I haven't posted here in a while, since I've been busy. A while back, I obtained a website as payment for doing some graphics for ProjectShifter. I don't really have any idea what I'm going to do with it, still. But, it did give me a reason to make some graphics and to learn some new things like Flash. Anyways, this is the side/navigation bar that I came up with. The url is http://www.skrobo.net/text.gif for those that want to see the layout in use. (Mods remove the url if you don't like it.)

http://www.skrobo.net/skrobo-navbarpreview.jpg

Note: I'm aware that the lower three buttons are missing shadows as well as some problems with the layers. I haven't completed all of the buttons, so I haven't got around to the details on them and I was too lazy to fix the layers at the time.

I'm not a fan of navigation being on the sides.

Poor design decision, but this thread is here to discuss the graphic. Any crits?

I like it. :D

Very nice

Those empty buttons under the "Home" button are not in the same arrangement (is this the right word for this? oO).

I'm also not a fan of these, or horribly over graphical websites. For learning, fine, it's okay. But there is no need for so much graphics when you could do the same thing with a few text links and CSS :cool:

Abaddon is the most overused font ever to make stuff look cool. Kinda neat, buy your buttons look way too spread out.

As I noted, the buttons are kinda crappy. I didn't have anything to fill them with, so I rushed them just so there weren't any holes. I've never made a website before, and didn't plan on making one. PS just threw the idea of that as payment out there and I took it. Mostly, I just use the webspace for hosting my graphics and such. I'll probably never make a site out of it, since I don't have a need for one. It was more of an excuse to learn some new things and to get a little practice than anything.

Practice is always a good thing.