OK, I let it sit (mostly) unchanged for about a week, and I’m going to keep this basic design.
One highly visible feature, however, had to change: the GruntDoc title graphic. When Rick saw it he laughed at me, saying it looked like the site of a teenage girl. Unfortunately, he was right. Ouch.
So, I’ve been fooling around with Photoshop and have come up with this title graphic, which I assure you will change / be tweaked. I need to add a picture that says “grunt” but is also compatible with my role in the grunts, which was as a doc. I have several photos of my cover, but good quality, high contrast photos of camo are hard to do.
Rest assured, the big site changes are over, so no more eyeball-assaulting changes without fair warning.
Of course I meant teenage girl in a non-durogatory complementary sort of way. Teenage girls like elder men can be fine graphic artists.
To me the current logo looks like something out of Happy Days. I expect to see posts by Potsy and Ralph Mouth.
doh! When I say current logo, I mean prior logo.
I like the grey, however the white background seems like I am staring into a lightbulb. I don’t have a good solution. I put up a poll on my blog and after 15,000 visits only nine people answered what they prefer in a background color. Maybe we can get some government money for a study to see what the best blog colors are ;-)
Azygous, at the same time I have readers reminding me that reading black on white is much easier on aging eyes, so we’re kinda stuck. Until I figure out alternate stylesheets, then everybody can pick their own!
much better!
But you’ll probably change it next week!
argh
“add a picture that says “grunt” but is also compatible with my role in the grunts,”
Well, then, to be realistic, it should be high, tight and OD green!!!
I like the new title/stencil graphic look, but the red cross is sort of hanging out there on it’s own. Can you incorporate it into the title, like the T in Grunt, or the O in Doc? Maybe layered big and red behind the text?