Ugh, I wish I had spare time, but I'm being honest with myself about that this year...
I feel like Column B needs something to set it off from Column A. The two columns aren't balanced vertically. Or horizontally, come to think of it. Possibly using the sassy lady as the column separator would work?
Nitpicking: that typeface is a bit busy for blurb text.
Hah. I must be too or I'd still be trying to do this myself. :}
I agree, it is a bit busy, but I haven't found one I like enough to replace it with yet. They all look so thin and boring, or something.
Also, on consideration, it may be that having a very broad header and a narrower body area, like it's currently cut and pasted as, might actually be better than making content area as wide as the header, because while I agree the two colums are lopsided, I really *don't* want a very broad second column in the content area, and it might be less distracting if the whole page narrows. Thanks for the observation!
I like the idea of your sassy lady in the middle of the two header sections, especially as that makes it look like her attention is being grabbed by the header on the right with her currently demonstrated orientation.
I know that people volunteer, and that's wonderful for you... but if you're using this as a career tool, and you expect to improve your income with it, please pay your designer, whoever you end up with. Or do something else for them.
Writers should not write for free. Web designers should not design for free. Yes, there are exceptions, but on the whole, I'd like a climate where people can make a living doing creative things... and that only works when we all are willing to pay for them.
(Nothing here looks like it is particularly complex, designwise, so this should be doable within your budget.)
I can't speak for everyone who'd volunteer, but in my case I'd be offering because she's a close friend; I'm comfortable doing work for free for close friends. I tend to trust her not to take advantage of people, but I have the benefit of having known her a couple of decades. I can understand why someone who doesn't know her as well might make the wrong assumption.
Come to think of it, every time I've done a favor for her I've also wound up getting paid back one way or another, but that's mizkit for you.
I'm sure green_knight didn't intend any offense. I suppose "people have volunteered but I don't know if this is within anybody's free skill set" could be interpreted "I don't intend to pay somebody if I can avoid it," though what I really meant was "If you're offering to work for free this may be beyond what you can easily do." I'm sure anybody who's been reading my blog as long as Green Knight has knows that it's not generally my style to expect something for nothing in creative endeavours. Or, I hope, in general...
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I feel like Column B needs something to set it off from Column A. The two columns aren't balanced vertically. Or horizontally, come to think of it. Possibly using the sassy lady as the column separator would work?
Nitpicking: that typeface is a bit busy for blurb text.
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I agree, it is a bit busy, but I haven't found one I like enough to replace it with yet. They all look so thin and boring, or something.
Also, on consideration, it may be that having a very broad header and a narrower body area, like it's currently cut and pasted as, might actually be better than making content area as wide as the header, because while I agree the two colums are lopsided, I really *don't* want a very broad second column in the content area, and it might be less distracting if the whole page narrows. Thanks for the observation!
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Writers should not write for free. Web designers should not design for free. Yes, there are exceptions, but on the whole, I'd like a climate where people can make a living doing creative things... and that only works when we all are willing to pay for them.
(Nothing here looks like it is particularly complex, designwise, so this should be doable within your budget.)
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Come to think of it, every time I've done a favor for her I've also wound up getting paid back one way or another, but that's mizkit for you.
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I'm sure green_knight didn't intend any offense. I suppose "people have volunteered but I don't know if this is within anybody's free skill set" could be interpreted "I don't intend to pay somebody if I can avoid it," though what I really meant was "If you're offering to work for free this may be beyond what you can easily do." I'm sure anybody who's been reading my blog as long as Green Knight has knows that it's not generally my style to expect something for nothing in creative endeavours. Or, I hope, in general...
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