In class, we were told to make an index site. This site would act as a page for links to out other projects, blog, etc. When our site was done, we were then told to evaluate each other's site on a scale from 1 to 4. This rating was used to rate its following of CARP and its use of defaults. A critique about my site that stuck out to me was concern about aligning the logo on the left side. They suggested switching the logo and the nav links so the nav bar's logo wouldn't overlap with the banner. I wondered why I hadn't thought of that and changed it immediately. When evaluating other classmates' sites, I didn't want to be harsh, but I wanted to remain truthful. To balance out the negatives of some critiques, I also added in a comment or two about something I liked. I tried to focus on being constructive rather than just stating what I didn't like. I tried to give suggestions and solutions to solve quick fixes.
The other critique that stuck out to me talked about the "current projects" icons. They said that looked unfinished and unpolished. I really couldn't disagree, as they were unfinished. I wasn't entirely sure what kind of graphics I wanted to make for that section, so I threw together some flat design graphics and hoped it look decent. It was decent, but looked unpolished compared to the top part of the site. Changing them, I sampled colors from the banner and lowered the opacity. I then took the colors and layered them over a graphic of a crumpled piece of paper, for texture. I thought having the white part of the graphic filled in came off as a little heavy so I changed them to be just the outline. Making these changes, gives the site more of a put together and collective look.
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