Comment on the Story Layout

  • bellamy blake

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    I really adore the hyper-contrast and the use of the monochrome color scheme because I feel like that is so friggin' hard to pull off and have the layout still have such impact, but this one definitely does. I feel like it certainly fits the mood and sets the tone of the story. The only thing I'm kinda meh about is how the content is so skinny. I feel like that's cool if it's a drabble, a oneshot, or something short, but it would be difficult for me to read something longer formatted like that, if you know what I mean.

    Incalescent
    (i will let it be known that i'm not crazy about the pattern)
    September 20th, 2015 at 11:07pm
  • nearly witches.

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    I honestly don't have anything bad to say about it. Everything goes together really well, and I love the coding bit in the summary. There's not one bit that looks out of place -- all of the colours are replicated somewhere else in the layout and the whole thing just reminds me of the setting sun. It's all-around gorgeous. And for the record, I think the pattern is pretty damn cool.

    Of Gods and Scars
    September 24th, 2015 at 08:01pm
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    I really like the layout, it's simple and the banner fits well with the summary. Everything blends nicely and the colours work nicely together :)

    Just Another Day
    October 3rd, 2015 at 01:10am
  • squidward tentacles.

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    I really like the simple dark background and the banner. I feel like it adds to the feel that the summary provides, and it's easy to read. Cute

    Fantome Fille
    October 5th, 2015 at 09:26am
  • pocahontas.

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    I love the GIF that's being used as the banner. It's eery but inviting, especially when combined with that floral background. One thing that stands out to me is that the text background is the whitest white, while the rest of the layout is really on the darker side. Maybe a slight grey background could bring it all together? The use of Edgar Allen Poe seems so fitting with the layout, and by that so does the French.

    Creux
    October 5th, 2015 at 10:03am
  • n. josten

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    I love how the header image isn't aligned with the content box, it somehow compliments the story really well and I absolutely love the color scheme + how everything is black and white but the links are pink. The only thing that didn't fit quite right was the lack of padding underneath the content box, but we all know I love my padding/margin in decently sized portions. tehe

    Bambi
    October 8th, 2015 at 12:37pm
  • losing control.

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    Your layouts are always perfection. I like how simple the layout is because it really contrasts the content of the story and I also reallyy like how you have the title. The only thing that bothers me a bit is that it's sort of off-centered, so it's covered a bit by the comment box. But I have a weird thing about perfectly centered layouts Facepalm

    Fingertips
    October 10th, 2015 at 07:10am
  • aubree james.

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    I really like the colours you've chosen for the page and content backgrounds! The purple contrasts well with the pinky-salmon thing and gives it a nice vintage feel! The only thing I would improve is the story banner! I think that the pages background pattern (the purple vintage) is a bit too small to support such a large picture. The picture is still so pretty, but maybe you can scale it down a bit?

    We The North
    October 10th, 2015 at 04:47pm
  • kim wonshik.

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    I feel so calmed by just looking at your layout. I love seamless backgrounds, and the birds flying everywhere just seems to fit with the story's title for some reason. The colors are a little dull, but they work well with each other. The title looks stellar with its faded text and with the birds in the background and I have a preference for the font used for the text in the story area as well. Also, I love the chapter section because I always try to do that, but it never works out for my stories. I love the indented chapter title links and think it looks amazing.

    Tuning Heartstrings
    October 11th, 2015 at 10:17pm
  • bellamy blake

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    I love how everything just comes together so well without being too matchy-matchy, if that makes any sense at all. I really like the color scheme you chose to work with because it's not one I see used in story layouts all that often, plus that banner is fantastic Happy face The only thing I'm not really keen on is all the shadowing, especially with the chapter titles because it makes things a little hard to read, but that's probably more of a personal thing than anything.

    He's Like a Sunburn
    October 12th, 2015 at 12:52pm
  • heretic.

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    I love this layout, the colours all fit really well together and blend really well. I'm not usually a fan of pastel colours but you made this work really well, I really like the patterned background on the content box. The only tiny thing I noticed was on part of the background, on the right top corner to be precise, you can see the cut off, but it's not a big thing. I really really like the background.

    Clarity
    October 13th, 2015 at 09:50pm
  • warmaiden

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    you're layout is a+ mainly bc i like the wide content & also, the banner pops out & totally contrasts w/ the simple page background. i always love layouts that have simplistic features on it bc the flashy stuff really hurts my eyes.

    nemesis orion
    November 2nd, 2015 at 03:18am
  • n. josten

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    I love love love that layout. I love the colors and simplicity of it. Oddly enough, because of my personal preferences, I even like that there's no background anywhere—it's just the title image and colors. The only thing I would change is the font size but that's probably only because I'm supposed to wear reading glasses and I do not. Coffee Also, on a semi-unrelated note, I love the title, too. I couldn't even tell you why, I just really do.

    An Ocean of Blood
    November 6th, 2015 at 09:15pm
  • archivist

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    Interesting! I'm not digging the dark gray background with black title text, though. But the format is lovely.

    Willow Run?
    November 17th, 2015 at 12:57am
  • nearly witches.

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    I adore this layout. It's so creepy, but so pretty at the same time. Everything meshes together perfectly -- the banner image, the background image on the content and the background itself are all cool as individual items, but don't make it too busy to look at. The colours are so minimalistic, but work together super-well. Absolutely beautiful. In Love

    The Delicate Art of Falling Apart
    November 25th, 2015 at 10:04pm
  • Michael Westen

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    ... It no longer exists...

    We Are Not Cool
    February 21st, 2017 at 04:36am
  • n. josten

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    I really like how bright and colorful the layout is. It gives a nice vibe. Though I will say, I'm not too big a fan of the orange text on the blue background for the subtitles because it hurts my eyes. Otherwise, I really like it.

    The Universe Inside of Us
    February 21st, 2017 at 05:41am
  • nearly witches.

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    Please, Fae, you know I love all of your layouts. Coffee As always, everything goes so well together -- the colours, the fonts, the header image... everything. I absolutely adore the title as well. It's all just so beautiful. I rate it a zillion out of ten. In Love

    Wüstenrose
    March 3rd, 2017 at 04:15pm
  • n. josten

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    I actually love the simplicity of this layout. I wish I could pull simple layouts off but whenever I do it for myself, I feel like something's missing lmfao. But I love how it's the title and the background that pulls attention first, but when you're reading the actual content, there's no distractions. It actually somehow manages to help the story. The only thing that I'm not 100% on is the line height? It might be because the font is so small, but it kinda looks like everything's mashed together in big paragraphs.

    Kübler-Ross Model
    March 4th, 2017 at 04:46am
  • nearly witches.

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    I love the fact that the main image is offset to the content box, because it kinda gives the whole thing this asymmetric look that I'm really digging, which only gets better when you click into the chapters and the chapter titles are offset as well. It's all so unique and really different to anything I've seen on Mibba and it really suits the feel of the story. I also love that it looks so... clean? I don't know, it just seems very clinical and everything's very fresh-looking which, again, really adds to the story.

    Kalė?
    March 5th, 2017 at 12:47pm