HELP ME PLEASE!…
February 18th, 2007
Now I admit it - I’m decent at cutting code, but absolutely shithouse when it comes to web design - as you can see by my new header - hot off the press.
I was really proud of it until my dog Jazz walked over for a pat, took a look at the screen, tilted her head over to one side as kelpies tend to do, and let out a low drawn out growl…
I’m not the artistic type - I’m one of those annoying science types that’s always completely amazed by (but incapable of imitating) the amazing feats of artistic creativity that some people just seem to be born with. I don’t have that ‘interior design’ gene - if you want proof, come visit my office! Just modifying the sheep picture pushed my photoshop skills to the absolute limit.
So folks - PLEASE! If you have an aesthetic bone in your body, can you give me a few pointers on a better colour scheme, or a better header design (or both)?
I need it to be simple, eye-catching and appropriate to the motto of the forum.. that is, that this is a place where hopefully everyone can contribute their knowledge freely to help each other improve our websites / knowledge.
AND - please don’t worry folks the new header is NOT - I repeat NOT a part of the Blix Krieg Theme - I wouldn’t be that mean 
The Blix Krieg theme still has Sebastien Schmieg’s original minimalist charm.
You can always see the current stable version of the blix krieg theme at beta.utheguru.com - in all it’s original blix style glory.
Hope you’ve had a good weekend so far!
TheDuck
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1. Susie J | February 20th, 2007 at 1:41 am
The black and white image is not that bad. (What’s with the sheep, is that where you live?) It’s the colors — in the words, utheguru that need fixed. I am just as amazed as you by designers and their work, — so I cannot help you with that one — just PR.
2. JLH | February 20th, 2007 at 6:04 am
Blue. Red. Yellow. Blue. Green.
Where have I seen that pattern before???
Oh yeah, http://www.google.com.
You don’t want my feedback on design, I’m an engineer, if I had my way it would all be plain text and images would be banned.
3. DuckMan | February 20th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Hehe.. you spotted it JLH - The Google colors. I knew if anyone did it would prob be you
And don’t feel lonely in your black and white world - I do the majority of my work with a bash shell, in linux, and my html editor of choice is vim… 
Susie, the sheep are meant to represent ‘the mob’ and the one little sheep that is standing there highlighted in a tasteful bright purple (the color of frustration) has chosen to stop for just a second and rationalize the situation.
He’s asking himself the following questions..
‘Why am I coloured a tasteful purple when all my mates here are boring grey?’
‘Why am I following this mob of sheep blindly when I’m obviously a bit different?’
‘Could it be that going in this new direction could be better for me?’
‘Is this my chance to try it and see if I can’t make my mark on the lives of ‘different’ sheep everywhere?’
M
4. Sheryl Wardle | February 21st, 2007 at 4:34 am
I like the lonely sheep–he or she is hard to spot….get rid of the turquise box –make it a bright orange–and the small black words are hard to read and they are the jist of your story…..I’m new here but always have an opinion..hope I can find my way back.
5. DuckMan | February 21st, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Thanks Sheryl - I’ve made the sheep bigger - and changed the font. Didn’t know what you meant by the turqoise box though?
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