I like all of the individual elements of your design, but I feel that they do not all flow together. I like the logo, the background, the simple navigation, and even the sidebar header part looks nice enough…
My personal opinion is that all these elements look like they belong to other templates, visually anyhow…
My feedback, would be to break away from the container box and ditch the border… Open the website up and show off that dark and sketchy background image more… I think a font like Impact with some weathered type of overtones might create a dismal type of mood for your headers and toolbar navigation, using images and such…
Also, the black and orange color combination, I feel, has been used and abused… There are at least 16 million other colors to choose from, and I say explore the palette and see what fits your mood from one day to the next…
Good luck and good start!
thanks! I will keep your comments in mind as I progress the site 🙂
I actually quite like this.
I disagree about the orange/black colour combo, I think it works really well here. I do agree that it all looks a bit constrained and trapped in though, not sure what the best way to deal with that is.
I also think that the search box looks kind of lost, stuck up there on its own.
Thanks, I actually like the color combo as well. I may introduce a 3rd color but it would be subtle and probably in areas of the text. Yes, I think I will need to find a way to break out of the box.
Perhaps I’ll put the search bar in the middle navigation area..
