I just finished up a design for a band site and I’m looking for some critiques before I go ahead and flash it up.
Here it is, let me know if there’s somethings I could fix or make better.
http://www.eecrisis.com/fromthisday.jpg
Anybody?
It looks okay but you really, really need a picture of the band.
Another thing is that all of your heading fonts should be the same as your title font.
Truuuu.
Also your fonts dont stand out well over the grunge on your buttons. Other then that its pretty cool, a bit too gloomy, maybe add some contrast in there. (lol like i know what im talking about when it comes to photoshop!)
I’m waiting for the band to supply me with the promo shots, but there will be a picture of the band in there.
The title font is the band logo modified and I don’t really care for the font much, but I’ll try reproducing the title font for the headers and see how it looks.
I’ve kind of hit a stumbling block when it comes to the buttons. It’s hard to find a legible font that small that works well with the buttons. If I brightened up the fonts on the buttons more do you think it would help? Or should I just scrap it and go for a different button idea?
I may add some imagery next to the page headers. Should that mixed with more contrast used in the content help with the contrast problem? I wanted to keep the site pretty gloomy but not too much.
I’ve noticed a slight problem. On monitors with a low brightness the site looses some of it’s luster. Does anyone else notice the site is oddly dark? Anyone know a trick how I can fix it without making the site too bright?
Thanks so much for the critiques! I’m going to try and make some changes tonight.
I’m using Harmony from FFF. Perhaps I’ll just try a different happy pixel font. I didn’t want to go too techie looking with it, that’s the problem with most pixel fonts. Any good suggestions?
I like Business, but you may have the same problem. To be honest I didn’t think you were using an FFF font.
Also check out adobe fontfolio. A tad expensive but tons of fonts 
I’ll have to poke around some more. I’ll find something that works right! Thanks for the help though!
I think the text is too dark, the font isn’t a major problem. Perhaps lighten the site up with a colour image of the band in a seperate box (or joined box) above the main box to make it a little bit more colourful, while still keeping a grungey look.
Looking good.
I tweaked the brightness of the fonts and made a version with the header font. I still don’t really feel it though. The more I look at it, the more I’m not feeling the button fonts. I’m going to hunt out fonts tomorrow. I decided I’m going to try and add photos of the band either above the main section or next to the main heading as soon as they get them to me. Thanks again everyone!
www.eecrisis.com/fromthisday.jpg -tweaked brightness
www.eecrisis.com/fromthisday2.jpg -header font changes
I made a site for my brother’s “band” it’s dark… take a look… you may get some ideas
