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Design Feedback?

Another way to avoid writing:  tweak your weblog.

So I’m trying out some new icons on my posts (they come from here.)  I went back and replaced the black spiral shell with a variety of these shell-like images:

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{You techies out there would not believe how long it took me to figure out how to do this.}

I think they are beautiful, but now I wonder — are they too much?  The black shell (see my sidebar) had the advantage of being simple and consistent with the rest of the design.

I’ll leave it like this for a few days, at least.  Please let me know what you think.   

And any other feedback on the design, function, or content of this site is always welcomed.

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Later:  Well, now I’ve gone in and changed the black spiral shell to another from the same collection.  Can’t seem to leave it alone . . .

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8 responses to “Design Feedback?”

  1. jenett Avatar
    jenett

    I like the icons… they have more dimension than the flat black one. They’re only “too much” if they don’t reflect your own personal taste (in my opinion, anyway). So if you like ’em, use ’em…;~))

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  2. yukino Avatar
    yukino

    They’re defintely pretty. They do seem to cry out for a more elaborate overall site design though — the simple clean divisions worked well with the old shell, but these are a little more baroque. I love the shells though, they should make a good springboard for more changes.
    (site tweaking! it’s so dangerous!)

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  3. Anita Avatar
    Anita

    These images are SO beautiful, thank you for posting the link. It makes me want to get my site spiffed up and personalized so I can go looking for some images or graphics to use. I only found your site a few days ago, so I don’t know how these new shells look compared to what you used before. But my general impressions …. I love the way they look when you put them between paragraphs within a post. Are they too much? It depends on what you want to use them for. Are you wanting them to separate one post from another, or paragraphs within a post? I found that when they’re at the end of a short post, sometimes my eye is trying to go to that image plus the one in the sidebar at the same time, just because of how things fall horizontally. But I think, in general, these are beautiful, and a wonderful thing to have dropped into different places on the page. I would keep experimenting with different images & placements and see what you like best. I’m enjoying your blog.

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  4. Pearl Avatar
    Pearl

    They look elegant to me. Simple beauties.

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  5. SB Avatar
    SB

    jenett: I like ’em!
    yukino: good points about the design – I think I may try to figure out how to do a “banner” that’s a bit more fluid — oh geez, still more to learn . . .
    Anita: thank you for your comments, & I hope you keep visiting & enjoying
    & Pearl: oh yes

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  6. mjones Avatar
    mjones

    I think they are lovely. The earlier one you used was heavier; these are more subtle. But Yukino might be right; this might just necessitate more changes…
    And thank you for posting the link.

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  7. Ivy Avatar
    Ivy

    I, too, have wondered from whence these images came. They are eye-catching, and I like ’em.

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  8. SB Avatar
    SB

    The link is on my sidebar, too — under “ICONS” — it’s the mouse!

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