My First Layout

[spaceboos]

Well i tried glitters and decided its cheaper to buy them than build them. So i decided to put together some of my own layouts. Some constructive critism is needed on first try. Well here it goes please tell me your honest opinion. Oh not you fryman just kidding lol.

http://www.spaceboos.com/Layouts/Bands/Beatles/preview.php

Thanks in advance.

[Matt]

It's nice for your first...
It needs some effects to the images, brushes or textures.

[vulcanstudios]

Ok designer tips here.

1. Pic is blown up so it looks jagged and of bad quality. Try using high quality images.
2. Background is concealed by tables either add transparency or make them completely transparent.
3. Center background instead of making it fixed left.

=)

[chic09]

Use patterns and uh, other fonts also, you can get some cool ones from dafont.com. =p

[Ajay]

Well i tried glitters and decided its cheaper to buy them than build them. So i decided to put together some of my own layouts. Some constructive critism is needed on first try. Well here it goes please tell me your honest opinion. Oh not you fryman just kidding lol.

http://www.spaceboos.com/Layouts/Bands/Beatles/preview.php

Thanks in advance.

the bright pinkish colour on the contact table clashes bad with the rest of the layout... may want to blend the right edge of the background pic so it's not so "edgy."

[deep]

try to make the layout flow together everything else will just come after more practice

[Sergio]

It hurt my eyes, the colors were hard to read.

[rob]

No offense but that is something I wouldn't let my dog use if he had a MySpace.

[deep]

No offense but that is something I wouldn't let my dog use if he had a MySpace.
lol, u could of offered him some advice since its his firs layout

[laars]

like everyone else said, try to use colors that flow with the layout. I found it much easier to start out with pattern, tiled backgrounds when I first made layouts and then move on to the more complicated, or so I felt, actual image backgrounds.

[omen]

Colors are a no-go, fonts aren't legible, pictures are jaggered. You've got the right idea though with the contact table, banner, and background.

[Jordan]

Using plain images is something that myspace users hate - they like interesting looking pictures with effects and nice matching fonts and colours.

What program did you make them in...?

[spaceboos]

Thanks guys will start over with a new one and try feed back on it. Im using three different photoshops to make these.

Suggestions on proper image sizes for each would be helpful. Can anyone give me these.

contact
network
Background
thumb.

Thanks

[jeremy860]

Thanks guys will start over with a new one and try feed back on it. Im using three different photoshops to make these.

Suggestions on proper image sizes for each would be helpful. Can anyone give me these.

contact
network
Background
thumb.

Thanks

contact table is usualy 300x150
network - whatever you think looks good
background - same as above, although its good to make it so it will look good on all monitor resolutions.
thumb - your chouce, no standard there.. :)