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Site Name: Vizune
Owner: Sasha
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 21st October 2009

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Heaven Aura Designs

Heaven Aura

Site Name

Easy to remember. It sounds very unique.

Coding and Validation

Your coding is valid.

Your CSS is valid. There are a couple of warnings but these appear to be from Cutenews.

Browser Compatibility & Usability

Your site looks the same in most browsers and is navigable and functions in Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer.

The layout is of a suitable size. While the navigation is fairly obvious, the text size is extremely small and quite hard to read. Increasing the font size would be appropriate.

The colours of the layout are easy on the eyes and the colour scheme isn’t too blinding.

Layout

I like how you have balanced out the detail in the header image with simple but intricate styling. The sidebar appears neat and organised.

The position of the navigation is quite nice, but making the text bigger or bolder would make it clearer.

You seem to have changed your layout style since I last reviewed you. It isn’t a bad thing, but it is a big difference and I have to admit that your layouts (I did see the one before this new layout) aren’t as impressive as what I saw on your old site Heaven Aura.

The header image is eye catching but it doesn’t appear to be of good quality. The text on it seems a bit blurry, and the grey background of the image looks pixelated. I don’t really like the large chunk of text on the left of the image. It’s hard to read, and it really takes the focus off the figure in the image. It might have been blurred a bit for a reason, but it doesn’t look very neat.

I like the way the figure in the image rises past the height of the rectangle. It’s such a small thing but it makes the top navigation appear more in place.

Overall, the only concerns I have with the image is the apparent quality of the image and the large amount of text on the side.

Content

About

One mistake – professionallly should be professionally.

I’m not sure what you mean by “mecha” – do you mean “mechatronic” or “mechanical”?

Updates

This leads back to the homepage updates.

Terms of Use

With the points you’ve made after the dashes, the first word need not be capitalised; own – This should be own – this.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are a few mistakes:
french should be French
european should be European
dreamweaver should be Dreamweaver
right?”. should be right?”
you visiting should be you visit
me, see should be me; see
photoshop should be Photoshop
responsibilites should be responsibilities
designs, that’s should be designs; that’s.

Resources

Nothing much to say here; great credits list! The first link under “Artists/creators” has an unknown character in it though, and appears as a question mark.

Affiliation

A few mistakes:
me, she should be me; she
13, I should be 13; I
Ephermeral should be Ephemeral.

Links

No problems here.

Portfolio

I really like how this section is organised and how you can navigate through the pieces in your portfolio without having to repeatedly go back. It would be nice to see larger shots for a closer view, though.

On the Valkyrie design, it’s new should be its new.

Avatars

There aren’t many avatars but they look great. Some of them are nice and simple, but the bulk of these are very detailed. They definitely show your style.

Development

These are really a lovely idea – documenting the process by which you create your designs. I think this is very unique. Usually people go into detail about how they create their designs but I love how you’ve outlined each decision you made and added screenshots.

On the development of Wreaking Havoc, cutted should be cut, and decided to deleted should be decided to delete.

I love the development of the icon – it’s in such detail and I couldn’t believe how much you edited the actual image. From seeing this development though, I don’t really like the mini-text. It looks a bit out of place.
it’s own should be its own
biege should be beige
livejournal should be LiveJournal.

Tutorials

This leads to the development page. I’m not sure if this was intended, but if so, there is no need for an extra link.

Tagboard

Self explanatory.

Contact

Self explanatory.

Originality & Creativity

Very original and creative. I know there are other designers who have similar styles to you, but I really haven’t come across many. I find your designs very creative. I know you do take inspiration from images and edit them – you have such great skills – but I think you can go further and start making things from scratch.

That said though, it does take a lot of work and I think there is still room for improvement.

Organisation & Errors

Well organised. I spotted grammar mistakes here and there but they aren’t a huge problem.

Overall Comment

I found nothing much to complain about in your website. You’ve got an organised website showcasing your work, and I loved how you showed the development of certain designs.

I’m not sure about the tutorial link. Perhaps you intended to link to another page? That said, though, I think you should include some design tutorials. I understand your website is a portfolio, and it’s doing well, but it would be one of my suggestions. You could also offer premade layouts or custom designs. I read in your FAQ that you are not doing so at this point, but that’s all I can suggest for your website to go further and help you. Good luck in the future and keep up the great work.

Rating

(out of 5)