Comic Book Movie: Redesigned

Comic Book Movie: Redesigned

Though I do enjoy how the site is currently (and have the upmost respect for the designer who made it) I figured for fun I would it give it a shot at a simple redesign.

By IronWarrior777 - May 31, 2016 03:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic
Starting from an almost entirely different layout, I came up with the main page's redesign. I wanted to choose a single color to be the staple color for the design itself, hence going with a sci-fi style space/purple. While remaking the logo I made sure to include the "CBM" original font logo on the hero. I tried to make everything look more free flowing and loose.

There are two versions, one for members and one for regular viewers.

(If the head editors don't want their pictures there I can happily change them)




Member Version:



And the entire main page

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TucksFrom2015
TucksFrom2015 - 5/31/2016, 8:17 PM
User submitted content could be a lot better if we had a formatting tutorial, because the text editor in Manage Articles contains features that most users don't know are there, tricks of the trade that even the Editors aren't using. It's frustrating to see a lotta good writers making amateur mistakes that make potentially great articles look unprofessional and messy, and it's equally frustrating that the next button is one Editor's idea of innovative, next-level formatting. I did talk to Nate about writing an advanced article tutorial, in the chatroom back when we still had a chatroom, and he said they were thinking about doing a video tutorial instead... no word on that yet

But now with the 2016 site updates, there are things that everybody should know by rule of thumb, like you pretty much have to have Picasa 3 on your computer to upload a teaser image that has the right dimensions and doesn't look all blurry and distorted, so you'd think by now there'd be a written guideline somewhere. This layout is really interesting, hopefully this pans out and becomes the template for another site, because we just got a redesign and I don't think anyone's too keen on a fresh start, especially considering how people like myself over reacted when the site changed overnight and the old look was gone.
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 5/31/2016, 9:35 PM
@WeddingTux - completely agree! The article section should have an "easy" mode for making pages and such. Maybe a few veteran users could get together and make some getting started articles.

Yeah, like I mentioned, this was just for fun, didn't think of pitching for it changing now since it just got changed.
kong
kong - 5/31/2016, 8:26 PM
Wonder how many people remember the blue and yellow days😂😂😂
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 5/31/2016, 9:31 PM
@kong - ha I do!
LEOSTRATOR
LEOSTRATOR - 6/1/2016, 12:02 PM
You should be getting paid for stuff like this. You're a really talented artist.
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 6/1/2016, 12:30 PM
@LEOSTRATOR - Ha thanks, Yeah that would be nice lol
r3negade
r3negade - 6/1/2016, 3:18 PM
A bit too dark, but other than that I really like it! Awesome work mate!
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 6/2/2016, 10:46 AM
@anthonyEstark - thanks
r3negade
r3negade - 6/2/2016, 8:02 PM
@IronWarrior777 - No problem! And I totally agree, you should really be getting paid for your awesome work!
A2K
A2K - 6/1/2016, 5:45 PM
I like it, looks pretty suave; no a problem with the current layout but your redesign has something that the site is currently lacking- you should get paid to do this shit!
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 6/2/2016, 10:47 AM
@A2K - Thanks, ha yeah
EpitomeofAwesome
EpitomeofAwesome - 6/2/2016, 10:32 PM
I love everything about this. Gives a much cleaner, more professional look. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed in how little the last "big update" actually changed. I think it's definitely time for a new look, and I am 1000% behind this one. Great job, man
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 6/3/2016, 2:07 PM
@EpitomeofAwesome - Thank you :)
BatmanHeisenberg
BatmanHeisenberg - 6/2/2016, 11:16 PM
Hey this is great!

@NateBest check it out!
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 6/3/2016, 8:09 AM
I like it. I don't hate the current design so I don't prefer it, but if it ever happened I wouldn't be mad.
clogan
clogan - 6/5/2016, 4:01 PM
As a web designer, I can say that this is not very usable. Just being frank here, you have to think of accessibiliity, mobile usage, visibility and ease on Server with all of this. You have to remember that the site is used by a large audience, ability to accomodate advertisements and still remain true to its core.

And more importantly, mobile and tablet usage as it stands now to be one of the highest growing platforms as people use it on the go.
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 6/5/2016, 5:17 PM
@clogan - yeah I know that, this was just a quick design more on style than actual functionality
Antoin
Antoin - 6/12/2016, 5:16 AM
My main problem with the site is that it is not mobile friendly at all. I view the site 99% of the time on a mobile device. How would this scale down to be mobile friendly? I like the direction you have gone with this and I get your rationale :)
IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 6/14/2016, 8:25 PM
@Antoin - Same here, this would probably have to have its own mobile redesign. Thanks
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