User Test[Lamsoon-Redesign] (WD-2)

Instructions:For every statement below, please give a rating from 1 to 5.

(1)- Strongly disagree

(2)- Disagree

(3)- Neutral

(4)- Agree

(5)- Strongly Agree

+ add your own comments if you want to.You can copy and paste this in the comments section and then just add 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 at the end of each sentence. The comment section will pop up so you can always refer back here.

1. The homepage is attractive.

2. The overall's site is attractive.

3. The site's graphics are pleasing.

4. The site has a good balance of graphics versus text.

5. The colors used throughout the site are attractive.

6. The typography (lettering, headings, titles) is attractive.

7. The homepage's content makes me want to explore the site further.

8. It is easy to find my way around the site.

9. I can get to information quickly.

10. It is fun to explore the site.

11. It is easy to remember where to find things.

12. Information is layered effectively on different screens.

13. The hompage is attention-getting.

14. Information is easy to read.

15. Information is written in a style that suits me.

16. Screens have the right amount of information.

17. The site effectively communicates the company's identity.

18. The information is relevant to my professional needs.

19. The site is designed with me in mind.

20. The site's content interests me.

21. The site's content would keep me coming back.

22. The site has characteristics that make it especially appealing.

23. The site reflects progressive, leading edge design.

24. The site is exciting.

25. The site is well-suited to first-time visitors.

26. The site is well-suited to repeat visitors.

27. The site has a clear purpose.

28. I always felt I knew what it was possible to do next.

29. It is clear how screen elements (e.g. pop ups, scrolling lists, menu options, etc.) work.

30. My mistakes were easy to correct.

(thanks orilia for the C & P ) :-)

Company Profile (History)
Lam Soon Malaysia began operation in 1958 milling and refining copra. The oil extracted was used to make laundry soap and cooking oil. The earliest branded products then were Axe and Labour, names that stood for the Lam Soon work ethic. From this humble beginning, Lam Soon progressively diversified into the manufacture of toilet soap (under the brand Orchid), margarines and shortening using palm oil as raw material.
1970 saw Lam Soon becoming the pioneer of the palm oil refining industry when it built Malaysia's first oil fractionation plant to manufacture cooking oil. Recognizing the potential of palm oil, Lam Soon moved upstream and established plantations in both East and Peninsular Malaysia.

My analysis point of view
http://lamsoon.com.my
The banner beside the logo doesn’t look really stand out. The whole site gives a feeling of “Dryness” in the aesthetic sense of the way I look at it. The company is the pioneer of the oil palm industry and it’s huge (Berhad), but when come back to the site, its site looks plain, dry and boring.Especially if you take a look at its main site you will see “LAMSOON” in contrast, by all means they want the reader to remember the name, and its good thing however there must be a way to get out of that design. There’s nothing we can blame about their era of the way they think “function” come before “aesthetic”.

Pro’s and con’s
The website layout wise looks static, conservative and rigid in another word “plain” and straight to the point where all information are pretty much easy to read. Their main color consist of “red, white and yellow”. Those images uses low quality image and it works for certain group of target user perhaps it’s our job to change their mindset. Simple navigation button, the home button right below the navigation button, the image of the “home” I believe it can be better in redesigning it. The LAMSOON with all the sub brands I believe it can be redesign in advance. The archive is in “iframe” format which is so-so.

In my conclusion, I think the site has not much of the problem, functionally it works. But the design of the overall are the main issue.
(redesign and stick with its original layout)

Client website: http://www.lamsoon.com.my/

-simple animation/.gif images

-low quality images but fast loading

-functionality easy to navigate

-aesthetically too plain

-unorganize layout structure & website hierarchy

Competitor's website:http://www.maggi.com.my/

-interesting background(suit logo)

-maintaining a good consistency throught out all webpages

-easy navigation

-typo & fonts (proper color & style usage)

Competitor's website:http://www.ffmb.com.my/

-distorted & simple html

-logo/navigations in between the margin(layout composition problems)

-simple templete layout

-complete content but website design wise should be improvise

Competitor's website:http://kampongkoh.com.my/

-layout design is too plain

-for certain group of age(target audience)

