Country Artist Myspace Design, thoughts and opinions appreciated Options

[lucasnotreally]

I'm working on a myspace layout for country artist Katelyn Marks, she wants it pretty simple, so this is probably all of the actually designing ill be doing, then just having the rest of the page pretty standard.

im going to use rollovers on the links above, and her name text/logo is being changed once she sends me her logo.

what do you think?

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update 1: http://www.myspace.com/lukeredeemer

update 2: (new logos and rollovers) http://www.myspace.com/lukeredeemer

[lucasnotreally]

yea, i know what you mean.

it just looked too empty without something behind it.

does this look better or should i just loose the purple thing?

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[none345678]

I think her name would look better with some kind of texture in it. I like the 2nd more though.

[Mikeplyts]

Actually, I kind of like the first one better. It's pretty good, not much, so I can't really say much about it.

[schizo]

I think it looks good, but the image quality of the photo looks kinda low. You should soften over her skin a bit.

[manny-the-dino]

I think it looks really nice. I agree that you should soften her skin. As for which version I like better, I like version 1 but I think you should add a drop shadow to the box like you did in version 2. How you placed the box in version 2 looks odd, imo.

[lucasnotreally]

i was thinking the same thing about the box placement, and that not the text im going to be using for her name, she has a logo she wants me to use, but hasnt sent it yet.

also, i didnt take the picture, and dont do much photo retouching, how do i soften her skin.

[Mickey]

If you're using Photoshop, try Filter > Blur > Smart Blur then mess with the sliders according to your liking.

[colddesert]

Did you put the texture over her face? If you did, erase it. If not, her face looks like low quality^ like what someone said up there.

[technicolour]

Did you put the texture over her face? If you did, erase it. If not, her face looks like low quality^ like what someone said up there.

Yessssss, that was something I was going to point out but no need now. I like it though. It's nice, soft and simple. Very nice. :)

[lucasnotreally]

no, the texture isnt on her face, the picture just sucks but.

i softened it a little bit, ill post the link once i put it up on the test page

[lucasnotreally]

here it is coded mostly, but the top hasnt been sliced yet and there are no rollovers.

http://www.myspace.com/lukeredeemer

[manny-the-dino]

I like it a lot. Although it bugs me that the background isn't fixed but that's a personal thing. I think it looks great though :) Her default needs some major retouching though.

[lucasnotreally]

yea i really wish the photos weren't so crappy.

and i was going to fix the background as well, i was just seeing how scroll looked.

[Mikeplyts]

Ooo, looks good. Yeah, her default is ugreee.

[lucasnotreally]

now has her logo and rollovers

http://www.myspace.com/lukeredeemer

[Firiath]

It kinda doesn't give me the "Country Artist" sort of vibe.
More likeee a darker kind of pop
If you get what I mean?
But it looks nice ^.^

&& are you Chinese?

[lucasnotreally]

she told me to use those colors and the pattern, and the pics, and the logo.


i didnt have as much creative freedom as i would have liked.

[Nickfury]

i dont like this at all. it looks to plain, she said u had to use the pics and logo, but u have all the freedom to make the site a lil more unique u know what im sayin