Welcome

Hi! Argetl here. You've found your way to Jasmine's petpage. This petpage serves two functions: it hosts both information about Jasmine, my Usul, and my review site, Immortal Tree Reviews.

Use the links on the side to navigate. All of them lead to places within this page except "neomail". Links out, back, and affies are under "links". All sections are narrated by me except for the one about Jasmine.

Well, I don't really have anything else to say to welcome you, so go on and explode! Er, I mean...explore. Sorry. Please don't explode. You'll get my page all sooty.

Vote?
I am not in any SOTMs at this time.

About Jasmine

Dialogue is in italics.

As you walk through the galleries of Neopia Central, you notice a blue Usul sitting morosely outside of a large, empty building with a closed sign. She looks up as you approach.

I suppose you've heard of the tragedy, she says glumly.

Uh, no, you say, stopping. She scowls.

Live with your head under a rock, do you? I assume that you at least know who I am.

You've never seen her before, so you shake your head. Her scowl deepens.

Don't you read? She rummages in a small, festive purse beside her and pulls out two folded issues of the Neopian Times. She tosses them towards you. You flip through them for a moment, not sure what you're looking for, before looking back at her.

Um. What tragedy? you ask, hoping that it'll keep her from interrogating you about the newspapers' content.

I've been evicted from premises that have been mine since practically the beginning of time! she cries, throwing up her paws. You doubt this, but don't interrupt. My gorgeous Usukis have been relegated to unimportance, my gallery moved to the Haunted Woods, and just so that it can be filled with creepy stuff!

She bursts into theatrical and probably fake tears. You make sympathetic noises while wondering where exactly you can find this gallery of "creepy" stuff, thinking that it would be more interesting than the tearful Usul.

So, who are you? you ask. She begins to angrily explain.

Quick Stats

Technical Name: jasminejasmine311
Name: Jasmine
Known As: Jasmine
Pronounced: Jaz-min
Nicknames: Jas, Jazzy
Name Origin: named by previous owner
Species: Usul
Color: blue
Gender: female
Dream Color: Royal
Origin: adopted from pound
Neopets age: 47318 hours

Lookup here.

Me

I'm Jasmine; I'm a blue Usul. I live with Argetl, but I'll talk about my family later.

I love Usukis. I had an entire gallery of them, but then my idiot owner decided that she needed a creepy Haunted Woods gallery instead. I'm fashionable and soon-to-be famous. Well, I've already been in the Neopian Times twice...

I like expensive things, but my owner's really cheap so I don't have many. Some of my favorite items are below.

I don't like getting dirty, and I hate it when people don't take me serious. Who doesn't?

My Family

First there's Argetl. She's my owner. She's insane and cheap and refuses to paint me or buy be any grooming supplies. Stupid packrat.

Then we have Chlanga. She's the one who actually does chores'n'stuff around our house. We don't get along too well. No more comment.

Kaliiox doesn't really deserve mention. All he does is read all the time. Okay, it's handy if I need to know something, but otherwise he's pretty boring.

Finally, there's Rainy. She's evil. And also insane. I don't really care as long as she does it somewhere else and keeps her Meepits out of my room. She can be helpful sometimes, though...

Friends

There's Geraei. I can't link you to her because she's frozen. Her owner, Argetl's cousin, got scammed. Stupid cousin. Anyway, Geraei was an orange Koi. Argetl sold her owner the potion at 15K less than the going price--we could have used that money, really--and the cousin adopted and morphed Geraei from an ugly Techo.

There are a few others who I can't be bothered to keep track of.

Enemies and Annoyances

Well, I've already mentioned that Chlanga and I don't get along. But I really hate Dude. He's a creep who likes dumb outdated music. Nearly killed me once. Good thing Fyora gave me super strength.

Then there're the weirdos: Dragonfeather, who happens to be destructive as well as weird, and Saffi, who isn't as destructive. Unless you hurt a plant.

Day in my Life

Coming Soon!

Appearence

Note: I'll accept art even if it doesn't adhere to this.

Well, I'm beautiful, of course. I have light yellow fur...kind of creamy, really. I have blue eyes and you can draw my ears either up or down. I'm rarely seen without my purse, and never without blue bows on my ears and tail. Sometimes the ones on my ears are ribbons instead of true bows. I have a big tail that's always up behind me. It reaches at least to my neck, sometimes higher. My ruff covers my neck and shoulders. My ruff, eyes, and bows are all the same color: deep blue.

This is a custom image Argetl made of me on Paint. I'm kind of unhappy that she didn't include my clothes, 'cause, you know, the clothes make the girl. She was inspired by images here and found the image she edited on JellyNeo.

Art by Argetl

Drag to the address bar for full size.

This is an old Beauty Contest picture. Didn't win anything.

This is a sketch in a new drawing style. Argetl says that it looks better on paper.

No comment. Except that I hate Dude. And Argetl forgot to color in my eyes.

Art by Others

Drag to the address bar for full size.

This is a picture of our family by Argetl's friend Adorable, Dude's owner. I'm the one on the far left, in case you couldn't tell.

This one's by the same person. Why did she have to draw Dude in it? The one on top is the original.

This is by Adorable's sister Emily.

Adoptables

I've shrunk some of the larger adoptables.

Neopian Times Involvement

I'm a regular cast member on Neopian Mysteries Revealed. Episodes so far:

1
2

For more on my family's NT involvement, look here.

Immortal Tree Reviews

Rules

- You must link to me while you're on the waiting list. You have to have a link somewhere on your site, but if you don't like my button(s), you can use a text link. It's fine to remove it after you've been reviewed. When I go to review you, I will check for my button. If it's not there, you'll get a lower score.
- Please don't Neomail me asking when your review will be done. Contrary to all beliefs, I actually do have a life. It may not be mine, but I have it. I will try to review your site as soon as I can.
- No hate mail for bad reviews, please. If you don't like your review, improve your site and ask for a new one. If you or your friends or you mom or your side account or whatever Neomails me and says something along the lines of "OMG i hait u ur so meen wat did u say doz things abut my/my frends/my kids site 4?!?!?" (and yes, I am going to assume that anyone who can't follow this rule is a n00b) I'll have to make a wall of shame and put you/your friend/your mom on it.
- I will only review sites that are on Neopets. That means they're hosted on a neopets.com petpage. Hey, you're not supposed to be giving me the link to anything else anyway.
- I will not review the following:
Guild/chatgroup webbies
Wishlists
Other review sites
Screenie pages
Lablogs (now, if you have your lablog on a page with something else, like I have mine with my adoptables, I'll review it, but not if it's just a lablog)
Music code sites (again, if you provide multiple things and music codes just happen to be one of them I'll gladly review you)
Pages about pets
- No stealing my awards. This includes removing the link back here or editing the image if you do receive one or taking one if you didn't get that score in your review.
- Stolen layout/content = no review. If it's not yours, I'm not giving you an award for it.
- If reviews are closed (see below), don't ask for a review. If reviews are closed and you are already on the waiting list, your review will be completed eventually.
- If your page closes or moves while on the waiting list, and you don't Neomail me to tell me where it is now, I will remove it.
- If your site is on hiatus while on the waiting list, I will not remove it. If your site is on hiatus and cannot be accessed when I go to review it, I will put a note beside it and skip it until you're off hiatus. If your site is on hiatus, but still up, and I can still access all parts of your site, I will review it normally.