-simple css navigation/.gif images

Competitor's website:http://dnyenterprise.trustpass.alibaba.com/

- good navigation

-product category(well planned with ammount of unidicated)

-overall very informative & well delivered a clear understanding of its product

Best commercial's site

http://www.forever21.com/

-youth layout(strong banner & colors usage)represents fabulousity

-some flash and good navigation

-well organized information

http://www.starbucks.com/

-overall turquoise color give a sense of relaxation

-fade in & out flash banners

-clear navigation but navigation without roll-over effect

http://my.asus.com/

-nice flash banner

-easy to navigate

-dropdown flash navigation

-very neat and conservative layout feel

http://www.adidas.com/com/homepage.asp

-Advance flash usage

-new way of experience via its navigation

-high quality images reflects the good company reputation

-cool drop down light-box effect

Links

Tutorial:
photoshoptutorials.ws
http://www.pure-graphics.org/
vwcc.blogspot.com
indosourcecode.blogspot.com

HTML:
www.webdevelopersnotes.com
http://www.alternetwebdesign.com/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
http://www.bigbaer.com/
librarysupporter.blogspot.com

(Website Design) Project 2

(Website Design) Project 2:
My project 2(Tutorial) the whole idea is about "Recycle". It delivers a clear message about recycle and of course on the creative side "how can we make something out of papers", yes my tutorial will be focusing on material like papers e.g paper clay, texture paper and so on.
I gave my site named it as "Tropicraft", The concept Tropical reflects jungle/forest...as long it relates to wood, thought I like the perfect combination of the Tropic+raft. :p



This is my home page, the overall feelings of its layout that I'm most probably going to used as for the other 2 home layout(below) it just for an experiment purpose.
The concept of my layout inspired by 2advanced.com , the fact that I like its sci-fi mood. I did some minor montage(or maybe different technique) on different area such as the mountain, messed around with shadow, lighting, brush paint etc..to create a kinda fakey realistic scenery but at the same time it brings out the mood that I want.
My Home/page - experienced different style
-a gate opening to the world...erm Narnia..
My Home/page - experienced different style
-nothing much but a grey brick (tweaked) the whole outlook it gaves another feelings..

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Tutorial
So here comes the Tutorial section where by I have 3 tuts to share my self-made-handicraft.
Flower blinko, tri-branch deco and key chain.
Contact
My contact section
Disclaimer
My disclaimer section

Digital Media

Web Design - 2nd

Due to the virus hacked all my files 90% -_-( I meant everything[backupless]),really din't expected it...so here are another version of my art direction towards my interface,layout,nav etc.. In progress for refinement. En

Hell-oween' Shadow/Samurai/Skeleton

Typo project(Feel & Sense)-Shadow
My task was to come out an abstract typo by turning into something else(distort, whatever) in order to come out a sense of feeling by looking at the visual/graphic, though it must have logical sense behind the design itself.

html Website design (project-1)

Home

Bio

Project

Univerchine

Contact

My very first time I felt so bad for being shown nothin' on my presentation day(D-day), and I realized my mistake lor...so...get over it.

Web Design Project 1-Motorcycle Collector
My final outcome, took me age on html as well as design side...!! it was really pain in the ass at first cuz I realize there's Dreamweawer that can be done and of course basic html is the best way to start. Yea

Click below to view:
(teouregmails40univerchine)

WEBSITE DESIGN-PROJECT 1

Flash ll

Title: Survival Guide
-how to survive from a giant squid attack !

Introduction
-what if one day you were so happen to be on a boat fishing alone, suddenly you realized a giant squid emerged and attack you, so what are you going to do ?!

Art Direction:
-Humorous , exaggerate

Art Style:
Vector/Artline

Interactive style:
Games/guide

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Mood Board for Web.D-P1

Motorcycle Collector

FlasH - Fly me to the Moon

Inspired by

Ribbon

Flar3l3ments .ver1

Imagination

Imagination

Victory Fellowship

^New version^

^Older version^

http://vfc-setapak.com

Interface Design

Characters Design

^N'ha-A-Ith^

^Old man a.k.a Wise man^

^Thun-Nix^

These are my character design for interactive interface design project 2.

