MS Paint Adventures: Homestuck Home

What's there to like?

Homestuck was a viral sensation in the early 2000s, and having recently discovered it myself, I figured it was time to analyze the style of the page. The basic design of the page is simple: A dark gray background with a lighter gray transposed on top of it, and then white around the main elements. This design does a good job of drawing the user to the content in the middle of the page, which is where there are several links to the various webcomics on the site. Each page on the site maintains this style, with the footer changing and the content changing. The page stays consistent overall.

What's there not to like?

• The color scheme, while it does flow nicely, is a bit boring. It works against the more silly nature of the site's content.
• The fonts used are not one of the base font styles. While they do seem to work, it might work better with standardizations.
• many of the images (on the home site, at least) do not have accompanying text. Many of the comic panels do, but the homepage does not
• It's only available in English

To be honest, this is a simple site done well. It isn't super flashy and over the top like many of the sites of it's time, and despite some minor accesability shortcomings, it provides the information in an easy to digest way.