Looking for some constructive criticism

[eskimoboy15]

The site is primarily for selling shirts and showing off art. I haven't set the site up to actually buy the shirts yet but if you want you can e-mail the guy that makes the shirts getchofil@msn.com. The site's name wasn't the best pick but i didn't buy the name, it's supposed to be for urban artists when they tag they drop a bomb, hence the sites name:

http://www.dropnbombs.com

I'm new at this stuff and have been learning a whole lot in the last 2 months,
took a beginners class on it about a year or 2 ago.

If anyone knows how to put a link on a movie clip to open up outlook please help me out. I was hopeing that there was a way to do it so that i had the e-mail address was filled out along with the subject.

[goliatone]

hi, its not working on FF...

[eskimoboy15]

Should be working now. Forgot to update the .html

[goliatone]

okis...in the main page, news...ive spent like 5 min looking 'round for the scroller, plus at the end of the end of the news, in the last one, you have placed an mc thats over the text...

[muppet]

looks like screen shot from PS game, Silent Hill

[gregsmith]

I'd be a bit careful with your use of gradients (in the metallic-type bits round the edge) - they tend to look a bit amateur when overdone. Sometimes the most subtle gradient can look great (or sometimes none at all).

I Like the preloader - more interesting to watch than the usual standard bar.

[drexle]

I like your attempt at the page turning effect. It's far from the slickest attempt I've seen, but you've tried your best to bring a vision to motion. I'm sure with more actionscript skills you'll do well with that in the future.

I didn't have any trouble finding the scroller for the news on the home page. Having said that, I think the User Interface could definitely use some improvement. Your links were not readily apparent. Only after I sat and asked myself where to find them did I think to look to the buttons with the turning icons. This leads to another problem though... most of your buttons aren't labeled. This may not seem like a big deal to you since you know your site's layout, but a first time visitor won't, and odds are that they're not going to want to take the time to figure it out. People are lazy like that, and in an age of instant gratification and high-speed internet, they don't have the patience to puzzle out obscure navigation on what is meant to be a commercial website. Also, while I do admire the attempt at a page-turning effect, what I do not like is where you have positioned the "next" and "back" buttons for that section of the site. I very nearly did not see them, and only after I looked at your site three times did I notice those buttons. It's yet another example of the navigation just being scattered and obscure.

Also, while I noticed the half-obscured twinkling light that appeared, siginfying the presence of a submenu, it took me a moment to realize it was there. After noticing it, I really wished it would go away and that there could be some other way to make the presence of a submenu known.

So... less obfuscation of your site's navigation should be your number one goal. Make your overall design look and feel more consistant, and don't keep the user guessing. I figure your skill level with image creation will increase over time and with more experience, so I won't harp on you about the quality of your graphics for now. I would suggest though, that you use a different font for the news section. I'd suggest a sans-serif font, and a smaller font size.

[cghughes]

Definitely overkill on the gradients