year, so it does look decent for two months.

For the second review, I chose the single page website Letterboxd from onepagelove.com. Letterboxd is the social network for film lovers and the page that I had visited was a yea-rend wrap-up for 2015.

As discussed in the textbook, the usual setup for a website is that the logo will be in the top left corner as Letterboxd had. To the right, there was a three line icon which usually means there is a list that can help navigate the site. Although Letterboxd was a single page website that scrolls up and down, the drop down list took me down to whatever movie was discussed further down on the website instead of leaving the page altogether or scrolling through everything. The fact that the website had a list made it easier to use. To the left of the list icon was the year 2015 with a tiny arrow icon next to it. If clicked, the arrow allowed you to choose the year you wanted to look at all the way back to 2012.

As I started to scroll down the website, it began with the highest rated movies. Instead of just showing a picture from the movie, the website seemed to have blocked section off where first there was a clip of the movie being shown, but as I hit the down arrow, a quote and picture of the poster from the movie were shown with a solid non conflicting colored background. If the website was just composed of the movie clip, it would be harder to read and figure out the information or what the actual movie poster looked like.

The next section is comprised of Highest Rated films in several different categories. The problem with these sections is that the image in the background that seems to be from the film, is a bit distracting, it makes the movie seem more interesting than having just the title listed, but if the image was a little smaller or off to the side, it may be easier to read the information listed.

When it comes to the text on the website, there are several different sizes and fonts included, but the majority of the fonts are white in color and very similar to each other.  The simple color of the font makes it easier to read against the solid color backgrounds and the movie images. If the titles behind the movies were back, they would not be readable or noticeable to any viewer. The paragraphs are small and not overwhelming with information like some websites include, with many of the blocks only containing a one sentence quote.

The website is altogether designed well. It combines the idea of having simplistic aspects when it comes to the solid color blocks and almost all white text, but also keeps it interesting with the images and clips from the movies. The navigation is simple enough to get through without a hassle or difficulty in finding certain categories on the website and the layout is easily understood.

For my website review, I chose the site change-the-world.unltd.org.uk.  This site shows how “social entrepreneurship can unleash the potential of young people”. With their audience being young people i believe that the site did a great job in the color and texture selection.  The theme of the site is space with earth being in the middle of the first page making it seem the most important.  it changes half way through to be like you are coming down from outer space all the way into a house.  all of the colors used in my opinion are good in contrast to the different blue backgrounds that you go through on your way down.  The are meteors and other planets and even the sun that you come across on your way through the space part of the site.  Also, in the earth part of the site, you come across blimps, clouds, and even the house.  All of these things are made to be cartoon like which would intrigue younger kids, but it is also not too kidish that a teenager would be turner off from it.  As a single page site, it uses a top navigation that can take you through the different aspects of the site.  However, this top navigation is not visible when you first get to the site.  The user has to know to scroll down through the site to be able for the navigation to pop up.   There is however an arrow that is pretty prominent on the screen that tells you that you have to scroll down.  In my opinion, I would have the top navigation panel shown at all times so that the user is not confused by it not being there in the beginning.  Also, some of the pictures are shown in these little circles that don’t really fit with the rest of the design, in my opinion.  Some of the pictures are shown in planet or meteor looking shapes, but then the others are just in circles.  I think that they should change them all the one or the other, but having both doesn’t make much sense to me.  In my opinion, the site is pretty easy to navigate besides not having the top navigation shown ate the beginning.  The site has a lot of content, but it is all divided up in small sections that makes it not as intimidating to users to have to read a lot all at once.  Also, the site has so many visuals that relate to the content that they kind of help you through the reading.  They also help to break up the reading as well without adding too much of a distraction to the reader.  Lastly,  I believe that this site, with a few minor adjustments, is a very well thought out and interesting design.  I believe that it is able to keep the attention of a younger reader for a decent length of time due to the spacing out of the text and incorporation of the pictures in amongst them.  Also, I think that since the site is made for younger people and trying to get them involved, it is okay if it doesn’t reach out to adults as much as it does kids.  All in all, this site is a well designed sight with many good features and an interesting layout.