Okay, that's all the rules. Long, weren't they? Well, here's another not-so-fun section:

Criteria

Here's your grading scale. Your end grade will be out of a hundred (hopefully. Ah, math). In your review I will try to explain why I gave you the grade I did in each category.

Please note that my browser does not play music on petpages! I use Safari, so I can't hear your beautiful music (which is just as well, since I don't like having music blasted at me when I'm trying to read a page). So don't ask me if I thought your music was wonderful. I have no clue what it was.

First Impression {/10}
Does your site make me want to look through it, or do I feel like running for shelter? A nice layout will probably help with this.

Layout--Part 1: Functionality {/15}
Does your layout work with my browser? (If you want to be able to check yourself, I use Safari, and according to it it's version 3.1.2.) Can I read your text? Do your graphics fit within the borders of the layout? You get the idea. This is based only on how well your layout works, not on how pretty it is.

Layout--Part 2: Appearence {/10}
I've never fussed too much about layout, so I'm easy in this category. All I require is that your colors don't hurt my eyes and nothing looks really badly out of place. Part of this is neatness.

Content {/25}
This is the really important one, and I can't really give too good a description because it depends on your site. For sites that provide anything premade, it basically boils down to how good are they and how many do you have. For custom makers, it's how good whatever you make is. For sites displaying anything (art, writing, whatever), it's the quality of that. For tutorials, I'll judge based on whether I feel like you've taught me how to do that. For directories, I'll be looking at how many links you have and if they work. I think that's enough examples for you to get the idea.

Grammar {/20}
I really dislike bad grammar. This is your site, not just a message you threw together and had to get out quickly so that you could be the first to post. Use that prettiful grammar your mother/father/guardian/elementary-school teachers taught you! I do, however, understand typos.

Usefulness {/10}
How well does your site serve its purpose? If you've got a directory with no links or a pixel page with no pixels, you're going to get a low score. This probably goes with your content.

Other {/10}
This is for any other problems I spot with your site: confusing textboxes, broken links under affies, didn't have my link, unclear headers, lack of link back buttons, repeated content.

Bonus {/?}
If there's something about your site I really love, I'll give you bonus points and tell you why.

Ask for a Review

Review Status: Open, but will probably be slow

Here's the form to ask me to review your site.

Hi, Argetl! I'd like a review from Immortal Tree Reviews! Site name: Site address: Short description of your site:

Neomail me here.

You can get reviewed as many times as you like, but please leave about a week between reviews for each site (you can get two of your sites reviewed at the same time if you want). You will be placed at the bottom of my current waiting list no matter how many times you have been reviewed. Also, all reviews for each site will be under the same header. I'll Neomail you when your review is complete.

Also, please note that if I say something like, "a few of your images were broken" and you'd like to know which ones, just ask me via Neomail; I'll be happy to tell you.

Waiting List

Hush
Lazy Saturday

Reviews

Riverdance Pixels
Twisted Shrooms
Inu-Graphics
Rosie's Randoms
Final Destination Designs
Aki Ame's Icons & Images
Retrospect
SongBird Names
SWEET Graphics
Secret Observer
HC-crets
The Pound Surfing Guide
Colors of the Wind
Netiquette
Aerofusion
Elements
Quizmania
Hopeless Thoughts
Legend of the Seeker Directory
Kira's Blinkies
Asparagus Anonymous
Flare
For You
William's Realistic Page
Rose Graphics
Nia's Untaken Names
Anime Awesome
Lorna's Petpage Directory
Cotton Island
Sun City Designs
The Screen Savers
Aberrant Rune Graphics
Plum Graphics
Best Dressed
Haengbok
Bouton
Serendipity Pixels
Race Trak
Mimi's Graphics

Links

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Affies

Listed/Will be Listed At

SOTMs/Reviews/Awards

Awards

Awards are for people who got high scores on their reviews. I also have an award here that I give people randomly when I like their petpages, but the only way to get that is for me to happen across your petpage and like it.

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Great redwoods
Final Destination Designs

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Willow trees
Riverdance Pixels
Twisted Shrooms
Retrospect
Secret Observer
HC-crets
Colours of the Wind
Netiquette
Aerofusion
Elements
Quizmania
Kira's Blinkies
Flare
For You
Cotton Island
Plum Graphics
Best Dressed
Haengbok
Serendipity Pixels

Updates

Newest to oldest

11/15/09: One new review request.

11/14/09: Completed one review. Reviews are now open. One new review request.

10/28/09: Completed one review.

10/25/09: One new affie.

10/20/09: Completed one review.

10/18/09: One new review request. Reviews are now closed.

10/10/09: Listed in one new directory.

10/8/09: Removed a closed site from my waiting list.

10/7/09: Completed one review. Received one new review request.

10/6/09: One review request received.

10/4/09: Listed in one new directory. One new affie. One new review request. Completed one review.

10/2/09: Changed the layout so that it works with the modified glitch/new filter. I had to turn the headers white, though, because the filters were being weird.

10/1/09: One new review request.

9/28/09: Fixed a few typos in reviews. Completed one review. Added a note. Received one review request...well, actually, I kind of solicited it, by posting that I was unhappy about having an empty waiting list.

9/26/09: Completed one review. Received one review request.

9/25/09: Opened review requests. Removed a site that has moved offsite from the waiting list. Completed one review. Received one review request.

9/24/09: Checked to make sure that all affies and directories still link to me and removed the ones that don't. Removed the link back to Jasmine and "My Other Sites". Listed in one new directory.

9/17/09: Figured out how to mess with the coding on this page so that my updates from a while ago could go through.

9/11/09: Completed one review. Got listed in two directories.

9/10/09: Completed two reviews. Added a rule about hiatuses. Removed a site that had moved and changed into a new site from the waiting list. (As they didn't keep my link back button in their "reviews" area, I assumed that the new site no longer desired any of the old site's reviews.) Got listed in one new directory.

9/7/09: One new link back button.

9/6/09: Received one new link back button.

9/1/09: Got one new link back button.

8/28/09: Changed the name of a site on the waiting list that had been renamed. Fixed an error in one of the updates. Completed one review. Removed two sites that had closed or moved from the waiting list and added a rules about closing or moving. Fixed an error in one of my reviews.

8/17/09: Two sites added to the waiting list. I will be updating less from now on, as my school has started, so I closed reviews and added a rule for when reviews are closed. I also added an award from Genericizing.

