I love that the background looks like a crossword puzzle and not your standard "look I'm a designer and I use a grid that also looks like graph paper" ;)
@Phil Good call on the contrast. It's definitely going to use to some tweaking.
I'm fiddling around with having a different tone of kraft paper behind each major section of the site, then simply using RGBA to layer the text on top. Lots of fun ahead :)
I love it, the only thing I'm not keen on is how the text all has the same colour (or it appears to), some differentiation between heading colour and copy colour and I think it'd be spot on :)
Lovely texture, Dan. I too agree that the text should be a darker color and there should be some differentiation between heading and copy, but this is hot.
Oooh, very excited for this one, Dan. However I'm thinking your text is going to really need some text-shadow to keep it from blending into the background too much.
Dan, are you using a grid like other have suggested? If so, then the background isn't using the same proportions, I guess, since the right blocks are a little bit offset to the left from the nearest vertical line...
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Dan Cederholm
For five minutes here and there, I've been experimenting with a thing.
over 1 year ago
Sexy texture Mr. Cederholm. I dig..er.. Like?
over 1 year ago
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Pat Dryburgh
I've heard of this "Simple Bits."
over 1 year ago
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Christopher Meeks
I love that the background looks like a crossword puzzle and not your standard "look I'm a designer and I use a grid that also looks like graph paper" ;)
over 1 year ago
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Chris Gillis
I like this texture/opacity mix...nice stuff Dan.
over 1 year ago
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Phil Coffman
Digging the texture on this. Thinking a bit darker gray for the content would help it pop from the background more and increase the readability.
over 1 year ago
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Dan Cederholm
Thanks for the comments!
@Phil Good call on the contrast. It's definitely going to use to some tweaking.
I'm fiddling around with having a different tone of kraft paper behind each major section of the site, then simply using RGBA to layer the text on top. Lots of fun ahead :)
over 1 year ago
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Jonathan Bowden
really like the fluidity of the grid across both textures.
over 1 year ago
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Anthony Bullock
I love it, the only thing I'm not keen on is how the text all has the same colour (or it appears to), some differentiation between heading colour and copy colour and I think it'd be spot on :)
over 1 year ago
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Matthew Smith
The multiple layers are fantastic. I like this effect. The wider than normal gutters and the consistent texture are a great treatment.
over 1 year ago
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Taylor Carrigan
Lovely texture, Dan. I too agree that the text should be a darker color and there should be some differentiation between heading and copy, but this is hot.
over 1 year ago
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Hunter Hastings
You're truely the king of texture, Dan!
over 1 year ago
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Scott Boms
Better not let Dorny see this. He's gonna plotz. As they say.
over 1 year ago
Beautiful.
over 1 year ago
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Aaron Irizarry
excellent texture, really like the simple icons as well.
over 1 year ago
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Ryan Barr
Oooh, very excited for this one, Dan. However I'm thinking your text is going to really need some text-shadow to keep it from blending into the background too much.
Great work, as usual.
over 1 year ago
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Greg Storey
I'd like to buy a vowel.
over 1 year ago
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Gedy Rivera
I love the look & feel of the texture. Very raw.
over 1 year ago
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Bill Jones
Loving the bold on the main address of the urls under "elsewhere". Nice little touch.
over 1 year ago
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Miro Keller
Dan, are you using a grid like other have suggested? If so, then the background isn't using the same proportions, I guess, since the right blocks are a little bit offset to the left from the nearest vertical line...
over 1 year ago
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Michael Aleo
Love the mood. Can't wait to see more.
over 1 year ago
I love the paper bag effect. I think the texture adds so much more to it. Nice job!
over 1 year ago
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Luke Dorny
There's plenty of kraft to go around, sir. And you sport it so fashionably!
Btw, your english is broken! Or you talk just like a drunk Cicero?
over 1 year ago