-Basically the page you looking at right now is that when once you click on that "Character" navigator, the character navigator immediately turn into a transition effect whereby the word "Character" will expand in a manner along with the glowing effects.

If you can notice the index right above each character box.There are meant to be designed that way so that the user know what they are clicking at , once they gone through about the story (character's name).

By all means I still have more to show here,if you know what I mean =p

p.s
I would be greatly appreciate if you drop me any comments. Peace !

T-D Banner 2008

Finally my desire banner is up ! Idk if yall can read the tag.Tagline sounds H.less-lol...might change in the future. =)

New Version

Mobile Icons [vector style]-Futuristic

From top left "camera","games","message","web portal","setting".I personally thought if I added those frames and some reflection/shadows etc might look a whole or "package".
p.s-Feel free to vote[on your right]:) , you're much appreciated !

Colourful board

Hazard-Touch

Recently I learnt some new technique in illustration,took me awhile ...in the end I never knew the out outcome is loads better compare to finishing in Photoshop,though photoshop is much easier but the outcome is slighty fixed.

Cap Logo

I've have dreamt of designing my own logo...being inspired by the Red soX & NY lol...my new Cap logo coming out soon :)

GFX signature

T-Shrit logo design

Into the Dragon......

Version 10.29

This is the 2nd version with a added lil motion effect for it : bling bling ** Click to view

Sony Playstation - 3 (ad design)

http://trinity-universe.deviantart.com/

This layout design is design for a magazine ad (infact it's a assignment though).

FMJ ( Clutch Gamers )

http://fmj.uni.cc

Tcenx RadioActive Banner

The "Tcenx RadioActive" designed specifically for any Invisionfree user,haven't got time and idea to think big for theme,the concept of this banner which i can tell it still looks odd & undone,but anyhow i'll still always look forward for any inspiration that might generate my creativity toward the design for futher improvment and update.haha.. :D

p.s z7.invisionfree.com/cd075 > las'y admin lol

The One Academy (Baby Design)

Ninehitz Banner

Well this is a request from my friend,he sick of default,so he asked for new look for his site forum,so this is what I made,hahaha I think is not enough initiative,looks pretty funny design after see this pic again & again myself,hmm...hmm maybe next i'll try to come out with somethin' better for him,dont mad with me if you read this.Hahah.

Metal-Glow Navigation

"Metal-Glow Navigation" part of my favorite,i like it the fact that its "Iconish","glowie" and "glossy".I called it nav because I have had made 5 different icon each represent different function itself for the forum.

XvolutionTech Banner

Nothing much for me to say about this it took me way back years ago to made this , probably my top list nowiz design eva !

My Nokia siggy

Alright,this is my favorite as well,i put this into my Nokia forum as my signature.I wish i could implement some flash function next to the button if you can see on the rightside,but....maybe

Tixeon signature

Hmmm.....another design for siggy,this basically just a practice and I wonder that aura might stood out and it did,so I put it up with me here,lol

Ninehitz banner 2

Ok,as promised to my friend,now its done and pretty much tech looked,with some circuit techlines,cought*...well I must say why not give myself a try :D

haha my watch designed from Photoshop

I personally dislike the background i've messed around with lol,but the watch.suprisingly it wasn't what i wanted at first place,but through the process and done alot changes,gradually the evolution process has shaped up ,and just added the stripe to make it perfect and im out! haha~..

Tixeon Flash banner 2

..... my design almost all looks pretty much the same,so i figure what else to say,what about you :) ?

Ads Design banner for ddlmania

As a moderator of the site,I'm glad be the first volunteer for designing a promotion banner for ddlmania..not long after,the site is down and even the domain brought by someone else..lol

Aura Design

my ddlmania signature.. :)

The car sketch

Rough sketch

थिस इस नॉट अ car

lol , done half way ! ....

Enhanced

Pimp ma' Ride (Ferrari 360)

Yea as yall know this model ain't cheap lol , alrite alrite infact it's cheap that's why I pimp this lil poor 360.I basically came up with red & black idea then I threw this flat black by maskin' all over those part I wanted to pimp.Finally the outcome turn out to be like a "Black widow 360" yall.

Rough sketch (back-Iso)

Enhanced (back-Iso)

front view

1:4 scale Car Model