8/11/09: Completed one review. I seem to be getting rather harsher. Or maybe I'm just in a bad mood today. Ah well. Oh, and tomorrow will be ITR's two-month birthday! It seems like it's been longer.

8/10/09: Added one page to the waiting list.

8/9/09: Added one page to the waiting list.

8/5/09: Added the "review status" section. Went to review Fairest but found it closed.

8/4/09: Entered ITR in Genericizing.

8/1/09: Got listed in one directory. Removed one affie that no longer exists. Removed The Lighthouse SOTM as the competition has finished.

7/31/09: Removed a button from a site that had closed. Completed one review. I also discovered that I made an error in one of my reviews and fixed it. Removed a page that will be closing soon from my waiting list. Added one site to the waiting list.

7/26/09: Added a page to my waiting list. Added a line to the form.

7/24/09: Removed one page that no longer exists from my waiting list. Completed one review.

7/22/09: Decided not to review pages about pets, and removed one such page from my waiting list.

7/20/09: Two sites asked to be reviewed. The competition at Genericizing ended; ITR got second.

7/18/09: One new affie. I also created a petpage directory here and added this page to it.

7/15/09: Completed one review.

7/14/09: Voting at Genericizing started a couple days ago, so I'm adding its button to the welcome page under vote. I also began revamping my FAQ, and if you have a question about Immortal Tree Reviews (beyond, "Hey, can I get a review or be your affie?"), you can check there to see if I've answered it. I was also asked to do a review.

7/11/09: I completed one review. I also added my sites Nightlife and Genericizing under affies.

7/10/09: I was asked to review a site. I completed one review. Since it seems like a certain image hosting site has gone down, I removed one affie button that had gone down with it and Neomailed the owner--I could not find a new button because their site had been moved or removed.

7/9/09: I was asked to review a site.

7/8/09: I was asked to review two sites.

7/7/09: I completed one review. I was asked to review four sites. I added two affies. I was listed in one new directory.

7/6/09: One new affie.

7/5/09: I was asked to review three sites. I also got a new button.

7/4/09: Completed one review.

7/3/09: Two new affies. I also completed one review and was asked to review a site.

7/1/09: Three new affies added. I also entered The Lighthouse SOTM. Vote? And I was asked to review a site. I created an SOTM site called Genericizing and entered this site into it, however voting there has not started yet.

6/29/09: I asked to be listed in several directories. I was asked to review a site, and I did.

6/27/09: Dragonfeather made me a pixel of a tree with ITR in the branches. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but you can view it on the welcome page.

6/26/09: I was asked to review a site and I completed it. I also changed the links on my link back buttons to direct people to the welcome section and fixed some small errors in Aerofusion's review.

6/25/09: My birthday! I was asked to review a site, and I completed it.

6/24/09: I completed four reviews, clearing my waiting list.

6/23/09: I've been busy working on my new site, Nightlife, so I haven't had time to work on my reviews. However, Nightlife is now finished--just looking for listers; it's a pet directory--and I've been asked to review Aerofusion, Dragonfeather's button site. My first button and the button for Nightlife are from it.

6/20/09: I was asked to review Netiquette.

6/19/09: I was requested to review a site.

6/18/09: I finished two reviews. I also updated my description of the "Other" criteria. And I was requested to review a site.

6/17/09: One of the button requests I've sent out was completed; I'm also getting listed in another directory. I was also requested to review a site.

6/16/09: I was requested to review Secret Observer.

6/14/09: I completed two reviews. Also, Michela offered to make a button for me. I accepted and she did. I was also requested to review a site, and I completed that review.

6/13/09: Late last night, Dragonfeather finished that button so that I can affie people and get listed in directories that require a button. Now I can't remember whether I Neomailed the person who hosts a certain directory. Anyway, I added Riverdance Pixels as an affie today. I was also requested to review three sites and I finished one of them.

6/12/09: A friend helped me find this layout so that I could put a site on this page without removing Jasmine's information. I was actually searching for a different one, but until I find it this'll work. So Immortal Tree Reviews was created today! My friend Dragonfeather (same one who helped me find the layout, actually. We're very close) has offered to make me a button and asked me to review her pixel site, which I have completed. I'm going to go to the boards and see if I can get some people there to ask for reviews. I got four requests from there and completed all of them. I also requested a button from somewhere, applied to get listed in three directories, and got three affies. Since I don't have a button yet, I've asked them to use text links to me.

Reviews

Here are the reviews I've completed. All reviews for any site are under the header for that site, no matter how many times I've reviewed them.

Riverdance Pixels

I'll try to ignore the many times I've been to this site before and give an unbiased review...

First Impression
{8/10}
Mostly good, but the banner at the top hurts my eyes. Maybe make the green a little less bright?

Layout Part 1
{14/15}
Your layout works fine in Safari! I will mention that the header text is a little hard to read--"Wall of Shame" looks like "Wall op Sbame"--and the main body text is a little small.

Layout Part 2
{8/10}
I like it in general, but for the issues I've already mentioned. Also, if I stare at the background long enough I'll faint. I see scribbles when I look at it. Like, light-trail scribbles. I would like it if it didn't keep attacking my eyes. It does fit with your theme, though.

Content
{21/25}
Michela's alphabet pixels are a little large and some look slightly sloppy--the K, L, U, H, and D spring to mind. Maybe if you made them all the same size they wouldn't look so oversized? Love the Slorgs and jelly pixels. And the mice. But the origami dogs scare me. They look like faintly demonic. Also, the tongue smilies look like Kirby kicking someone. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing. You have wonderful variety, though. May I suggest making the giraffe-with-an-afro adoptable?

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't see anything major, but I would not have a space between "gum/" and "gumballs" under Pixels by Kolibri.

Usefulness
{10/10}
You're a pixel site with plenty of pixels. No problems with usefulness!

Other
{9/10}
I have to mention that though your counter's colors match your theme well, the box shape doesn't do it for me. Perhaps centering it would make it look better?

Bonus
{5}
I know how much the owner has put into this site for a long time. And I love the mice.

Total: 95/100

Congratulations! You've been deemed a willow tree. Come pick up your award!

Twisted Shrooms

First Impression
{10/10}
I like the banner and the colors! At first glance, your site intrigues me.

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works and is readable. No problems here.

Layout Part 2
{9/10}
I would make the main body (under the banner) scroll and put your updates, affies, and navigation in boxes off to the side. Other than that, your layout looks good. The colors are nice and I like the background.

Content
{25/25}
Wow! Very in-depth. It certainly seems to me that your content is complete. I think I heard somewhere that there were more Shrooms with effects, but since for all I know that just popped randomly into my head, I probably shouldn't even mention it.

Grammar
{18/20}
I spotted a couple of small mistakes, most notably "In the game keyquest those little blue spotted things, that almost look like muffins, They also resemble a mushroom, fungus or maybe even a toadstool. Besides , ...". I would rewrite that to read "In the game Keyquest there are little blue spotted things that almost look like muffins. They also resemble a mushroom, fungus, or maybe even a toadstool. Besides, ..." Also, I feel that in "A shroomy Guide" on the banner, you should either capitalize all of the words or only the A.

