Title Now I behold thy lovely body. Version 8. Created in Photoshop CS. Best viewed at any resolution, any browser. In use since March 18, 2010. The brushes are my own. The textures are my own. The stocks are from here, here, and my own collection.
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Gah! That's a big face/layout. Interesting site name: smuffle. It sounds like a cartoony version of "smother" to me.
Nothing wrong with that, though. It's easy to remember.
Navigation
The site's navigation is clearly visible on the header. The links aren't confusing. Very easy to navigate.
Header
I really like the light texture of the header, especially the parts with text imposed on it. I also really like how the Navigation
is somewhat hidden behind the hair of the woman. But, I don't like the woman. I think her face is way too big for the graphic,
personally (the smaller version in the corner is much nicer).
Coding
The coding for the site is well done. Different fonts and colors are used, which always pleases me. My only beef with the coding is
that there is a ton of brown in the image and none in the coding.
Content
Art
Icons There are a few categories here, and they are: Paramore, Ugly Betty, House MD, Gossip
Girl, and Twilight (Sabs: ugh). The House and Ugly Betty icons are definitely the best, and therefore I assume
the newest. The others are well made (good use of text and textures), but they don't stick out to me and some are a bit grainy. It's probably
because of the subjects.
Sketchbook Here is a collection of six sketches one can use for resources. I'm not going to comment
on the drawings themselves (except that the scan quality isn't amazing), but I will say it is an interesting idea for resources.
Resources Note She offers an article, but I don't review those. So.
Textures Not too bad! I really like the paisley pattern/texture. Some are a little small, but
for the most part these are very nice.
Tutorials There are four categories: Photoshop, General Graphics, Gimp, and HTML with about two
tutorials each. These are all easy to follow and have screencaps (which are oh so important!). There are a couple of these tutorials
I haven't seen anywhere, so kudos for that.
Photoshop Actions The last four are the best, in my opinion. The first three are a bit boring because they don't
make the image vivid and the change isn't extrememly noticable (well, for the first one it is but I don't like the
dullness of it).
Photoshop Action PSD's This is odd. If one can can use Photoshop Actions, one does not need to download the PSDs... I
think this section is superfluous.
Brushes These brushes are rather nice! I like the vector style ones especially. But imagepacks with PNGs isn't the best idea,
since when Photoshop installs PNGs open in Imageready unless someone actually noticed... Mah, nevermind.
Summary
Smuffle is a nicely organized site, and it does have a variety of resources. However, these resources are few in number, and judging by
the blog the content isn't updated often, nor is this site oriented toward visitors.
Suggestions
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Update content more often.
Don't make your layouts so big. For those with smaller screen resolutions, it's a nuissance.
