Summary
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- won
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- Congratulations to the winner, Henry187!
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- 20
- Prize
- $500
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A closer look at this contest
- Created:
- Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:49:03 +0000
- Ends:
- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:59:00 +0000
- Modified:
- Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:45:55 +0000
- Last Feedback:
- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:41:51 +0000
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- 7
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Coded site design required for Debt Management Company Website. Design should be professional but non-intimidating, informal and friendly. As it is such a grim subject for the debtors themselves the design needs to giv e them a bit of a lift.
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#17 Winning Design
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- By tenub
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- By unique
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- By Henry187
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- By orrmate
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- By tenub
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- By Henry187
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Discussion
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- designr
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- Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:27:10 +0000
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However you design things or how good a coder you are, the bottom line is Clients get what they want, it maybe a poor brief or it may be a poor choice for some, but designing for a client is relative, what maybe good to your eyes may not be good with others and vice-versa. Most important is they get what they want. Congrats to the winner, and thanks for the opportunity.
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- orrmate
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:05:50 +0000
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''I was bashing design in the critique section before I even entered my first contest. Please don't post with the crowd just to seem like the "good guy"...it makes you look foolish.''
That says it all really. Maybe instead of criticising others you should concentrate on your own work. And no, I'm not trying to seem like the 'good guy', I just get annoyed when people criticise fellow designers work. I've been a victim of it myself on here, thankfully I'm pretty thick skinned and it didn't bother me, but it still isn't right.
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- unique
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:01:59 +0000
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[quote]I'm not posting here anymore, it's just a waste of my time.[/quote]
Thanks.
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- tenub
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:51:19 +0000
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When in reality your comment just shows your ignorance. Did you even care to read my sentences and understand them fully?
I was bashing design in the critique section before I even entered my first contest. Please don't post with the crowd just to seem like the "good guy"...it makes you look foolish.
I'm not posting here anymore, it's just a waste of my time.
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- orrmate
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:01:46 +0000
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Congrats Henry! Nice work :)
Tenub, grow up. You're comments are reminiscent of a five year old child who just lost at table tennis.
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- tenub
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:54:44 +0000
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Sorry I sound like an asshole but that's how I am. And I don't see anywhere in my earlier response where you could get the idea that I was "angry" or "worked up" about losing. I was simply pointing out how your entry defied the concept of the word design.
PS: Next time don't put any example up unless it is indeed "visually stunning." Your entry to this contest actually looks better than *straining to read the logo font...* Inu... No, I give up because you've managed to make a logo that's illegible.
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- Henry187
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:27:17 +0000
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Thanks, Unique, I appreciate it. =) In all honesty, I was very worried when I saw your design. Graphically, and in uniqueness, it was very good - even when put into a more simplified form (your last design).
Tenub, this particular contest was one where you had to make the layout more subtle, and focus more on delivering the content. That's where I normally fail, since I usually strive for the best look visually, and then have no ideas when it comes to the content. This time, I was lucky, and got what the client was looking for.
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- unique
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:14:08 +0000
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Congratulations Henry187! A super hard worker! :)
Tenub (Josepth),
i think that your message is very offensive. Please, calm down. Clients are clients and you will learn. If your design was not selected it´s a matter of taste. I received 2 Private Messages from other Contest Holders inviting me to design and another one askin for a quote for a job. Excellent. But this client (NOT the contest Holder) thinks my template is flashy. What can i do? Laugh! Try to extract the good part of life. This is not a war, it´s a game. It´s really fun and i can´t feel offended or blame the Contest Holder´s client. If you can´t understand this, just leave Sitepoint Contests, because you will hurt yourself a lot. Otherwise you are doing a good job and you will win next time.
Paul,
thank you a lot for your feedback and good words. I really appreciate your honesty. I will probably have more luck next time.
Thanks again,
Henry.
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- chuckylefrek
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:51:52 +0000
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Just to add my 2 cents. Henry187 has done a great job and worked closely to the brief, so much so that the client has chosen his design as the winner.
I do not have any knowledge of your prior work Tenub but I would imagine you will have trouble in this industry if you do not follow the brief from the client. The client is always right - even if you do not agree with their decisions. They are after all the person who is going to pay for the work.
I think it is not very competitive or good natured of you to be so rude to one of your fellow competitors.
The photos were indeed temporary photos - I wouldn't expect a designer to spend money on photos for a contest they may not win. I have now however purchased suitable photos which I have supplied to him.
And regarding his coding, I am sure he will do a fabulous job without using tables. I will certainly look forward to working with him again for his professional attitude and workmanship.
It was definitely not a miracle! I was good work following a brief.
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- Henry187
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- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:35:09 +0000
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Thanks, Tenub?
I knew that someone would have something against it, so I might as well discuss it as best I can.
The design in simple and bland because that's what the client was looking for. The example sites were very bland, but it was what the client said they wanted it to look like. This isn't the only contest I've won, and yes, I have several years of coding experience in (x)HTML, CSS, PHP, Flash (animating, and coding in ActionScript 1.0, and 2.0), and MySQL.
The photographs in the submitted designs aren't being used because yes, they were just "dummy" images to see how it'd look. I'm replacing them with photos from iStockPhotos, which I should've just done in the first place. Again, the placement of them was on purpose to try and keep it simple.
If I wanted the design to look "classy", and visually stunning, I could. Take this design that I made for example: http://zeldadimension.net/images/he…outs/3.jpg
However, I lost in that contest, not because of looks, but because of how/where everything was laid out. So this time, I tried to do the opposite.
But thanks.
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