Usefulness
{10/10}
I like how you provide the estimated price and links to find the item! Were I collecting mushroom-related items, I would definitely find your guide extremely useful!

Other
{10/10}
I like the way you've displayed the items and the colors you used for your updates scroll box.

Total: 97/100

Congratulations! You've been deemed a willow tree. Come pick up your award!

Inu-Graphics

I'll try to review fairly even though I'm not especially an InuYasha fan (I used to be XD).

First Impression
{7/10}
Hmm. I don't know about the banner image. I think it's a little tall--I'd like to be able to see at least the beginning of the welcome without scrolling down.

Layout Part 1
{13/15}
It looks like the text is sticking slightly out of the boxes in Welcome, Wall of Shame, and Affies. Also, the font/color you used to title your sections is hard to read.

Layout Part 2
{6/10}
Besides the banner, which I've already mentioned, I would create a seperate section for link back buttons and make the Banners box wider so that it doesn't have to scroll horizontally. Also, the two different shades of pink are slightly distracting--I would suggest that you make the background the same shade as the layout.

Content
{25/25}
Even though I'm not a fan of the mangas, your graphics are great. Especially the second banner. It made me laugh a lot.

Grammar
{19/20}
I did find a couple things: in "So Thanks to Kona and Maya for helping me with my graphics site", thanks shouldn't be capitalized; the same with and in "TNT (the neopets team) And you even might".

Usefulness
{10/10}
Your site would be very useful to people looking for InuYasha graphics. (Or graphics from the other manga that I'm not familiar with. Bleach?)

Other
{8/10}
Under Banners and in your link back buttons, your graphics and textboxes aren't clearly seperated; it can be hard to tell which textbox matches which button/banner.

Total: 89/100

Rosie's Randoms

I'll keep in mind that this site is still under construction.

First Impression
{7/10)
I don't like your banner for a couple of reasons: while the swirls look professional, the green and blue part looks like you slapped it onto another image in Paint. Also, I would make it wide enough to cover the whole page, as long as you've got all of that empty space.

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works fine.

Layout Part 2
{7/10}
Your layout is very basic. I don't really like it or hate it. It's neither pretty nor ugly--just kind of there.

Content
{15/25}
If your site wasn't under construction, I would take even more points off since you only have one banner. I don't find that banner especially good--it looks like you took a bunch of Twilight icons, stuck them in paint on a red background, and then scibbled on them. They're barely legible.

Grammar
{17/20}
You have slight problems in punctuation and capitalization in places. Also, I would recommend that in " if I think you have totally Random & Icy graphics I'll give this award to you" you write "random and icy" instead of what you have.

Other
{0/10}
You have about your site under a header that says about me. All of your navigation links to the site where you got your music code because you haven't closed that a href tag. Also, your graphics link back to a non-Neopets site, which is against the rules. You need to have them link back to your page, not to their own URLs.

Total: 71/100

Final Destination Designs

First Impression
{9/10}
Whoa. This utterly confused me for a moment; I had no clue where to look. I kind of still don't.

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
As far as I can tell, the layouts on all three pages work fine.

Layout Part 2
{9/10}
My only complaint is that it's slightly confusing when you first come to the site. My eyes tend to just kind of zone out resting on the animation. Perhaps you could have another part of the animation that says "Look here!" and has a big arrow pointing to one of the boxes? I don't know. It's a wonderful animation and I would hate for you to make it less so on my advice, but it seems kind of strange for everything to be in the corners when you first come in.

Content
{25/25}
As far as I can tell, your userlookups are great and you have a load of them. Your content is great.

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't find any mistakes.

Usefulness
{10/10}
Your animation promises quality userlookups. I think you definitely provide them.

Other
{10/10}
Everything in this site was great!

Bonus
{3}
I love all of the artsy flourishes in your animation and your header font. Great site!

Total: 101/100

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Aki Ame's Icons & Images

First Impression
{8/10}
Your welcome image is cute (Sakura Cardcaptor, I think?) but it leaves me kind of wondering what the site is because it's so tall. Also, the big, white, empty space to the side seems kind of strange.

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works fine.

Layout Part 2
{7/10}
Cute image, but it's a little plain. Also, there's a conspicuous lack of any information about your site. Even, "Hi, welcome to my graphics site!" would suffice. I would also suggest making the boxes wider so that your visitor doesn't have to scroll horizontally--you've got plenty of space, so you might as well use it.

Content
{21/25}
Your images are gorgeous, but several are broken or wouldn't load, and there was inappropriate language in one of the icons.

Grammar
{19/20}
You barely have any text, but you're missing a space in "byPrettychicky15" and I don't think "Angel" should be capitalized in your top image.

Usefulness
{9/10}
I took a point off here because several of your images were broken or wouldn't load.

Other
{9/10}
You didn't have the link I require anywhere.

Total: 89/100

Retrospect

First Impression
{9/10}
Gorgeous image, but it seems a little strange because when I first come in I have no clue what the site provides. Perhaps you could put a banner somewhere that says something like, "Lookups, layouts, palettes, and music codes"?

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works fine and is perfectly readable.

Layout Part 2
{9/10}
Generally, I really like your layout, I would just comment that one thing looks kind of strange: you have your column with navigation, contact, and link back before your welcome paragraph, which can be slightly confusing.

Content
{25/25}
Very nice layouts/lookups, and you have loads of variety.

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't see anything major.

Usefulness
{10/10}
No problem here!

Other
{9/10}
I didn't see a link to me anywhere, but I'll let that slide since you said you'd get it as soon as you got back on your main and for all I know you might not have. However, one part is not clear: where you have "apply & reqs", you don't say what you'd be applying for. At first I assumed that those were rules for requesting a layout or something. I had to click on "apply" to discover that it was for affies.

Bonus
{1}
I love your last six link back buttons.

Total: 98/100

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SongBird Names

First Impressions
{7/10}
My first impression of your page wasn't good or bad. I wasn't repulsed, but I wasn't interested either.

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works fine and is readable.

Layout Part 2
{7/10}
Like with your first impression, I don't find your layout particularly good or bad, just there.

Content
{23/25}
Your names were very unique, but some were unpronouncable. Also, I would remove the male/female distinction, because when you say/look at them, they're really mostly gender-neutral.

Grammar
{19/20}
I would put a space in "main account(power_peanut)" between account and (power_peanut). There were a couple other minor punctuation issues.

Usefulness
{10/10}
Although I didn't check to make sure that all of your names were untaken, I see from your updates that you have. People looking for names would have a collection to browse here.

Other
{9/10}
I would suggest getting some more 88x31 link back buttons, since you only have one.

Total: 89/100

SWEET Graphics

First Impression
{8/10}
The skull icon at the left contrasts incredibly with the pink layout. Also, the light pink on white/dark pink is hard to read.