 

I decided to review the site www.onebustapp.com, which is promoting a dice game for the iPhone called OneBust.

First, I tested it out when I had two windows of the browser snapped to either side of my screen in OS El Capitan. It showed the game’s logo up top and centered with a “notify me” bar and an image panel that has 3 views. Step 1 states to Roll the die. Step 2 says Lock-In Points with a larger details paragraph explaining what they mean. Step 3 says Win the Daily Championship. At the bottom of the page are links to their respective Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Second, I tested the site out without the browser windows being snapped and just floating on top of each other. The site for OneBust starts out with the logo, “notify me” bar, and two simplistic illustrations of the iPhone with the app being active. As you scroll down the page, the larger of the two iPhones gradually slides to the right over top of the other illustration. Step 1 appears as Roll the die and the iPhone screen fades into the first image of the app that the user would see. Step 1 slides up the page and Step 2 slides into place below the logo, which seems to be stationary and floating above the rest of the content on the web page. Step 2 slides up the page and Step 3 slides into place below the logo with a bold vermilion background showcasing the feature of Win the Daily Championship. This step includes a new image in the iPhone illustration showcasing the screen the user would encounter.

For the color scheme, it is a bold vermilion, white, teal-mint green, a soft beige, and the text seems to be in two shades of grey. This group of colors makes it feel simple, clean, and relaxing with a few bold accents to keep the eyes engaged in the “super-simple-frustratingly-fun” game. The texture is flat, crisp, and smooth.

Navigation is different for how you have the site opened. In the first step I explored the site, I had to click the navigational bubbles to get from step to step. It was a bit slow, but I believe that is due to the wifi connection I had. In the second step of my review, there was a bit of a loading lag for the site to recognize how far I had scrolled, but once it caught up, the navigation was a simple vertical scrolling motion.

I feel the elements of the webpage made it simple and easy to maneuver for any web user. There was little interactive elements, which I feel assisted them greatly in the simplistic message the developers wanted to get across for their app. The page flowed smoothly with plenty of space for each step to showcase in the browser window one at a time.

Personally, I feel the design is executed in a well-developed manner. I like the simplistic style and relaxing color scheme. This seems like an app I would look further into on the app store after seeing it in the app store or online. The illustration is clean and the layout flows with each step and fitting right below the floating logo. I like how the iPhone screen changes for each step or featured element. This is a strong one page website.

I also feel that if the artwork was made to look more 3-Dimensional, the app would not have been showcased as effectively. Even if the color scheme had more pastel colors or consisted of primary colors, the content would not have been as soothing to the eye or as  mature.

–Katie Carlton

The single page website I chose to review was called How To Design A Delightful Experience. This website has a simple structure scrolling down the page to each part of the website. The purpose of this web site was to explain how to make a simple design through the three layers of pleasure, flow, and meaning. This website has a few animated designs such as the top of the page having a hand pointing down bouncing up and down. Again, something simple to express the point of this website. There is also a menu button by a hamburger looking design on the top left as you scroll down. When you click on it, it gives you shortcut tabs to the different layers.

What really stands out about this website is the use of color. Each layer has a different color. Pleasure is green because that section seems to be the more important information needed to be known. When I see green, I think of nature and exploring, which makes sense for an attention grabbing color for a web site because you are exploring it. The color white is used throughout the site as well, for the most part in the sections where examples for each layer are shared. Flow has the color pink because pink has an energetic positive feel and the point of flow in design is for being in the zone. It takes motivation to be in the zone and pink is the perfect color to represent that. Blue was the color for meaning because blue has been said to have a calming feel to it and as well as intelligence. As of this point, the designer wants the viewer to feel more intelligent from what they have learned viewing this site. Finally, the bottom of the page has orange because it is an energetic color, and the goal for this web site is to make users learn more about simple design and excited to enhance their knowledge on their own.

This website is a simple design and simple to navigate. The simple downward scroll and the little animated hands express the idea of “simple” for the design. Also, the menu button leading to the shortcut tabs are also useful. Nothing too special with texture, but the use of color is meant to give the feeling for the viewer. I feel that this website is useful for someone who is just starting out in design and want a simple tutorial. This website gives a great philosophy for design through its bread and butter of color. It’s not the most complex looking sight, but it’s a good simple website for educational purposes in my opinion.

