hot-hot-hot-catlove

[thistlechaser]

Tonight I put a couple hours into working on the site. It's an odd thing, usually design (graphics, colors, layout, all that) explode out of me, and I can hardly get it down into writing fast enough. I'm really struggling with catlove -- that means something's deeply wrong with.

http://www.hot-hot-hot-catlove.com (Don't mind the purple banner, that hasn't been replaced yet. Also, the links aren't up yet.)

I'm not thrilled with the background color, but it's close-ish to right. I think it needs a shade or two more red in it (to better match that main picture, even though I took the color out of it).

I redid those buttons a number of times. I wanted to use calico fur (because one of the names I use online is Calico), but the colors were too bright. I hunted down other cat fur colors, then ironically used my own cat's fur. Again, though, I'm really not /happy/ with them. I don't hate them, but something's really off. (The white's too white, maybe?) Hm. Maybe if I used the horse's fur it might match better...

If anyone has any ideas, please feel totally free to post. Sizes, colors, layout, I'll take feedback on everything and anything!

Comments

[triplem.livejournal.com]

The background needs a touch more brown, I think. A teeny touch, though. A marbly-type background might be cool, with the cream/grey and maybe a darker shade. I can make tile samples, if you'd like.

I like the fur on the buttons. The white does a good job of standing out, too, which is kinda what it's supposed to do. If you don't like it, though, maybe try using black text?