* $100 Famous Contest - 48hr Web Design: Helicopters 2! *

Hey Guys,

This is beautiful work. I will post all my full comments tomorrow.

The contest is now officially CLOSED. No more new entries please.

Thanks!

 

Waiting for feedbacks

 

Any update on this one?

 

Sarahmclaughlanx (post 7): This design is definitely an improvement on the one currently displayed on the website. Lots of the same design elements are featured. We want a similar website, but (maybe with the exception of the logo) not have anything exactly the same. I like where this design is headed however. I like the red and white arrows at the top. I like the grey and red, but would like to see a little better contrast so the text is easier to read on the news section. I loved the layout of the design and with some colour modifications and minor changes, we have a real winner here.

ajmalhuzz (post 9): Nice design. I love the subtle background (just keep in mind how to show this website with larger monitors). I didn't like the logo (didn't like bubbly font, baby blue colour). The Services sidebar part could be replaced with the news feed. With the exception of what I previously mentioned, I loved the colours. I like the dark background and like how even with a dark background, you managed to keep most of the text black. Even the white text at the bottom (I do not normally like white on black for these types of websites) looks pretty good. I liked having a black and white logo on the bottom right corner. Good job.

SabTech (post 14): I liked your design and it is surely an improvement. Similar to what I mentioned for Sarah, I would love to see some of the little icons changed. Also, personally, I do not like the red on the current website so much though you did a nicer job with it than the previous designer (red and black just does not fit right with me). Loved having a YouTube video player right on the home page. Nice idea. The News section looks good. I would want to see a different background. No need to put "posted in" or "posted by" in the news section, though. Nice job on this design. I would love to see some of that red gone and see what else you can do with it!

ajmalhuzz (post 19): I like most of this design much better than your previous entry. I have the same problem with the logo, but like the little 'side-a-box' thing you did with it. I love the footer and header of the website. Real professional! Love it! I liked the background though I am not sure how I feel about the lighter blue colour used for the background. I did not like the AJAX scroller or the little box to the right of the scroller (services). The colours did not fit. Loved the little video box at the bottom. This design is really 5x better than the last one, but I could still see some improvements you could do. Either way, I am pretty happy with it.

bodil4o (post 20): Thanks for submitting! I did not like the shade of blue used throughout the design too much. I did not feel as it fitted properly with the black background. Similar to what I told Sarah and SabTech, I would love to see some of the elements copied from the old website completely gone. The new design could be similar to the old one, but I still want it to be entirely unique. There is no need for "comments" or the news feed at the bottom. One is fine This is a great working design and I would love to see this develop further. Nice job!

PM entries:

Nasweefpn (link): I like this design. I know the design I said to use for inspiration had a similar shade of blue. I like it, but would like to see some darker colours for the background background and some lighter colours for the text background (so the text can still be white). I did not like the rounded corners on this design too much (layout and menu). They were not bad, but I would have preferred straight corners. The website should be tough like a helicopter. I loved how compact this design is. It is the most compact design of all the entries. On one page you have a list of services, a video, a huge picture, news, everything you need. Nice job!

Nasweefpn (link): I loved this entry. The menu looks a lot better with the added page height. I also liked the additional boxes. We can add so much information on a page, it is really incredible. This is a really nice fleet. I loved the design of the JAX scroller pictures, even if we may not use that in the end. The only things I did not think were really wonderful about this design were the bubbly baby blue font used at the bottom and the blue background colours. Everything else fits in so nice together. Great!

dandman (link): Wow, this is really good. I loved the black and white combination. I also really liked the dark background at the top. The events section works really well also, I just wish its length matched the length of the main body content (but I understand it is hard to do after the website goes live). The main picture used works really well too. I did not like the menu so much, but that is only a minor issue. I loved the picture of the guy right on the home page. Nice job!

deebong (link): I did not like the bullets in the menu or the light colours used at the top. I did not think they matched well, though since this design was unfinished that may have changed in the final version... I liked the bullet points used in the services box. I did not like either logo (the original or the new one at the top, but I think that is mostly because both of them use that red colour from the original website). I liked the YouTube video placement and loved the entire layout of the design. The biggest thing that could change for improvement is a change of colours from the black/red/blue combo to something different. Really great start (as always!).


Great job everyone! I really enjoyed hosting this contest so far! Everyone will have 24 hours from this timestamp to make any revisions he or she would like (completely optional). I will select a winner at the end of that time period. Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or recommendations!

-Christopher

 

Hello oneawesome,
what icons wereyou talking about?
I did not quite understand this well.
Thanks

 

Sorry about that. I was referring to the four icons on the left side of the page. The top one has a truck on it.

-Christopher

 

Oh Got YOu

I will remove these actually

I pmed you my edited work

 

Thanks for brief revisions for all entries. Will update!

 

I will get right onto the changes! thanks a bunch for the feedback!

 

Pm'ed revision. Hope to hear feedback soon, thanks!

 

Thanks everyone!

== CONTEST OVER ==

Tomorrow morning I will discus these with the website owner and he and I will make a decision on which is best. I will post here as soon as I know

-Christopher

 

Okay awaiting!

 

luckily i submitted my last revision in time

I hope the person likes it

 

Goodluck everyone

 

Oh...I couldn't revise mine :X
Goodluck everyone

 

GoodLuck all

Got a nice team of designers here

 

Any news ?

 

Hey Everyone,

You guys did a real good job. The pilot is actually out of the country until tomorrow so I am just waiting for him to get back to make his final decision.

I will post here as soon as I have any news. I know having to wait for a third party is a little annoying! Anyone who has any suggestions on how to improve my future contests, let me know!

-Christopher

 

This is not a problem !
Im sure people can wait another day or two.
Thanks again.

 

Hello everyone. Finally heard back. I know these little waiting periods can be annoying.

And, the winner is: dandman

But, everyone did an excellent job in this contest. There was not one entry I was disappointed in. A couple of you, I wish completed revisions, but I loved everything I saw and it really came down to what the owner wanted. If any of you are not currently in the contest group, join to be updated on future contests: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/group.php?groupid=465

If you have any questions, please let me know!