crazy ass tek web interface

[espaki]

neat shapes and nice render. its hard to tell how it will be used tho. how and where will the content be displayed?

-Nate

[mindstate7]

Dude,
as usual you are coming up with the freshest 3d interaction out there. I dig the style and colors. Keep on pimpin on playa!!

Ryan

[danbucknam]

N8, those will be the buttons, the top glass section will be the header with logo and info displayed on the "screen" there will also be some type of smaller screen below for the content, this is just the top

[mindstate7]

i wanna see an old school stly lcd type screen on it. Like a basic calculator but with high tech graphics. also some sparks somewhere would kick ass or pulsating electrons

[espaki]

ok, i think i understand. It would look great with some motion, lights turn on or off with clicks, screen turn on, maybe some particle sparks, something to give it life.

-nate

[danbucknam]

In a perfect 3d web world i would love to do that stuff.......damn the web

[danbucknam]

will do ryan

[Signal2Noise]

Pretty cool (no pun intended) looking so far. My only question is "will the page load fast when it's all complete?". I don't bother staying if a site takes more than 5-10 seconds to open. Unless it's a site I've been to before and like.

[danbucknam]

well, the image will be cut into tables and gompressed, so in those first 5 to 10 seconds, I hope to capture attention with the different parts. but if people are that impatient I don't care. it will load faster than flash sites

[danbucknam]

here is a hat i just finished 5 minutes ago turned out okhttp://www.layerten.com/art/graf.jpg

[mexus]

Well Dan,


I should say that it's quite innovative for you to choose 3d for the web as many companies lack that specialization.

Canarta focuses on 3d for the web mixed with much programing as well. The first thing I should ask you is your target market. Is this interface for corporate business type individuals or creative studios etc..?

Although it's interesting to have eye candy and target much youth, I suggest you simplify the interface a little, and perhaps blend it with some flash.

Alignment is the 'A' in Canarta.
Where is this aligning? At the bottom or in the middle? Is the size exactly as shown?

Navigation (N) is extremely important in Web based work with little or no load time. I suggest for you to focus on many of these elements. If you would like some inspiration, you can visit our web site at

http://www.canarta.com

and click on About>About Approach> and near the bottom, there is a flash link (no preloader..) called: _canarta design.
Perhaps you can listen to this, and it can help you, or the clients whom you choose to do business with. You have an interesting style and seem to enjoy eye candy alot. There are only a few.. ..

that can be flexible with different styles that reflect target audience.

Good luck and I hope this helps you..

[mindstate7]

I DISAGREE. I think Dan is begining to develope a style for the web which needs to be exploited. More and more, we are becoming more detailed in our work as artists and as an audience. Becoming more detailed requires more detail. This intricate design he has showed is a prime example and fits any target market. Why? Simple, because no matter what the age bracket you search for on the web, there is always one key element.... The "shinny object" philosophy is what I speak of. Everyone wants to see the new flashy way to do tings. The fact that this design is veery clean and tight furthers Dan's goals to create a new web style I believe is much needed in todays web design market. Flat, flash sites are a thing of the past. It is time to put some depth into our web pages the same way we do it in our illustrations and 3d scenes.

Way to go Dan!!!
:beer:

[slaughters]

Originally posted by mexus
If you would like some inspiration, you can visit our web site at

http://www.canarta.com
Mexus,
I don't want to dump on your site design or anything, but it does have same elements I dislike when visting websites.

I've never really liked splash pages. What is their function ? If the whole site was loading in the backgound while I viewed a splash page then that would be neat. Most of the time I'm left wondering why I had to wait X seconds for a graphic to load that has nothing to do with why I am visiting the site. It just becomes an extra click needed each time (with a X second builtin delay) I want to visit the site.

After entering the site I noticed there were buttons at the bottom that looked like blank 3D boxes. I'm required to mouse over them before I can tell what they were for. Why make me guess? A lot of people will miss out on major portions of your site, not realizing that more exists under the mystery meat buttons.

[mexus]

Slaughters,
Great suggestion with the bottom navigation. This is very much considered.


As of splash pages, there are many element as to why they are used world wide.. here is a link that may help you out..

http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol3/promo_no13.htm

In extension, this can be used to bring a site out of a potential frameset. An extension of the brand, company/arist etc..
We really enjoyed your critique!

[Abominable]

I think splash pages are a cool thing but those flash intros are a waste of my time. I'll hit skip anytime.....garbage.

Back to the original thread though.....That looks like a cool set up, but I'm just curious if you have given thought to how the rest of the image/geometry will react to those slick blue glows your pimpin'. Interaction with those glows and the other graphic elements vs. your loading speed for the site may be tricky if you pursue that avenue. Anyway, just my thought.

Cheers

[danbucknam]

Thanks for all the great feedback guys.

Mexus: To answer your question about target market, I work for a marketing company, so most of the target market will be clients. The site will not be marketed toward the public as of yet. I looked at your company website. I like how clean it is. We are aiming to do something different and inovative. I think your site is good and probably fits your target market but i would get bored creating something like that. I have made sites similar to that in the past. Although I am sure it works for your purpouses well. I also don't like the number of windows that pop up. My page will load in a single window when you type in the url.

Abominable

Thanks, I wish i could make the glows interact with the global illumination, if my boss had chose flash for the site it may be possible. but i was thinking of some what simple rollovers since it needs to be html with small load time.

update coming soon:beer:

[AtriaLenkki]

Looking nice, but imo its not looking "professional"... dunno I just like clean lines and simple colors with a nice layout....

Oh and one thing... what ever you do, dont make the functionality of your page depend on clientside scripts (java, activex)...coz in that case, I will probably never visit it. PHP is ok as its server side.

Sigh thats the case with to many webpages today... no body really seems to posess the skills to create a functional and fast webpage... I have only one thing to say NOTEPAD ALL THE WAY!

Reason I wount visit: I have all scripts are disabled, reason to that: iExplorer security, annoyance of popups and/or banners and misc ads, flash is also disabled (does it have any function?)...

[danbucknam]

AtriaLenkki


I made a "professional"... layout for my first two comps. with clean lines and simple colors. and out company agreed to not be so BORING and "IN THE BOXY" and by the way i am not using flash just straight html, thats it.

thanks for the feedback

[exactpixel]

wow, strange world with everything disabled.

I like the direction. sux you cant use flash, it would be awsome to see some fluid interaction animations. + the new(not so new anymore) features in flashmx has some mad compression. I've made animations for sites that load faster than the static images. But, it's always the clients choice and not the designers. Also on the load time/quickness crap. large images bog down the load time, espeacialy the larger the image = longer the load(sounds logical?). so you might want to make a lot of slices out of it. I was informed by a marketing proffesional that people liked to watch the screen fill in with little squares of a larger image. i guess people like weird stuff.

over all dan, it's looking real sweet. :beer:

[danbucknam]

Exactpixel,

Thanks, that is what i said in a post above. would be real nice to use flash

[danbucknam]

nice

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