Help Me Choose a New Website Design
Okay, everybody. These are the mock ups for my new historical website. (The pen name, and possibly the fonts will change.) I love the colors on #2, but it might be a little too sexy for a website that will market LILY OF THE NILE in which my heroine is eleven years old. I also love the ethereal nature of #1, but maybe it’s too muted and dull? I dunno. What do you think?
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April 20th, 2010 at 11:44 am
I think you are right about #2 being too sexy for an 11 year old heroine. Could you swap the figure from #1 into #2? I love the wall of hieroglyphics and the colors of #2, if we can just clothe the woman….
April 20th, 2010 at 11:44 am
LOVE the second one!
April 20th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Yeah. I should mention that the series does get sexier after the first book. The sequel is pretty hot, but I’m thinking maybe a more generic website might be better than tailoring it to a specific book. I don’t know!
April 20th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Ahahaha. If we can just clothe the woman. That’s fabulous.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I agree with Christi — put the girl from the first one into the second one. I love the wall of hieroglyphs, too, and the colors in the second one. But you are right about making it more generic, than tailoring it to one particular book. Any particular region you write about? Middle Eastern? Egyptian (besides this one?). I write mostly Scottish, so I have a Scottish theme for my website. Try to get that ancient historical feel.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Both the 1st and 2nd books of this series are set in a more Roman setting rather than Egyptian, but there’s a lot of Egyptian magic going on, so it is appropriate. My next books will probably go the route of ancient Greece, but maybe by then I’ll want a redesign. I don’t know.
April 20th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
If she were older, I would definitely have selected #2 because I like it better. But seeing as she’s not, #1 is probably the best choice.
April 20th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
I love #2,.. but if you view #1 without seeing #2 below, it is also beautiful. And she is too naked for an 11 year old. As pretty as it is, you’d catch a ton of flak, and that’s not the publicity you’d want.
April 20th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
I think the first one is more suited to the concept in general, and looks better full screened. While I liked the hieroglyphics, they leave me feeling as though two unrelated images are combined. The first one has a more unified feeling.
April 20th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Also, I think your name looks better and stands out more against number one. And you are what this is all about!
April 20th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Definitely #2. It grabs.
April 20th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I like the right part (the figure) of the top one, and the left part (the text and hieroglyphics) of the second one. Both really nice though.
April 20th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
I very much prefer #1. I think the colors are a lot more appealing.
April 20th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I think #1 conveys a more mysterious and mystical feel. Plus I think your name stands out more with the colors. The second one is nice as well but it looks like your name is competing with all the other things going on.
April 21st, 2010 at 9:11 am
Both are compelling, so you’re off to a good start with whoever is designing this for you.
I like the font treatment and wall of glyphs in #2, but have to agree with the others about the girl’s lack of clothing. Too little for an eleven year old. But in #1, there’s no powerful, cohesive color theme and your name gets a little bit lost, even though it’s in a brighter color than it is in #2. I prefer the font in #2 over #1.
Good luck! I’m sure it’ll be lovely, whichever way you go.
April 21st, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Hey Steph,
I agree about the age of the girl, but was also thinking more of the colors. #1 seems to blend better with your purplish background and lettering. I also feel she’s searching for something in a mysterious place in #1. The lettering is beautiful in both. I do love those hieroglyphics, tho- save it for your adult books?
April 23rd, 2010 at 1:51 pm
While I agree that #2 is dynamic and sexy and the coloring is striking, there is something beautiful and mysterious about #1. I was drawn to that one first, actually, because of the fog and the font and the beautiful girl in the dress. I really like it and think it can work for multiple historical worlds… not just Roman/Greek or Egyptian, so in that way… it gives you variety.
April 25th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
#1 is definitely prettier, but there’s something wrong with the scale of the name text. It needs to be bigger, or maybe a different font.
#2 looks like ebook erotica to me. #1 is “classier.”
April 27th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
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April 29th, 2010 at 11:04 am
I like the colours of the second and the figure from the first. Is there a mash-up option available?