Re: FLASH: Larry's site

[Al Rosetti]

My review of Larry's site:


Big Smoke looks good.

The K's are.... hard to say.... I give them a thumbs up I suppose.  I

haven't seen that before.

I liked the quiet, rythmic music you used, it's professional and it fits.

When I see this I'm expecting some top notch work to follow.  The simple

look exudes a feeling of confidence and quality.

The B with the flares is well done.  (even so I would have ditched the

flares although though the effect was really well done)

The spinning B is well done, and the music is pretty good.  On the other

hand the drastic change in color, style and music doesn't fit with the solid

work that started the movie.  HOWEVER... the effect was strong enough to

make me focus more on it then the huge change in style.


Then the whole thing changes again with the beehive.  It flat out... just

doesn't fit with what came before it.  As far as style is concerned... cute

and or cool looking buttons are no good most of the time.  Simple and SMALL

letters, numbers and words tend to look the most professional and be the

most useful.  Differing noises over each button creates a confused feel.


As for the rest of the site...  I don't think it necessarily belongs

together.  It seemed to be many differing ideas put together.  Many of these

ideas are well done by themselves... but together, they just don't fit.


Was that abrassive enough Larry?  hehehe  OK... now here is the thing.  I'm

not rating you as if this was your first FLASH site.  I'm comparing you to

the best stuff I've seen on TV, in print and on the web.  For a first flash

site I'd say that you are WAY ahead of the curve.  If I was you I would

forget about putting more effort into learning and creating special effects.

You are already good at it!  Take the same energy and use it to find ways to

keep things looking and feeling similar while mercilessly WHACKING things

that don't belong.  That's a really hard skill to learn, and I'm afraid

something that I need to work on myself.


Sincerely,


Al Rosetti

http://www.websitepartners.com



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