Calcium
Heh, I've been meaning to do this for a long time. It's a new layout for my site I might use called Calcium. Check it out over here: http://www.logsdon.org/james/atv4/template2.html . I've asked one person and he said it was unique, but I want more than just one person to give me comments. Anything, harsh or good, is accepted
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Mark Hensler posted this at 01:26 — 8th November 2002.
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Very bright. Could use color. (though, i have no idea what color calcium is)
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 03:05 — 8th November 2002.
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White. Calcium is silvery white.
nike_guy_man posted this at 03:22 — 8th November 2002.
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It's unique alright
It is kind of plain, but so is calcium
I can't read "Helping the body to function" on the top image, which is slow to load.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 03:54 — 8th November 2002.
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Yeah, it is unique. I don't know what you could do to improve it (not that it's bad), except-
One very important property of Calcium is it's highly reactive. It fizzes and bubbles like crazy in water... I don't think you've entirely captured that "effervescence".
I think if you introduced light and highly unsaturated blue tones here and there, it could help, but don't overdo it.
The Webmistress posted this at 08:42 — 8th November 2002.
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Too bland IMO, definitely needs some colour and more of a jointed layout as at the moment it's a bit disjointed with just a box here and one there.... Colour would help bring it all together I think along with easier to read text.
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
Megan posted this at 14:37 — 8th November 2002.
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But colour isn't the point, right? The point is for it to be white, and I don't think there's a problem with that if it's done right.
I think you've got a good start here but the design could still use some work. I think that the header graphic is too grainy/blurry. Something needs to be done to make that more interesting. When I do a google image search I come up with a some interesting scientific images - maybe you could integrate something like that.
The whole page should be balanced out more in terms of texture - the header graphic is very blurry yet the content areas are very sharp. Something should be done to balance that out. I also think that it's too squished in the top corner of the screen. It needs to be spread out somehow.
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Megan posted this at 14:49 — 8th November 2002.
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The second photo on the this page is calcium deposits in a cave:
http://www.saraphina.com/moseyesp/013199/013199grutas_de_las_maravillas.htm
Here are some (really cool looking) calcium carbonate crystals:
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/analytical/calcium-carbonate-crystals.html
The bottom image on this page came up:
http://www.bam.de/kompetenzen/arbeitsgebiete/abteilung_7/fachgruppe_71/laboratorium_711_i.htm
But it's not in english so I don't know what that is exactly
Here's another one with crystals:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~cemrf/ImageArchive/SEM/pages/Calcium%20Carbonate.htm
Maybe you could make the whole thing a little blue-ish ike those crystals are (but not too blue-ish, of course). Sort of like how old ladies get blue hair, you know? It'll make the white look more crisp and bright rather than dull grey.
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Renegade posted this at 22:28 — 8th November 2002.
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looks very plain like someone sed earlier it needs a bit more colour,
on the right of the screen there is a BIG blank white space, use it :S
necrotic posted this at 05:00 — 9th November 2002.
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Thanks for your help! I was thinking of taking a picture of a Calcium Pill or something and integrating it with the logo somehow, but now that I have some pics of Calcium (Thanks Meagan!) I have more of an idea of how they look. I'll sharpen up the logo (Probably remake it, more of a Calcium look to it). As for the color deal, I'll try it with a slight blue additive, and then do it without it so you can compare. I'll probably do this tomorrow... err.. today, but alot later. Sleep Again, thanks
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