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port23user

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Jan 20, 2009 7:27 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Please critique my light graffiti website markthedark.com

Here`s some information about it:
Light graffiti is a photography technique where you can use lights to "draw" on a picture.  It`s a real art because you don`t immediately see what you`re drawing and there are lots of things to make a picture look impressive.  Light graffiti artists are very committed to their work.

The goal of this website is to provide a place for light graffiti artists to show off their work and for others to enjoy it.  Right now, they just post the light graffiti on their personal websites and on flickr.  MarkTheDark provides a single place to display the art, along with ratings.

I`d love any advice you can give me, the following in particular:
-Is anything on the site broken?  I`ve tested the site thousands of times, but there`s always the possibility that I`ve overlooked something.
-If you have some light graffiti, can you upload it?

I look forward to hearing what you have to say!  Thanks for your time.
EngineersCanSell

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Jan 20, 2009 7:38 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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I never heard of this type of art, so I would have appreciated a quick definition.  What would be really great would be a short video showing how to do this in the daylight and then showing the result of those actions done at night.

If there is a big enough audience, it might be a good site for a membership forum for folks that do this to share their tips and questions.

beautifulpetunia

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Jan 20, 2009 9:13 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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I`d never heard of light graffiti so I did a quick search on google and OMG there is some really amazing stuff out there! The how-to is nice, but I agree with Eric, a step by step video would be great, with the resulting image at conclusion.

I would definitely hit the forums of sites such as weburbanist.com and others that come up under a google search. There are clearly passionate light graffiti artists out there, so the idea would be to create a place where they can all join together, as well as sell their photography.

Very cool and very beautiful!

port23user

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Jan 21, 2009 6:52 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Thank you for your advice.  I`ll work on getting a video made and put up.  I really like beautifulpetunia`s idea of having a place to sell their photography.  Thanks!
CraigL

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Jan 21, 2009 7:51 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Biggest issue I see is that it`s not easy to understand what I (the customer) should or can do. I see the picture, they`re interesting, but there`s no immediate "get started" indication. The text explanation at the top of the main page is so dim compared to the background, that it gets lost.

Perhaps have your examples horizontal, say...8 (two rows of 4), then continue with content below the examples that explain what happens next?
Webline

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Jan 22, 2009 6:43 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Love the way you colored your site name, even though I don`t care for the bright green it has a really nice effect. Definitely lighten of the rest of the text .... if someone has to strain to read, they may not want to stay on your site very long.

Definitely give some indications of why a user is here .... what is the purpose overall? What can members do? What can be learned or shared? Make those messages more prominent upfront.

Set up proper metatags ... unique page titles, descriptions, etc.

Use descriptive link titles and img alt`s that contain keywords .... these don`t need to state exactly what an  image is, use a short description with keywords when possible.



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