Midnight Designs
Theme: Free Graphics

I'm going to do this point form (ah the good old days) because it's a big site.
-The layout is great. I especially like the aqua emphasis on the text, the large navigation and the detail on the top picture.
-Those ID cards are so neat ^_^
-Yellow on white isn't a good link colour. Change it.
-the aqua gets annoying on the FAQ page.
-all your layouts look exactly the same. that really sucks. god, you are a graphics site you can afford to make something better than that!
-the buttons all have the same lines with a different picture. boring! that's very untalented.
-same with the icons. can't you do anything else?
-thank god the layouts are different. I love the layouts, they are all very beautiful. set-up is great. what else can I say?
-it's really picky to expect a link to MD on the page the graphic is used.
-the tutorial for SSI was useless. It didn't tell me anything about what it is or does or really how to use it right. pah.
-the scrollbar t. was great. tres useful. the pop-up one needs to be longer and have examples.
-since the button article explains how you make a button, what do we need MD for? teach a man to fish and all that.
-you should take you own advice about being original. this site is just like every other grpahics site in the world. blah.
-you say not to use dot.nu and then you have a link to it in resources? what's up with that?
-the message board doesn't exist. don't you notice these things?
-the contest is really stupid. you don't say what the prize was nor do you show the entry that won. just a site link. who cares?
-the adoptions are cute yet pointless. who wants a tree branch?!
-survey goes back to main page. huh?
-the gb doesn't match the layout. it is also boring.
-you seem to like people linking you. IR has reviewed you twice now yet we are not in the links section. huh?
-one of your cliques is 'don't classify me damnit!' but i'd say it's pretty farkin' obvious you are classified as a graphics site. duh.
-more affiliates? you have too many links all over the place.
Overall, I didn't enjoy my trip to this site. I don't like sites with a ton of extra crap. The plus side is that the layouts, the sole reason this site is in my bookmarks, are really great and easy to use.


Whooo... chockfull layout! If nothing else, it caught my attention immediately. The main page looks nice, but I'd move some of the older updates - that way the entire thing looks more symmetrical. Very good that you offer an alternate navigation!
Short and clear policies. Maybe a word or two about what direct linking is. Many internet newbies use graphic sites, and it's not always they know netiquette.
Nice that you introduce your staff, although I find the page a bit too small. Of course, you don't want to give out too much personal info either... but maybe something about how long you've been designing sites/graphics why you do it etc etc.
FAQ is also cool. Hmm, have I been away too long? Can't find anything to complain on ^_^;;
The site history is... impressive. You've come quite a distance from the first layout (gives hope to all of us still struggling with CSS) Only suggestion would be to make the thumbnails a bit better quality, but I suppose that's a bit late now, right?
And now to what really matters in a graphics shop - the designs! Buttons: Nice, fast loading, they all work. Sugoi! You've got Lucifer! Icons: Tried the alt-tag here... and what do we find? Somewhere someone on the net knows what series all those pics come from. Do try to find out, because "Series: ??" doesn't look good at all. You also have several mistakes hidden here - for instance, I very much doubt that "icon85" comes from Angel Sanctuary, or "icon82" from Sanrio. Table layouts: Don't have the time to go through all of them, but the thumbnails look very nice, and those I opened are very elegant. Many layouts, good layouts and a wide variety of series... excellent ^_^
You might want to add some indication on which page the visitor is - I got a bit lost, since there's no difference in the title etc. to where I actually was.
Moving on with the frame layouts: Not such an abundance of frame layouts as with the table ones, but still looking nice. Pop-up layouts: Don't like these, not at all. But it's good that you've covered them as well. The 'Good or Bad' layout that I tried here was the first bad one I stumbled upon (excuse the pun) Background way too bright. In the Morning is on the other hand very purty ^_^
Can't find any box labeled Moo? in the custom graphics form, otherwise it looks good.
Nice and understandable tutorials. Useful too! A spelling error in the Web Tips page. From, not rom by the DHTML paragraph. You have a Harry Potter font... the evil is spreading *Jadeite is intense HP hater*
The Message Board seems to be out of function, I come to some page called 'endore.com' Check it out, please.
The adoptions are a bit plain. Cute, yes, but you could've gotten them anywhere, really. Why not something more site specific?
The Survey is linked back to the front page, does nothing at all. 's sad, I was hoping to take it.
Do give some explanation on the links page. All those great sites must have something special, right? So tell your visitors - you know, Site xxx - Many layouts, Site xxxx - Wonderful banners etc. Kind like you did at the affiliates, only not as extensive.
Overall? Well, don't really know what to say... only that I'd almost call this review a waste of time, if I hadn't been treated to some exquisite designs and found a new site to bookmark ^_^ This is good. In fact, this is *bleeping* great!
Ps. My favorite layout was the AS one with the four elemental angels ^_^
/Jadeite


I swear, I think I'm going to have to go on GR for a week or two. Damned getting back into school habits-ness.
Layout - Oh joy. It's Lum. Yay. Can you tell I'm not a huge Lum fan? At least the layout and images and whatnot fit together, but what do you expect from a design site? There's a hell of a lot of links here, though... so I'm going to list what I ain't reviewin' now.
What Aian Really Doesn't Want to Review - Staff, Site History, Link Me, Resources, Fonts, Everything under the "Interact" and "Sitey" lists.
Policies - Basics and whatnot... hey, did we already review this site? My mind's gone, I can't remember if we did or not...
FAQ - Fairly simple stuff, although I have to ask... why would someone ask how to download a layout? Isn't that fairly straight forward?
Okay, now I'm POSTIVE I've reviewed this site before (I'm to lazy to go check the listings to see if we actually have...). No need for me to go over the layouts and whatnot, because I already know what they look like. Especially since that Lost Pearl layout happens to be all ziped up on my hard drive, awaiting the day when I actually use it.
Tutorials - Pretty basic, easy to understand tutorials. At least, for those with half a brain, aren't asleep at the keyboard, and can comprehend those amazingly complex words like "the" "use" "of" and "a". Yeah, I couldn't understand it when I was all sleepy-like, okay? Hmph. Don't make fun of me.
Site Tips - *does standard Rockman sprite-hands-in-the-air, w00t pose* It's the "How to Survive I Review's Wrath" Guidebook!! *snickers* I thought we forced them all out of print, Fishuu.