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Here's the journal design, guys!
Included in the zip file are written instructions as well as some basic instructions as an image - hopefully the combination of the two makes things easy to explain.  This design was alot of fun to make. And when I decided that I was going to put this up for everyone to use, it put an even bigger smile on my face.  If you choose to use this journal, send me a link - the aim of this at its simplest level is to feature people. But it can be expanded to be so much more if you want it to be! I cannot wait to see how you guys use this. If you're unsure of what you could do, have a look here  [link]Technical Notes:
Daily DeviationGiven 2009-04-07Project Inspire Journal Layout by =kaotickell It has everything a deviant heart could ask for: a great set of colors, a structured and organized layout, and on top of that a fantastic message! Also suggested by pica-ae (Suggested by `Jules1983 and Featured by `2dazed) Comments
  Thanks Missy  -- #CMJK | #ProjectInspire | ~dAZine | #YearOfDesign | #VectorGallery | #Bleachtards | #AussieDeviants | #vexelove | #CSS-Babes | #eCSSited |  Thankyou so much Alex!
-- #CMJK | #ProjectInspire | ~dAZine | #YearOfDesign | #VectorGallery | #Bleachtards | #AussieDeviants | #vexelove | #CSS-Babes | #eCSSited |  it looks fantastic
really fond of the color choice i like the feature box, but not its scrollbar, anyhow i generally don't like them so that's just my taste  really cool css, with a meaning  --  Open for Journal Comissions! #CSS-Babes | #typoholics | *pica-stock | #VirtualMoleskine  Great, great, great! Love the colours!
 -- Vexel Gallery Moderator jules1983@volunteers.deviantart.com "I'm going to think of it as vector = pure shapes, vexel = pure awesome and shiny bits added in." - `Flutterings  Nice color scheme! I like that font, too. It looks kinda like my handwriting.
 -- "As a nation of free men, we must live through all time or die by suicide." - Abraham Lincoln -- Junior Admin for *TheWritersMeow. Brown's a colour that doesn't get used enough, and when you pair it with brighter colours, it can really make it pop.
As for the scroll bar, I wasn't sure how to do it - I kinda wanted the thumbs to stay in a contained area, and that was my first thought. Thanks heaps Anne  -- #CMJK | #ProjectInspire | ~dAZine | #YearOfDesign | #VectorGallery | #Bleachtards | #AussieDeviants | #vexelove | #CSS-Babes | #eCSSited | |
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Critiques
The text under the Project inspire is a little too small, you can still read it but its small. The green on a brown background always pops and the pink text makes it readable, the shadows under these headers are a little too heavy for me although they are perfect in the footer part of the deviation. The rollover color of the top menu is badly chosen (green) and isn't readable too well and some links in the content itself are grey and thus badly readable on the brown background.
All in all, its a nice journal css but you are missing the refinement of the journal, especially the colours could have been improved.
Onto the CSS design. I think you've definitely got the right idea, especially with the colour combination. This particular shade of pink goes great with the brown, as does the green. They all go well together. However, the pink on green is very hard on the eyes and doesn't match up. I would swap the pink on green for brown on green. Also, on the navigation/menu, when you hover, the hover colour is blue, which once again is very hard on the eyes. It's quite difficult to read, so I would also change that to something more readable.
I feel the special features box needs quite a bit of work. I would personally make it fluid, to adjust with the width of the rest of the journal. The reason I say this is because it seems to be floating in the middle of no where.
The background images seem okay to me. Perhaps a little work on the pattern would be an idea. There are some websites around where you can get some very interesting patterns! I also noticed on the live version of the CSS, there is a thick (maybe 5px) border around the entire journal that is in a deviantART green - perhaps this could be removed as I don't think it is actually meant to be there?
Once again though, the colour scheme is nice. I can see wood fitting in with this design - not original, no but fitting with the colours you've chosen. A little more work could go far on this CSS!
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