Layout Part 1
{13/15}
Your layout works, but as I've mentioned it's hard to read the pink text (links, I think, and text in textboxes).

Layout Part 2
{9/10}
Your layout is nice, but nothing special.

Content
{24/25}
Most of your graphics were good (I laughed at the icons even though I'm not a Twilight fan) but a couple were slightly pixelized.

Grammar
{15/20}
Though you don't have much text, the text you do have has pretty bad grammar. You're missing apostrophes in all your contractions and you don't put spaces after your punctuation.

Usefulness
{8/10}
You have plenty of graphics, but you only include the image address and not the code to make it work. That would make it hard for people who don't know HTML to use them.

Other
{9/10}
Some of your icons are repeated.

Total: 86/100

Secret Observer

First Impression
{9/10}
Very nice, but is seems to be kind of missing something. I can't say what.

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout Part 2
{9/10}
In general, I like your layout, it just seems to be missing something--perhaps it's a little simplistic?

Content
{25/25}
You have a lot of sites, and all of the ones I looked at were still up (as opposed to now being a default petpage).

Grammar
{17/20}
I did spot a couple things: "directory site, that has everything you need" should either read "directory site, which has everything you need" or "directory site that has everything you need". Also, "Kill the Lights, is inspired by" should be "Kill the Lights is inspired by". And "choose which contact header are you going to use?" is not a question, nor is "Affiliares, or are you Getting Listed??" a sentence. And you misspelled affiliates.

Usefulness
{10/10}
You have plenty of links, and as far as I saw all of them work.

Other
{9/10}
Your counter (the one that shows total views, not the one that shows how many people are currently on the site) is hard to read.

Bonus
{1}
Very interesting introductory paragraph.

Total: 95/100

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HC-crets

First Impression
{7/10}
At first, your site seems kind of plain.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
Your layout is very minimalistic...I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.

Content
{25/25}
Your content is very...interesting. Some were funny, some were sad.

Grammar
{18/20}
There were a few small problems in both the text and images.

Usefulness
{10/10}
Though exactly how this site would be useful is kind of hard to determine, it fulfils its purpose, which is to show secrets of Neopets users anonymously.

Other
{9/10}
I would suggest getting more link back buttons. Perhaps something with the HC symbol on it?

Total: 92/100

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The Pound Surfing Guide

First Impression
{7/10}
Your layout seems kind of strange--I don't think the color scheme fits with the page--and I don't think it's really suited to your purpose.

Layout part 1
{12/15}
Your "Navigation" and "Introduction and Welcome" boxes are up on the header, and your images are too wide for your layout. Also, the bolded text is slightly hard to read.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
It's a nice layout, but I don't think it's suited to your purpose. Also, the big empty grey space off to the right just seems weird.

Content
{22/25}
Your guide isn't very detailed. Also, in "How to Pound Surf", all you do is show people where various components of the pound are; you don't explain at all how to pound surf. Also, on that image, some of the bright colors are hard to read.

Grammar
{13/20}
You have that annoying habit of capitalizing all the words in a sentence/random words in a sentence. Remember, only titles, names/proper nouns, and the first word of a sentence needs to be capitalized. You also have spelling and punctuation problems in several places.

Usefulness
{7/10}
As I said before, your guide isn't very detailed and doesn't really explain how you're supposed to "search for great named pets or painted pets in the pound".

Other
{8/10}
The fact that the images are too wide for the boxes they're in really bothers me. And you don't link back to me anywhere.

Total: 77/100

Colours of the Wind

First Impression
{9/10}
Something seems missing or slightly off. I can't say what; it may just be me.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works fine and is readable.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
In general I like your layout, but it bothers me that your signs and blogs sections must scroll sideways. Perhaps you could either shrink the images to fit (saying "drag to your address bar for a full-sized preview") or widen your center column? Also, I don't really like that your left and right columns end unevenly. Maybe you could lengthen the right one or move some stuff from the left one into the right?

Content
{23/25}
Most of your content is good, but your blogs seem pixellized/stretched and your "Closed" banner is grainy.

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't spot any problems. I would put a second curlique at the end of "a Disney graphics site by Marie", though, and capitalize the A.

Usefulness
{10/10}
You have a lot of content and a lot of variety. Very nice!

Other
{10/10}
I didn't spot any other problems.

Bonus
{1}
I like how you have a section on what's coming soon.

Total: 96/100

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Netiquette

I'm going to try to ignore the fact that I don't like to be kind.

First Impression
{8/10}
At first impression, your site doesn't repulse me, but it doesn't interest me too much.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works fine.

Layout part 2
{10/10}
Very nice layout. I like the background.

Content
{25/25}
At first I thought your site would be a drag to read, telling me "OMG don't flame that poor person their mom might be dying of cancer!" But it wasn't. It was actually quite interesting. It seems to end a little soon, though...but since I can't really think up anything else to put in there, I won't take off for that.

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't find any major problems.

Usefulness
{10/10}
I think your guide would be useful for someone, probably new, looking for a guide on how to act.

Other
{9/10}
I didn't see my button anywhere.

Total: 97/100

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Aerofusion

Once again, I will try to ignore my previous visits to this site.

First Impression
{8/10}
First, right off I know that there's something wrong with your coding because your updates are floating in the upper right corner of the homepage. Check on that? And I would recomment putting "button requests" or something similar under Aerofusion so that people know what the site is when they first come in.

Layout part 1
{14/15}
The only problem is the updates.

Layout part 2
{9/10}
Very nice color scheme, but the "rules" column is disproportionately long. I'm afraid that I don't have any advice for that; I have the same problem on my art page.

Content
{24/25}
Your buttons are very nice, but the "music" in "Rita's music" is slightly hard to read. I would have made that a brighter color.

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't see any problems.

Usefulness
{9/10}
I would say that looking at all the border options on a different page is slightly annoying. If you're going to do that, I would advise that you at least have them horizontally instead of vertically; all that scrolling is kind of annoying. Perhaps just put them horizontally with spaces between them?

Other
{9/10}
You say that your waiting list is going to be in the second section, but it's not. Perhaps you could put the link to the border options (or maybe the border options themselves) in the main box or with the font options (just title it "options"?) and have the waiting list in the left column.

Bonus
{2}
I love your link back buttons, and the buttons that you made for me.

Total: 95/100

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Elements

First Impression
{10/10}
Wow! Very nice layout. Before I even begin to read your site, I like your layout.

Layout part 1
{14/15}
The only problem is that the layout is that there's a little tiny sliver cut off on the right side. It's about a quarter, maybe less, of the scrollbar, or half of the L in Carl.

Layout part 2
{9/10}
Wow! I love your layout. But...(there's always a catch) I would advise making it shorter (vertically) so that the visitor only has to scroll within the box. Also, the flowers on the right side end abruptly. Perhaps make it wider?

