hello!! my apologies for the delayed reply, i've been under the weather the last week, but OH MY GOODNESS this is looking fantastic!!!
sidebar: i LOVE the gradient over the links, please let's keep that. i didn't even realize this was what i wanted until you made it!!
links: oh, really good to know there's an accessibility tool like this! i like the new color and i'd much rather go with a more accessible color; i like how the rest of the layout is coming together color-wise. my only concern (and it's a very minor one) is that the blue hover color feels a bit abrupt in comparison. that said, i don't want to rework the whole color palette because i think that blue is working wonderfully in the gradients. can we try doing a fade transition to the blue on hover? otherwise, though, i'm fine leaving it as-is.
header: i love the gradient on the header text, too! it's absolutely gorgeous. i see what you mean about it not quite feeling like a game layout yet. i like the contrast of the dark purple against the rest of the layout, but i'm totally open to other options. do you think would it work to use the gradient as the header bg with a border of some kind, and the header text in dark purple instead?
(by adding a texture to the purple background, did you mean an image overlay? if so, i have some image resources that might help, but if this isn't what you're looking for then no worries!)
sorry again about the delayed reply, but this is looking wonderful -- please let me know if there's anything else i can provide!
Re: journal layout commission
sidebar: i LOVE the gradient over the links, please let's keep that. i didn't even realize this was what i wanted until you made it!!
links: oh, really good to know there's an accessibility tool like this! i like the new color and i'd much rather go with a more accessible color; i like how the rest of the layout is coming together color-wise. my only concern (and it's a very minor one) is that the blue hover color feels a bit abrupt in comparison. that said, i don't want to rework the whole color palette because i think that blue is working wonderfully in the gradients. can we try doing a fade transition to the blue on hover? otherwise, though, i'm fine leaving it as-is.
header: i love the gradient on the header text, too! it's absolutely gorgeous. i see what you mean about it not quite feeling like a game layout yet. i like the contrast of the dark purple against the rest of the layout, but i'm totally open to other options. do you think would it work to use the gradient as the header bg with a border of some kind, and the header text in dark purple instead?
(by adding a texture to the purple background, did you mean an image overlay? if so, i have some image resources that might help, but if this isn't what you're looking for then no worries!)
sorry again about the delayed reply, but this is looking wonderful -- please let me know if there's anything else i can provide!