Martha Stewart

http://www.marthastewart.com/baking-recipes


-Martha Stewart's website is user friendly with a vast amount of recipes on a side bar. The side bar on the left is very detailed and overwhelming at first. Maybe if she create larger subtopics to place the recipes in would be less crazy for the viewer to look through. The information in the center is nice and simple. Clean white backdrop with black font, making it easier to read for any age. The search bar on the top right side, is a different spin compared to other websites.

-I researched this piece to help me get ideas for my baking site in class.

Seether

http://www.seether.com/


-This band called, Seether, has a center aligned website. A slideshow header under their name with navigation right under to header looking like it is attached. The body area splits into two sections, with a font based footer. The footer contains all of the contact and social media, along with another navigation area. There should be more information on the right side since there is a lot of empty space.

-Relating to class with the layout. Using a two column body area for text and information, the header is the main focus when opening the page and the footer is simple.

Daniel Essig

http://danielessig.com/carved-books/



-This artist's website has a good concept but things need changing to make the site more pleasing for viewers. The header needs to be fixed, the typography on the photo gets drown out. The white text is too small on the distracting photo. The photo could be set to a lower opacity or the text could become larger to be more noticeable. Also, the slideshow on the home page goes through photos way to quickly. The viewer doesn't get a chance to appreciate the details in the art pieces. If the slideshow was slower viewers could see each piece and it's great detail.

-We were asked to look at this website in my 3D class to look at Daniel Essig's art work. I noticed things about the website that could be changed to be more viewer friendly.

-Relating to class and how we are learning to create websites that are pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate.

Bakerella

http://www.bakerella.com/

- Critique: This baking website has a simple yet affective header. With it's header having a small "title" on the left side and "quote" on the right side. The information on this site is mostly centered. With bar alone both sides, on the left features and ads. On the right side mostly ads and links. 

- Info: I found this piece trying to get inspiration for my "hobby" site for class. I liked the white background in this site which makes it feel clean and simple. I like how the light colored text stands out on the white backdrop. 

-Relates: Relating to class on how I used a white background as this website displayed so well. 

Josh Groban

http://www.joshgroban.com/frontpage

- Critique: This website is mostly photo based. Having a larger photo at the top of the page as the header. Having a large photo of the subject really allows the viewer to know exactly what or who the page is about. I enjoy how the photo faded out as it heads down the page. With the solid colored sections that contain the information to make it easier to read on top of the photo. 

- From: From Josh Groban's official website.

- Relates: This site relates to class on how we are trying to create websites and forming ideas to have websites stand out from others so commonly used. Having a photo based header is a idea that I have used in my website allowing me to display my photography. It also allows the viewer to have a visual connection to the subject/ object in which the website is based upon.