Evening Reading

by Jeff Mattas, Jan 20, 2011 5:00pm PST

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With the deluge of new hands-on preview coverage we've amassed for today, it officially feels like the wheels of 2011 are building up speed, at least as far as hyping new games is concerned.

We've got environmental destruction and repair, a kid with wings, blue anthropomorphic avocados, a six-way race-war, and a couple of 3D shooting galleries. Honestly, who could ask for more?

You want a chatty, you say? Fine then. Here you go. Some folks are hard to please.

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By: Ooghijmiqtxxa x Show Full Post

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I need your help.

I'm making a fashion website. It's called What Are You Wearing Now. I'd love to get some feedback on the logo/header part of the image.

It on the site:
http://www.shackpics.com/files/design1_n6og0j6fg4a58aiko3m7.jpg

By itself.
http://www.shackpics.com/files/logo_onngxjvg8ra7fxed6g9a.jpg

Help a brutha out. I'm used to making video games, not web design.

Jan 20, 2011 6:05pm PST

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I need your help. I'm making a fashion website. It's called What Are You Wearing Now. I'd love to get... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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  That logo is an abortion. no really, i see hanger and immediately think of choice and reproductive right : tinfoilhatter
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    Thats one of the main arguments against the logo. Hanger = abortion. : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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      Changing the background color and varying the line weight would help alot. : tinfoilhatter
      
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      You mean that blue color or the background for the entire page? I agree with about the blue. It's a bit s... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
      
      I'm only talking about the logo. You have a rounded blue box around it. : tinfoilhatter
      
      perhaps getting rid of the obvious question mark too. : anhero
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  Isn't their a site like this already? : Ellissd
  - There is lookbook and some others that are image sharing fashion sites. WAYWN is less about just showing... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
  - So? doesn't mean somebody else can't do it better! : Skoal^Fyfan
- So.....what are you wearing? : JaredOnly138
- how about a pic of coco chanel? shes a fashion "icon" : spiderfill
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  I would like to see more pictures of that chick on the bike with the legs. : rick
  - I think thats our most used test image. I like to tag her ass. It's fun. : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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  Nice gams. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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    I'd like to see her mams. : rick
    - Also her hams. : Darkstarblade
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  I actually really like it - the logo is perfectly expressive. : halophoenix
  - Thanks! That made me happy. Hopefully people can get over the whole abortion thing. : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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  Need better fonts. The style is slick but the fonts don't seem to match that. : askedrelic
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    Fonts are a dick and a half. I can get something nice in Photoshop but translating that to the difficult.... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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      http://typekit.com/ : filthysock
      
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      Sex balls. Thanks. : Ooghijmiqtxxa
      
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      also http://code.google.com/webfonts : sikander
      
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      yeah but those are mainly awful
      
      Jan 20, 2011 8:41pm PST
      
      yeah but those are mainly awful : filthysock
- I want to bang the girl in that picture : jingletard
- jingletard would like to see more picts of that girl in the photo. : CrustaR
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  Currently I'm wearing t-shirt, boxers, pants, socks, shoes. What is the use of such a website? : Lukiopimp
  - Finding ways to improve your fashion sense, get information on the clothes you buy before you buy them. A... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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  Here's some feedback: I would revise the logo, tone down the shoulders of the coathanger and make the... : SpaecKow
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    Great feedback, thank you! Question: What do you mean by the visual hierarchy to make the icons work?... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
    - well the facebook and twitter prob should be near the comments bubble, because they are social things, du... : filthysock
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      It means changing the size shape and colouring of an object to make it catch the users eye before or afte... : SpaecKow
      
      Ah, I see what you guys are saying. I'll play around with it. : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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    I agree with everything except the top navigation bar. That looks fine to me. I'm assuming there would be... : Skoal^Fyfan
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      We have a simple underline at the moment, but I'd like some effect like the way this guy did it with the ... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
      
      That guys bar has a number of other things going on to make his navigation stand out. It has a lot more s... : SpaecKow
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  I don't think you need the dot part of the question mark in the hangar logo, it just clutters it up. : Lucy Labia
  - i agree : FuriKuriKilla
- Daayum. More pics of long-legged blond on bike please. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  kerning is super tight on your logo, i like the grid layout though : fletch_
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    I'm mostly okay with the kerning except for the "r" and "i" in wearing is way too close. I'll play around... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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      Yeah you really lose it with those letters, show us a living example when you're further along i'm sure t... : fletch_
      
      It's sorta up right now but our developer space is on heroku so it can be a bit up and down. http://b... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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  i dig the layout. logo is tight. i would definitely change the weight of the font to a light or ultra lig... : FuriKuriKilla
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    fontsquirrel is a great resource: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ here's some San Serif's: http://www.fonts... : FuriKuriKilla
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      oh.. and be sure to double the check the licenses on those.. for the most part they are all free/legit.. ... : FuriKuriKilla
      
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      Awesome link, thanks man! : Ooghijmiqtxxa
      
      word to the mummy turd : FuriKuriKilla
- I like both the logo and the site. : alexpr
- Need to fix tracking/kerning on the type in front of the logo. Logo needs to be a similar height as the ... : Discrete

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