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lupi-bobx3

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site: Lupi-Bobx3
owner: Lupi
reviewed: September 20th, 2008

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first impression

The site name is a little weird; probably just because I have no clue what "Lupi-Bobx3" is or how Lupi and Bob go together.

The graphic looks like it's been put up as a last resort. It doesn't blend into or become part of the background, nor does it work with the dividers.

Is Lupi her given name?

graphic

The original image has been very poorly cut out. Besides that Lupi hasn't even edited the original image. Her site name is easy to read, but looks bad due to the fact that it's written in an unattractive, black font against her blue/pruple/grey graphic. The target brushes look bad, and should really just be nixed. The grunge brushes are nice brushes, however, it looks like they've just been slapped on because they don't correspond with the rest of the graphic at all.

Why do the brushes and text randomly cut off and leave the last third of the "graphic" blank? Click here to see what I'm talking about.

coding

The code is really plain for the most part. The main table has plain, black headers. The sidebar has small, plain, white headers. The main text is white. Links are white, when you hover over them they just turn black with an underline (of black.) The background is pale purple. I would suggest using a different color for the background, maybe the grey of her graphic's background, and then using blue and purple in the code.

The navigation links are the most exciting thing about the code, which I guess is good, but honestly... the code is just extremely boring and unoriginal.

content

Textures, brushes, scribbles, layouts, blank buttons, icon backgrounds, and reviews are all available from Lupi and her website.

On the content page it's hard to tell what's a link and what's normal text, because both are, in fact, white.

textures;
These are... not sharp at all, very cloudy and unfocused. I wouldn't use a single one of these or refer anyone to this site in order to get some textures.

brushes;
Four brush sets are available. They all look poorly made and the brushes just don't appeal to me. I say start over with these and try to make better ones or just forget about them.

scribbles;
These are... kind of... cute? Maybe. Really, they just look like a kindergartener's drawings of fruits and vegetables. What the heck would anyone use this for?

layouts;
These are not nicely made at all! The pictures don't blend together nicely, complete lack of brushes, textures, stocks, cool text effects. The coding is boring on the two layouts that are available.

The layouts say "sample" all over them. If I wanted to use a layout (which I wouldn't.) how do I get a copy without "sample. sample. sample. sample. sample" written all over the graphic? Lupi doesn't say how to obtain one of her layouts on the content page, or on the layouts page. Maybe later I'll stumble upon how to obtain a layout...

blank buttons;
These are grim, cropped portions of Lupi's poorly made textures. People can make their own buttons!

icon backgrounds;
These are probably the best thing on the site. I think some people might actually use these.

reviews;
This... takes me to a whole new URL, which is misleading. I won't judge these since they're part of a different website. However! Lupi is not experienced or good enough to offer reviews, sorry.

navigation

Navigation is easy to find and use. Subpages include home, content, site, comment, reviews, and listing.

I cannot find any site rules or credits!

overall

Lupi-Bobx3 needs a lot of work on graphics, coding, and all of the site content. I would suggest not rushing to put up an abundance of content, instead, Lupi should spend time on useful content and make it wonderful.

How does one get a layout without "sample" written all over it?

What are the site rules? Why aren't they posted anywhere?

CREDITING sites is an absolute must! I don't understand why Lupi thinks she's too good to credit other sites.

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