Content
{24/25}
Very nice graphics! But...(again with the catch) there don't seem to be very many of them, especially the backgrounds. Also, in some of the glitters it takes a while to figure out what's glittering.

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't spot any problems.

Usefulness
{10/10}
I considered taking a point off because of their quantity, but I decided not to. You have a lot of completed requests and not that many general items.

Other
{9/10}
I would advise having more than one link back button, for variety.

Bonus
{3}
I love your smilies, the detail with which you update your site, and how you comment on your reviews.

Total: 99/100

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Quizmania

First Impression
{9/10}
It's very blue. Perhaps a little too blue.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Your layout works fine.

Layout part 2
{9/10}
I decided not to take off points for the incredible blueness because it's okay once you look at it for a while. It's just overwhelming when you first come in. It is slightly simple-looking, though. That may be a good thing...

Content
{25/25}
All of your links lead to what they're supposed to.

Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't see any problems.

Usefulness
{9/10}
I would suggest organizing the quizzes by category--perhaps non-Neopet related quizzes would be in one category, "Which ____ are you?" quizzes in another, and personality/other quizzes in a third?

Other
{8/10}
You didn't have the link I require anywhere. Also, I would suggest titling the "Quiz of the..." section "Selected Quizzes". And the blue star, a graphic, doesn't really belong in a site that's otherwise completely focused on quizzes.

Total: 95/100

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Hopeless Thoughts

First Impression
{8/10}
Your welcome image is a bit large, I think, and it also doesn't tell you what the site provides. Maybe you could put a line on it that says "a graphics site" or something?

Layout Part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout Part 2
{8/10}
Please, please, please make the scrollboxes with graphics in them wider. You've got loads of empty space under your headers; there's no need to make your visitor scroll horizontally. In fact, I don't think it'd be a problem if you removed the scrollboxes completely.

Content
{23/25}
I'm not a fan of any of these people, but I'll try not to judge based on that. The text on several of the blends looks extremely out of place and one of them is slightly pixelized.

Grammar
{15/20}
You have large and consistant problems with punctuation. You need to put spaces after your exclamation points, colons, commas, and periods, and apostrophes in your contractions. You also misspelled "dawn" and capitalized "welcome", "me here", and "edited" unnecessarily.

Usefulness
{8/10}
You need to make your graphics link back to your page. Also, your "Neomail me here" link directs the user to send a Neomail--with the "To" field blank.

Other
{7/10}
You need to shrink your awards so that the column doesn't have to stretch and remove the marquee from your affies; it doesn't give people time to click on them.

Total: 84/100

Legend of the Seeker Directory

First Impression
{5/10}
Your site seems unfinished--you've still got headers that say "subtitle" and areas that just say, "text here".

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout Part 2
{7/10}
It's nice, but slightly simplistic, and the banner looks unattractively pixelized and sketchy.

Content
{17/25}
You really need to add more categories and require that all buttons be the same size--probably 88x31. Also, you need to separate "guides" and "directories" and "buttons" and "music", as they're very different things.

Grammar
{20/20}
You barely have any text.

Usefulness
{8/10}
You have no rules, form to get listed, or link to Neomail you, which would make it quite difficult to get listed.

Other
{6/10}
You're missing my link and the links to other of my pages that affied with you. Also, you need more link back buttons.

Total: 79/100

Kira's Blinkies

First Impression
{9/10}
Your banner is a little hard to read, so it's hard to figure out the site name.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable, except for the banner; "blinkies" can be slightly hard to read.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
Nice layout, but the right column seems kind of short and the link back buttons are up pretty high.

Content
{23/25}
Nice images, but most of them are kind of pixelly--not pixelized exactly, but irregular, not smooth. Also, some of them are hard to read, and so is the "new" sign.

Grammar
{19/20}
You're missing a period after every sentence where you used a smiley, and in some of the rules. In the phrase "I do not make lookups or banner, sorry", banner needs to be plural.

Usefulness
{10/10}
You have plenty of quite nice blinkies.

Other
{10/10}
I like how you have a "Coming Soon" section.

Total: 94/100

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Asparagus Anonymous

First Impression
{8/10}
Your banner seems kind of large, and it's strange that two of the images (the two right after Adam) have different colored backgrounds while the rest are all the same.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
It's nice, but I would say to use a different font, and the unevenly-ending small columns just seem wrong to me.

Content
{20/25}
Your content is interesting, but it all seems to be a bit lacking in detail. There's another problem: you claim to be helping people break their addictions to asparagus, yet you praise and flaunt asparagus all over the page. I can't help that think that's a bit wrongheaded. You tell people how to stay away from asparagus, then detail how to keep it from aging; you say "Definitely DON'T wear green", but that's the color of your layout.

Grammar
{15/20}
You have a lot of small problems: capital letters in the middle of sentences ("yes is the answer, Then you've", "let me know, Just give", etc.), missing spaces after periods ("2.Set", every name on the list of addicts), uncapitalized first letters of sentences ("or you could simply", "not bad for first"), and more. Also, "A question you ask yourself repeatedly?" is not a question or a sentence; it should read, "Is this a question you ask yourself repeatedly?" And you misspelled "spiffie"; it should read "spiffy".

Usefulness
{8/10}
Your site is nice, but I think you could add a lot more detail.

Other
{9/10}
For some small suggestions: you should make your counter out of an image of asparagus instead of a muffin and resize all your awards to the same size.

Total: 83/100

Flare

First Impression
{10/10}
Nothing jumps out at me to criticize...I actually like your banner; it fits well.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout part 2
{7/10}
I would prefer the scrollboxes to be taller, and you've got plenty of space off to the right side for a second column, perhaps containing link backs, affies, and other sitely information.

Content
{24/25}
Your site has an extremely unique concept, and frankly, there isn't exactly anything to compare it with. It can probably be named the best noticeboard site in Neopia, because I'm pretty sure it's, well, the only noticeboard site in Neopia. Enjoy that title; I predict that as Flare's popularity increases, imitations will follow. However, I did take one point off because all the posts are centered except the thread "Cute New Pixels", which is kind of strange.

Grammar
{17/20}
I didn't proofread the posts themselves because they were not written by you. In "thinking one day; why", the semicolon should be a colon. In "Read Flares appraisal", Flare needs to be possessive: Flare's. You seem to not finish sentences when you use smilies after them. "People have posted, the newest topics" should read "people have post. The newest topics..." There were several places in "My Noticeboard" where you had not capitalized an I. There were a few other small problems.

Usefulness
{10/10}
Your site would certainly be useful for getting a message out, and I in fact intend to post about another of my sites when I finish this review.

Other
{9/10}
Just as a note, your link to A Stick in the Mud from the award continues into the beginning of your "comment" section.

Total: 92/100

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For You

First Impression
{8/10}
I'd suggest that you make your site's name more glaringly obvious for people like me who sleep too much. Also, at first I thought your site was a directory of tutorials.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything seems to work and is readable.

