Flipside Movie Emporium

[Danny Baldwin]

Even though I haven't said this before, both of your sites are great design-wise, Michael. I was wondering if it's just pure creation or you use some kind of guide or resource to give you structure ideas. I really want to redesign mine, but I'm having trouble thinking of a good layout.
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Danny Baldwin

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[beltmann]

I agree. I've always admired the visual design of the Flipside. I appreciate the clarity and colors--beautiful simplicity. Even though "busy" has become the trendy style, I always find those sites (and magazines, and TV graphics) to be overcrowded and cluttered. They look like trash heaps.

Eric

[Michael Scrutchin]

Get outta here. My web design skills stink.

In the beginning, the site looked like this. When we moved to our own domain, it looked like this. I continued tweaking and changing things every so often. Now I think I'm reasonably satisfied with the design, but I've been itching to redesign the main page. I just don't have any good ideas. But it's fine the way it is.

I don't remember how I arrived the current color scheme. Probably just lots of messing around in Photoshop until I found a few colors that I liked and looked good together. I will admit, though, that I kinda ripped off the main page design from Jeffrey M. Anderson's Combustible Celluloid website way back when. I made it my own, of course, but the main page wouldn't be what it is now without that site. The review/article pages are all my own; just many, many hours of trial and error until I came up with something that worked. I like simple. I think Flipside's design is pretty simple, clean, and uncluttered, and I plan to keep it that way. Not that I could do anything flashy if I tried.

Danny, I suppose the best way to get ideas for a new design is to do some surfing, look at well-designed websites. Don't be afraid to borrow -- just don't borrow too much. Good luck with the redesign, if you decide to go through with it.
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Michael Scrutchin
Flipside Movie Emporium
www.flipsidearchive.com