For my second website review, I chose a site by FRAMES, which is a site that houses many different stories. The one I found as my example and subject of review is an excellent single page site for the story “July’s June”

This site makes use of all of it’s space on the page and is navigated by scrolling down right through the story. Something that really caught my eye was the use of textures throughout the site. Many of the background images mend together seamlessly and at times are two images fused together (ex. The first background image behind the title page, where the darkness of the lake water developes into a man’s face at the bottom. This frames the story in a way, because towards the end of the story, there is a woman’s face the mends into a picture of a tree.). Also, all of the images have a depth to them, leading the eye farther into the page (as good example of this is the image of the cabin, ghosts of trees left behind it).

Another use of texture that I found particularly interesting was the handwritten letters throughout the story. These parts stray away from the regular embedded text of the story and in a way give a little bit of nostalgia. Towards the bottom of the page, there is an added wooden frame and leaves flowing into the next section of the story.

This site uses a lot of warm colors (like orange and light purple) as well as cold colors (green and blue) which take cues from the story itself.

When you’re finished with the story, there is a slight pause in the site where the last of the graphics are, and then below there is a small set of credits to those who made the site, and where to contact them. They also made it very easy to navigate back to the top of the page to read again, or to go back to their archives to read something else.

Overall, I think this is an excellent way to make a single page site. Using all of the space that is given is a good way to immerse someone in a story, and having graphics that flow into each other keep the reader focused on the story and make it a pleasant experience for those that visit. The ease of navigating to and from the site make it a prime example in single page design.

Site Review #2

http://arielbeninca.com/

            The site that stood out to me the most on onepagelove.com was http://arielbeninca.com/, which is the personal website of a graphic and web design student named Ariel Beninca. This website appeals to me because of its minimalistic qualities and how clean it is. When you first arrive to the site, your screen is filled with a black and white image with black text. There is no color and everything is very smooth. When you hover over the image, which is of Ariel, she moves around a little. You move through this site by scrolling down, and as you do so, you come across some color.

            As you scroll down the page you see various examples of her work. These are all in color, but she still keeps the modern, clean aesthetic. There is no texture anywhere except in the images. Just as with the picture of herself at the top, each of these wiggles around a little when you hover over them. When you click on one, a box slides down from the top of the screen with some information about the project. Everything is very simple and easy to read, and there is an “x” at the top to close it. You close it and are right where you left off.

            There are other various graphics on the site, such as a few background images, that also do that moving thing when you hover over them.

            There are many design elements that make this site easy to understand and navigate. The sleek design and simple buttons are the main contributor, but it also helps that there is no extra “junk” to clutter the space and be distracting.

            You can scroll through the site from beginning to end without clicking anything. But you are also given the option of clicking a button at the very top of the page that creates a drop down menu of each section you can visit.  As mentioned in “Don’t Make Me Think”, Ariel created a very clear hierarchy and separated the elements appropriately so that it’s easy to understand.

            I think this site’s design is very well done and effective.  I find it very attractive and its simple layout could be used by virtually anyone. There is nothing that requires thought and it is pleasing to look at. Ariel gets her point across as well as proving that she has a definitive style and is excellent at what she does.

 

 

The single page website I chose to review was The Art Of Texture. This page only scrolls up and down and each image you scroll over automatically scrolls down and shows the title of each piece. The background that stays consistent all the way down the page is an off white with a speckled texture that made me think that my screen was dirty as I scrolled. I really did not care for this because it seemed dirty to me but it really was an interesting touch because it caught my attention and made me take a closer look. The over all color is really dedicated to the art work displayed on the site and those really stay in focus and the background color doesn’t take away from the art on the page. There are links through out the page but for most of them you have to scroll over an image for the link title to pop up. They use a light green for most of their tabs that pop ups and I really liked it because it wasn’t in your face but it gave enough contrast that caught my attention and it was easy to read. Over all this page was done well and has a lot of interesting images on it but if you do not scroll over the images you would not know they connect to anywhere else. Also the first down arrow only takes you a little bit so really I feel its unnecessary.