Layout part 2
{7/10}
Your layout is nice, but it's extremely long. It would be really nice if you would shorten it and just have more content scroll. Also, it kind of bothers me that there's a little box at the bottom right that says "Neopets" but is empty except for a weird white spot. In addition, your navigation just isn't obvious enough for me. Refer to above comment about sleeping too much. You also have larger text on "for_you_tutorials#something" sections than on sections that are on other pages.

Content
{24/25}
Your tutorials were informative, but I did spot a few problems. In the "Being Polite" section, I'm afraid that you were incorrect on your assessment of the word "n00b" and spamming. First of all, "n00b" does not refer to an inexperienced player--that's a newbie. A n00b is someone who is purposefully annoying. More on that on this page. Secondly, spamming is not posting things to bump up a board or talking a lot. Spamming is creating boards that have nothing to do with the topic of the area, for example screaming "HI OMG IM MILY CYRUS" in the middle of the Help Chat. That's I think all I have for correction, although you may want to note that I'm mostly CSS-clueless. I would also suggest that in each section you link to other guides for that topic in case someone still has unanswered questions.

Grammar
{18/20}
I did spot a lot of small errors, but I can't remember pretty much any of them because you have tons of text. I also didn't take off many points because, again, you have tons of text.

Usefulness
{10/10}
Your site has tutorials on almost everything I can think of. Well, not really, but I think of weird things that no one in their right mind would need to know. Like how to rob chickens.

Other
{9/10}
I would suggest that you put your updates in a scrollbox.

Bonus
{2}
You get two bonus points for the enormous amount of content you have.

Total: 93/100

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William's Realistic Page

First Impression
{6/10}
Your page makes a very unfavorable first impression. The banner is blurry and unprofessional. There seems to be a broken image hovering over a ghost Hissi. And the random swirls background really doesn't work for me.

Layout part 1
{13/15}
Your layout works, but the white headers are hard to read against the white swirls.

Layout part 2
{6/10}
You don't really have a layout, just a dislikable background.

Content
{10/25}
You barely have any content, and I'm fairly unimpressed by what you do have.

Grammar
{18/20}
You barely have any text, and in that you do have, "This Picture is of my Art Apron!^^" should read, "This picture is of my art apron! ^^" or preferrably just "This is a picture of my art apron." You also need a space between the exclamation point and smiley in the caption of your third image.

Usefulness
{7/10}
Your site doesn't really seem to have a purpose--or if it does, I can't find it. Perhaps a welcome paragraph would help viewers do so?

Other
{9/10}
I would suggest getting a link back button that actually relates to your site.

Total: 69/100

Rose Graphics

First Impression
{7/10}
You have a giant black and white image overstepping its borders in a pink layout, which is a little strange. Your banner image is also a little tall--I'd like to be able to see at least the beginning of your welcome paragraph without scrolling down. Perhaps you could improve this by adding your site's name to the image?

Layout part 1
{15/15}
No problem here.

Layout part 2
{7/10}
Besides the overlarge welcome image, you have your updates in a textbox--they should be in an actual scrollbox. If you don't know how to do that, you can learn here. Also, your textboxes--like the one for your form--are really too wide for your right column.

Content
{17/25}
One, you say "photos from photobucket", which means that you didn't make some of them--I can't really give you that much credit for copying and pasting some codes. Second, you don't have that many graphics. And third, the pink Lutari glitter looks odd--I would suggest only making the dark pink and perhaps the black glitter.

Grammar
{18/20}
In one of your poems, "tuff" should be "tough". Also, in your updates, I suggest you use a colon instead of a hyphen--for example, "7/23/09-I fix the navagation!" should be "7/23/09: I fix the navagation!".

Usefulness
{8/10}
I took points off because the pictures were from Photobucket and not made by you, so people could have found them elsewhere.

Other
{8/10}
First of all, your graphics section contains headers for "other" and "requests", but you haven't labelled your icons. Also, your "Reviews: Open" status doesn't make sense because in almost all sites, you have to request a review; reviewers don't run up to you screaming, "Can I review your site?

Total: 80/100

Nia's Untaken Names

First Impression
{8/10}
Not bad! However, the striped Uni image on your banner is blurry, and the silver stars seem strange. Also, it seems odd that your sidebar scrolls. I do, however, like the color scheme.

Layout part 1
{12/15}
Everything's readable, but half of your scrollbar is cut off. Also, the navigation to the different letters doesn't work for me, though the navigation to the welcome-Iryllie works fine.

Layout part 2
{7/10}
In general I like your layout, but I have a lot of problems with it. One, the main text area is too small. I'd suggest making the banner and navigation shorter so that your body text can be taller. To me, it just seems like your body text should be much taller than your banner. Two, the scrolling sidebar--I would suggest making the entire layout taller so that the sidebar doesn't have to scroll. Perhaps you could just remove the scrolling and height constraints and let both your sections be as long as they need to be? Three, I'd suggest that you center your scrollboxes.

Content
{25/25}
I'm going to be honest here: I didn't read very many of your names. Why? Because you have an incredible amount. That alone impresses me, because it increases the chances that someone will find a name they like.
Grammar
{20/20}
I didn't find anything major.

Usefulness
{10/10}
No problems here!

Other
{7/10}
One, the rules for your affies seem a little excessive. Rules two and four are standard knowledge, there's a code you can use to set the subject of the message if you want to, and then there's the whole appropriate greeting/farewell thing. I understand that you're trying to provide something that will prove they read the rules, but you really just need to put one thing, possibly something like, "Include the word 'Hawaii' somewhere in your form so that I know you read the rules." Also, I dislike the name of the site because it implies that you came up with all of the names, which you didn't.

Total: 89/100

Anime Awesome

First Impression
{6/10}
Pretty neutral. Upon first seeing your site, I'm not about to run away in horror, but I'm not inclined to linger, either.

Layout part 1
{14/15}
Nothing's broken, but your text is a bit too small to read.

Layout part 2
{9/10}
The right column is incredibly long compared with the really short left one. I would recommend taking maybe half the stuff from the right column and moving it to the left until they're roughly even.

Content
{21/25}
None of what you have is bad, but I took some points off because you didn't make all of your icons. I would also recommend taking screenies of your layouts and putting them, reduced in size, over your lookups/guild layouts (as is done here) so that people can see what they'll look like before they use them.

Grammar
{10/20}
You have quite a lot of problems with grammar. One, it is rather annoying when you end your sentences with three to six exclamation points. One or two at the most convey your excitement just as well. Two, capitalizing the word "I" is not an option; nor is using apostrophes in contractions or putting a space after the end of a sentence. "Confuseing" should be spelled "confusing". Periods need to be used even when you have a smiley after the sentence. You need to write "august,12" as "August 12" or, better yet, "August 12th"; "iTouch..So sorry," should be something along the lines of "iTouch... So sorry." Unless you mean the blinkie saying "bye" to be the next word in the sentence; in that case you should probably put it on the same line as "So sorry". "Iv" (capitalized by me) is the Roman numeral for four. I think you mean "I've". "Scummies lookup tutorual(all" should be written "Scummie's Lookup Tutorial (all". Using bucketloads of so's fails to increase how very sorry you are and is just irritating. You also need to capitalize the first word in a couple sentences and spell "makeing" as "making". Also, "LINK ME?!?!?" is not a question and, even if it was one, would only require one question mark. "Neomail me?!?!" requires only a single question mark.

