Rainedrops.Art

Rainedrops.Art

****- (Rated by 3 people, viewed by 99 people)

This site is the fruit of my studying online CSS and HTML tutorials. I hope to learn from my reviewers, and please don't hesitate to give either constructive or destructive criticisms, my site has only been up since mid-April 2009, so I believe it can grow to something soon with the help from you. Especially those web designers and web masters out there, I'm not really one so I would appreciate a review from pros. Thanks! -Raine

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Rainedrops.Art has 3 Reviews

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  1. thistudio gave it ****- on 8th Sep 2009 and said:

    this is my opinion about your website, nothing personal. You don't have to make changes i suggest or take any advice :)

    I like the name of your website, and how you used your name as a part of it. I was wondering why there was an E on raine so I went to your webmistress page and saw it was your name. Very cool lol

    FIRST IMPRESSTION:
    Blue blue blue. lol. You've got a whole lot of blue going on - it doesn't look bad at all because of the different shades you are using. I noticed you are using an I-frame for your content area. This isn't always a good thing because people will get tired of scrolling up and down when trying to view your website. I like the header images you use throughout your side bar :) . Speaking of your side bar, it has a good amount of info and things there. It doesn't look over crowded and doesn't take away from your website at all. Good job :)

    SHOP:
    I really like this section. I love the designs you have came up with for the t-shirts. I haven't seen this around on other websites before, so this is very original, and I like that :). Once again I really like the header backgrounds used. The paper held with a tack, very cool :)

    WALLPAPERS:
    I really like your style on these. I also like the fact that you have more than the usual 3 sizes offered.

    GALLERY:
    I really enjoyed viewing this section. You are a very talented person for sure, you could go really far with it :) I like the paintings (if thats what they were).

    CONTACT:
    I really like how this page is set up. It's very organized and well put together. Do you ever get people SMSing you? lol

    OVERALL:
    your site is great, very original from others I have seen. I think you should use a different colour scheme though, all the blue is a bit too much.

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    ditalento gave it ****- on 4th Sep 2009 and said:

    Hello I'm Sophia, I'll be reviewing your site using FireFox on windows Vista with 1024x768 screen resolution.
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    First Impression
    Music? MUSIC ON? I'm awake at 2:35am trying to review your website and suddenly I hear some music which probably woke up both of my parents. Putting music on websites is a very bad idea not only you annoyed the hell out of me it also gives me the impression that I'm in a piczo site.

    Layout
    Okay let's see, isn't this supposed to be a cute layout? So why is this woman vector on your website header? You have to choose, between having a cute layout or a woman -whatever- layout not both, Iit looks like you stole the victor when you put it that way. Also your color scheme is just light blue, but the woman is another color why didn't you include it in your CSS?
    I feel like everything is just way too noisy with that graphic in your blog and that ad or whatever. You also don't need unique hits or that tag board. because people can just contact via your blog and your unique hits could be from the year 2001, pointless.

    Content
    Wallpapers
    Wow wallpapers have their own section in your navigation, but since it's a design site it's okay.

    Hmm your wallpapers are pretty nice, but i don't see why you'd like to share you vector on your current layout with others? The other wallpapers are great.

    Gallery
    Oh god, why do use slide web show? ANNOYING! Though your works are pretty great. This should be portfolio instead of gallery.

    All the other pages don't need reviewing.

    Overall
    You're a pretty good designer I have to say, your gallery is amazing, your work is really great. Though consider organizing your website and all the piczo site stuff I mentioned, if you just took care of your coding, and organizing your site, and removing those selly ads and web shows you'll site will be amazing.

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    rainesart's Response:

    I added music so my site could set the mood, it's not my fault that your speaker's volume is at max, the sound I put was not loud you know.

    NO, this is NOT supposed to be a cute layout. Don't you heard about vector arts that mixed up with cute little things? It's a new trend of modern graphic it you haven't been informed about it yet. & i made every vector art. So I didn't stole them. The woman is another color but still in the family of blue. It would be so boring and soft if it's all blue. And yes I need unique hits so that others may know if this site is being visited or is just existing w/o everyone knowing. Tag board is for others to respond since i offer services and I welcome visitors, many are just passing by and do not bother to click on the contact nav. so I just made it easier for them and since my site is new, I need to hear feed backs.

    I share my vector character for publicity. Since my site is new, I need to grab attention. My design should be recognized, so that when they saw the woman, they would say "hey that's from Rainedrops.Art".

    And about the gallery, I chose slide show so that my artworks would not get stolen. They can't right click and save my works in that way.

    I'm actually a graphic designer, a bachelor degree holder. But not a web designer so everything's just a practice. Thanks for the review and for appreciating my art.

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    Vivace gave it ****- on 4th Sep 2009 and said:

    "Raine"drops! Like your name! I get it. It's cute. I don't know what to make of the .art, though - at first I thought maybe it was one of those experimental extensions like .me or something. But apparently it's just decorative punctuation - I suppose it's better than the excessive (((~(S.i.t.e.T.i.t.l.e)~))) stuff you used to see, and it's kind of stylistic, so I won't complain.

    Scrolling on down past your header I see navigation and I see a blog-type layout. I see a large animated... thing... that tells me to follow you on twitter and... buy your shirts... wait.

    Wait, is this a giant ad? For you? On your site which I am, I'll remind you, already on? You don't have to sell yourself to me! I'm right here! Geez.

    Clicking on to the shop, I see some shirts, one of which I might wear, and the usual shop stuff, though putting the terms and conditions first is pretty odd ordering. You should put the shirts first, since that's what people are buying, and then the order form.

    Those two shirts are apparently it for the shop? So I'll move on to a perfectly excellent (tho possibly slightly overkill) contact page. The guestbook is... not loading. That may be due to my NoScript, but it's a guestbook so I'm pretty sure I can guess what it does.

    And now webmistress which might actually be interesting, let's see... "Raine drops Art on this site" - okay, that's actually even more cleverly puntastic than I'd thought. Very cute. It seems a shame to hide your gallery here in a tiny link at the bottom of the webmistress page. Better to put that in its own section. Your art is really interesting! Why are you hiding it while "guestbook" and "button wall" get featured on your navigation?

    Your links and button wall are both exactly what the name says, and not much to either of them. Really you could combine the two without losing anything, and free up some space in your navigation bar for a gallery link.

    Finally I reach your wallpapers, which are very cute in a way reminiscent of Kawaii Not. I liked the teacup one, actually, but I'm not a huge fan of the giant logo so I'm not using it.

    Overall I think you've got a quite respectable basic art site, but you need to stop and think about what's important - the content. Not the button wall. The first three links should be the stuff your site is about - your art. The gallery, the wallpapers, and the shop should be the first three things for your visitor to click on. Then worry about link walls and contact pages.

    Your art is cute and your instincts are good. Just don't be afraid to say MY SITE IS FOR MY ART and then follow up on that.

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    rainesart's Response:

    Wow you're the first one to give a review about my site. Thanks! I find a lot of what you've said here very useful! And yeah, thanks for this: MY SITE IS FOR MY ART, I would follow what you've advised for sure! Thanks again.

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