For my review, I want to cover the http://lostworldsfairs.com/atlantis/ website. Immediately I found this website very entertaining mostly because of the “magic trick” they did with the code. Overall I feel like the color scheme and texture used in the layers of water was very successful, as it reminds me of an vintage comic book. The textures in the colors look almost spray painted making it very original in my opinion. If I were to feel it on my hands, I imagine that it would feel like construction paper. And if the designer was “going for that” I think they did very well and accomplished it. The text really adds to the experience making it seem like a real attraction of some sort, a tangible section of the world. I would describe it as a retro Las Vegas casino.
The navigation in this site is very simplistic. Just scroll up… and down… but I would like to commend the designer on his/her decision to use the colors of the water to break up the sites into sections. If that were not there I feel as if the site would be lacking depth in it’s construction and it would really hinder it’s aesthetics. Another piece that adds to the navigation experience is the marker on the side that lets you know where you are on the page and the occasional headliner ads through the scrolling. These elements make you rally feel as if you are getting deeper and deeper inside of this ocean and are getting close to the sea floor. The icing on the cake is the character in the middle. Even though he is not moving. The holes in the elevator are enforcing the motion that is being implied and it works great. I really thought the guy was in a elevator somehow for a few moments.
In my opinion the site is created very well because it is very cohesive in it’s design. All the factors at play really catch the viewers attention and the ease of use make It a very interesting website. This isn’t a website that is going to direct you somewhere else. It is very artistic in it’s nature and as much as I like that, I would say I wish there was more. If there were fade in’s of animations or fish swimming
about, “mermaids…. mermaids would be cool as hell”, I think that it would really put it over the top and I would probably visit the website multiple times to see if I can find anything I missed and show my friends this as well.