The fruits of my labor with color and design

Hey again,

As you know from my previous post, I’ve been learning a bit about color and design.  I’ve taken what I’ve learned to help redesign our game site, Great Minds, from this:

Great Minds Homepage, v1.1

…to this:

Great Minds Homepage, v1.9

…and finally this:

Great Minds Homepage, v2.0

Obviously there’s a bunch of important stuff going on between v1.1 and v1.9, but there are very subtle, yet important things happening between v1.9 and v2.0.

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Color theory and me…and maybe you!

In case you weren’t able to figure it out from our Rails Rumble 08 entry, we’re not really designers . In fact, one of our lowest scores at the moment is in appearance. That said, we’ll be improving http://greatminds.kickasslabs.com while our entry remains in stasis.

Returning to the point, I feel somewhat responsible for the design…or lack thereof…for our entry.  Instead of tossing a pity party though, I’ve been trying to improve my skills as a designer.  I figure my desire can only be realized in a 2-fold attack:

1. Learn more about color theory
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