02.05.04: offence
after a very long delay... (I do apologize)
o.d.c v8: running away. (feat. jay chou)
30/30 - Overall Design:
I like it. You have a fantabulous (that's a real word) eye for color. While I myself get sick of seeing green in my own layouts, (despite it being my favorite color), I love how it looks, especially when complimenting a cool graphic, which you always seem to have. Let's face it, Jay Chou is fine. I can't fault you at all for making him a major part of most of your designs. I was going to take off five points here, because some of your lines are a bit wonky, but I realized that was a browser issue, so I'll take off points later. Also, the goddamn scrolls, but I've come to accept that you will not give that up so what good will it do to take off points for it? You like them, I won't argue with that, (anymore).
20/20 - Functional:
Tres! Navigation is very simple. My eyes naturally focus on your writing and your links, making this a pretty decently put together layout, yeah.. like you had problems with that before. right..
10/10 - Aesthetic:
I love the green. While the picture doesn't speak to me, (It's a guy -- Jay Chou -- running down a street), he obviously has significance to you, (omg, he's so aesthetically pleasing), plus, the picture itself compliments your use of green, which is a hard color to design with. It's a tiny bit on the yellow side, so if for some reason you weren't happy with it, I would suggest softening it slightly by making it a teeny bit bluer. Then again, that specific shade goes absolutely perfectly with the graphic, so that would be a play it by eye thing.
20/20 - Navigation:
I am so lazy. What I clicked worked, and it looks good. The lines inbetween links ties in to the rest of the layout.
10/10 - Originality:
Well, generally yes, for you, this is ... what, your fourth Jay Chou layout? 10 points either way.
5/10 - Browser Compatible:
There's always something a little off about your layouts that makes it show up strangely in Safari, (the apple browser), but it doesn't make your text unreadible or your links dead, so it isn't necessary to fix anything except for purely aesthetic reasons.
Total: 95/100 I am slow. Sorry.
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