Some points of feedback to take or ignore.
1. art on its own is so broad that it's hard to grasp where to go or what resources may be relevant to me on the home page. I may not be the absolute beginner you're aiming for, but at the same time most people looking for inspiration or resources usually search for "drawing" or "painting" and not "art" on its own.
2. The tutorials and guides in the store section look like a great way to learn at a low price. Nothing wrong with earning money from your work, but offering exposure to artists for a fee to be featured in a blog feels weird/icky.
3. The Instagram embeds on the blog don't work unless you click through to them which is annoying. No doubt IG has enormous influence on art/artists, but making people click through to another web site to see a blog photo is not a good experience.
4. The footer links under Artist Utilities should be on the main top navigation or somewhere else more prominent. Some really neat resources you have but likely missed by many because they're buried at the bottom of the page.
Overall I think it's a great idea to offer a mix of free articles/resources mixed with paid services.
1.I definitely will start targeting my keywords more, that's such good point! 2. Great point, I might remove all of that because most people use the free commission board I have (this page: https://artres.xyz/artist-index/) on the community page and I don't want people to get a bad vibe! 3. Thanks for the heads up, I will see if I can fix that. I think it might be a Hugo shortcode problem so I might try to do it the native IG way or remove it. 4. Great idea, thank you!
CC welcome because I am always looking to improve.
Thanks for looking!
Art Renewal Center has an amazing catalog of classical realist art, many of their living masters have websites that offer tutorials and instruction for free.
It's worth a look and a link for anyone looking to learn art, even if classical realism isn't your ultimate pursuit.
1. In tablet size, the content of <h2>s get lost beneath the top of the card.
2. Even in desktop size, the spacing at the top of the cards looks off. Longer strings cause visual unevenness. CSS Grid should be able to fix the header spacing issues within cards.
3. Hard-coding the height of the cards is probably a mistake. Content should govern the height of the card, so actions such as user zoom or browser-level font size increases, scale the padding of the card appropriately.
4. When hovering over any part of the card, the hover style kicks in and the card text content raises slightly. This is usually a hint to the user that an action can be performed, like a click which follows the href. However, the user must click directly on the <a> inside of the <h2> to follow the link. I recommend making the entire card clickable, so the hover style seems more intentional. Otherwise, I would remove the hover style.
