Blog Critiques

http://lserra.willyworld.org/

This layout is really nice, and the images are very high quality and very professional looking-- very clean. I like they funky patterned background as well. I think the thing that stands out the most for me is the U in 'art club' made of paperclips, I think that is pretty sweet.

The only problems I can see with this one, and this has been a problem with absolutely all of our layouts, is that the text isn't quite aligned perfectly. I can't tell if this is the computer's fault or the actual alignment in the code, so it is hard to actually harp on it. Overall I think this solves the problem of delivering info in an artistic way pretty well.
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http://epayne.willyworld.org/

The style in this poster is pretty neat, I personally identify with the whole spray paint art thing, and I think young people in general like it. The part that stands out to me in the layout most is either the actual 'USI ART CLUB' spray art, which looks very realistic, or the corn booth, which sort of steals the attention away slightly, but I personally can't think of a better way to present it, and I'm sure he meant to draw attention to it anyway.

The only real issues I see are three; number one is some of the header artwork blens maybe to much into the background (makes the spray paint look more like water based paoint) and I think the top-most paragraph should be in bold so it stands away from the yellow background more. The final thing that bugs me a little is that it is aligned left, I feel like it should be centered, but I since I sit next to Ethan I know why it isn't centered (due to the number of text boxes it was set up differently). Other than those three minor points I think the layout works rather well.
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http://taz.willyworld.org/

The look of this one really strikes me because I really enjoy comic book looking art, I think the style is very bold and demands attention, which is great for this assignment. I like the little details like the pencils and brushes in the left side and the info bar on the lower right that says the time of the meetings.

The thing that I feel like should be changed, though, is the text bubble text. The idea is great and the use of a comic sans serif really looks legit as far as comic books go, but the text could be edited a bit for more consistency--random words are capitolized, and some of the wording doesn't work for me exactly (meating, for instance). I definitely get where he was going with it but I think it doesn't work quite right. That may just be a personal opinion. Other than that I like it pretty well, it is one of my favorites in the class due to the style and the colors stick out in my brain.