tell me what ya think. i wont link, you all already know it ^^;;
(i'm talking about the main page, not the forums)
looks like crap.
repeating background picture is too small, colours have no contrast, comic isn't centered, you repeat the links when you don't have to and the whole thing is right aligned.
repeating bg pics arent suppost to be huge.
colors shouldnt contrast, they should blend, thats only in IE, and i was talking about firefox, easely fixed, only in IE.
to be fair, you arent wrong about the IE errors. and i need to fix them soon, but try looking in firefox.
Don't assume most members who post here are using IE when they give criticism. The site demographics here include a lot of Firefox users.
For starters, the main problem you're having is your strange attraction to rather nightmarishly glaring blue color schemes that nobody else likes. I suggest going outside during the daytime more regularly and getting used to natural colors.
Also, applying lots of filters and layer effects, then randomly selecting and filling or deleting stuff is not design. Hell, I don't even use filters most of the time. Honestly, you have to be more conscious about what you're doing. Even the fancy grunge effects and abstract stuff you see out there is usually somewhat planned and consciously crafted.
As for the comic, to whoever it is that does that part, I won't even touch the art, since it can work as is and that's just something that takes time (fix the text bubbles though -- at least use a simple, clean, lighter font that doesn't work against the artwork, and more bubbly text bubbles instead of the rounded rectangles). I will say that it should help to add color or some grayscale tones, or pay more attention to the line weight, because otherwise the foreground and the characters just don't "pop out" enough, and some of the panels become difficult to make out.
However, even if the art is going to be what it is and you're just using a 2x2 box format, that's all the more reason to pay attention to everything else. Pay extra attention to the writing and setting up each panel. Try to lighten up on the unnecessary bits of Weeaboo humor (try to save it for when you have to break some tension) and focus more on the visual narrative and being more cinematic (i.e. more movie-ish). Here's a not-so-great example to help illustrate what I mean about the narrative:
If you're finding yourself resorting to outright saying what's happening (So and so are sneaking into X for Y), then you're not doing it right. At the very least, try to use the dialogue before outright narrating.