Usefulness
{8/10}
I took some points off because you didn't make all of the icons, so people could have found them elsewhere.

Other
{6/10}
Your paragraph telling people if requests are open is messy and hard to read, and doesn't mention whether "Your Name In Glitter Text!" is open. You should also create a form for requesting "Your Name In Glitter Text!" I would also extremely strongly recommend moving the past updates back to the site and putting them in a scrollbox.

Total: 75/100

Lorna's Petpage Directory

First Impression
{8/10}
Your banner is wonderful. However, your right column seems a little too wide, and I find the pink and green color scheme fairly unappealing.

Layout part 1
{14/15}
The color of your links hurts my eyes, and they're particularly hard to read in your navigation table, with green on green.

Layout part 2
{7/10}
In addition to what I mentioned before (overlarge column, unappealing color scheme, painful, hard-to-read links), your navigation table would look a lot better if it was centered. I would in fact recommend making the table itself invisible and just displaying the text. Also, I don't know if this is just me, but I I've always found the font you're using for your headers childish.

Content
{23/25}
I didn't look at many pages, but I found at least one that was now closed. Also, you have several spots where multiple pages are labeled the same thing, which is rather confusing. It looks like you've attempted to create a name that sums up the page instead of taking the owner's name for it, which is a pretty bad idea.

Grammar
{17/20}
The main thing that jumps out at me is that you have a period after each of your titles, which is unnecessary, as they're not sentences. Like a lot of people, you don't seem to finish sentences after which you use smilies. The first sentence of your welcome paragraph is a bit run-on; I would suggest separting it into "There are so many useful petpages in Neopia." and "why not have a place which contains links to these guides, graphics and adoption agencies?!

Usefulness
{9/10}
I would suggest adding rules and guidelines for anyone who gets listed.

Other
{8/10}
I would suggest moving your credits to the right column. Also, the section you have labeled "Blog" is actually your updates--to be a blog it would need to discuss each update and/or other things in your life in depth. The section you have labeled "Updates" should be called counters or statistics.

Total: 86/100

Cotton Island

First Impression
{10/10}
On first impression, I see nothing that detracts from your site. Your banner is adorable and your layout is nice. Your banner is a little hard to read, but as you have your site's name below it in your welcome's header, I didn't take off for that since it's still obvious what your site is.

Layout part 1
{14/15}
Everything works, but the color of your bold text is a little too bright and/or light to read. I can read it, it's just hard and hurts my eyes a little.

Layout part 2
{10/10}
Your layout is very pretty. I couldn't find anything to critcize about it, except for the bold text, and I covered that in the last section.

Content
{25/25}
Your buttons are very nice. Some of them I find hard to read, but that's because I don't like one of the fonts you use, and that's not your fault; it's my personal likes and dislikes and the choice of the requester. If your requests were open at the moment, I would request a button.

Grammar
{20/20}
In my opinion, it's unnecessary to hyphenate "button-request-site" in your welcome, but I didn't take off for that since hyphens don't like me and vice versa. Other than that, I spotted no problems.

Usefulness
{9/10}
I find the font you used on the buttons that show what each border looks like a bit hard to read.

Other
{8/10}
You have strangely few link back buttons for a button request site. Also, it seems odd that you don't want to be affies with sites with a lot of affies, as that generally directs more traffic to them, and from them to you.

Total: 96/100

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Sun City Designs

First Impression {6/10}
I find your banner very dislikable, and it contains addresses of non-Neopets sites, which is very iffy where the rules are concerned. I also have no idea what your site is when I first come in, only that it seems to be about these people I've never heard of.

Layout part 1
{5/15}
Your layout is really messed up. You've got weird grey lines that on second glance appear to be the headers of some other sections behind your layout, and then your layout dies and you've got stuff all over the place in no particular order. Some of your stuff is behind your layout.

Layout part 1
{6/10}
Even if your layout worked, I wouldn't like it much, as it's pretty much completely colorless. Also, there's really no reason to have your welcome, "now playing" and blog scroll. The blog, yes; the other stuff, no.

Content
{13/25}
First of all, I almost didn't find your content at all. You really need to make your navigation more obvious. Second, the layout on your content page is also messed up, so much of the content is hard to access. Third, your userlookups appear to be just the default Neopets userlookup, plus an image. Fourth, while it's tolerable with backgrounds and icons, I can't help but feel that taking pixels from an image hosting site borders on stealing. At the very least, it's pretty rude; those pixels were not made by you, so you really have no right to redistribute them, and if any of the people who made them have a Neopets site, they can report you for graphics theft.

Grammar
{7/20}
You don't capitalize anything, and I spotted several mistakes in Chase's about me box: the first sentence was run-on, there was a random ":d" in the middle of a sentence without a space separating it from a word...etc.

Usefulness
{4/10}
Your content is hard to access and the stuff that you took off of a image hosting site could be found elsewhere.

Other
{8/10}
It's kind of weird that you say "don't be on my wall of shame", when people really have no choice: if you decide that they belong on your wall of shame, they go on your wall of shame. They can decide whether to follow the rules, but the end decision whether to put them on your wall of shame is up to you. It would make more sense to say "don't break the rules". Also, some of the images you classify as pixels are really more icons or smileys.

Total: 59/100

The Screen Savers

First Impression
{8/10}
The main things that strike me when I enter your site are: one, the banner's a little blurry and hard to read, and two, the blue in your banner and layout is slightly too bright for comfort.

Layout part 1
{14/15}
Your layout works, but your text is a bit too small to read without straining my eyes.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
Your layout is very nice, except for the things mentioned earlier. Also, the columns seem very uneven; I would suggest moving "review awards" to the left column.

Content
{22/25}
I didn't check all the screenies, but the following users' screenies were no longer up: Brazilianprince, Kinalima, Kiss_The_Cow, Kitten_Luv9. Funcky_Monkey14's screenies had moved. Also, I would recommend that you organize screenies by the type of screenies they contain, not by the username. For example, some pages have only pound screenies, some pages have only board screenies, and some people prefer pound screenies while others prefer board screenies.

Grammar
{17/20}
You need a space after every colon you use after "user" and "pet". "The Screen Savers' I know such a awesome name right?" should read something like "'The Screen Savers'--I know, such an awesome name, right?" Dead link and at least are both two words. In "welcome to The Screen Savers, we're a directory of screenie pages", the comma should be replaced with either a period or a semicolon. "Again it is a requirement of being part of the directory to link back to this page, you can do this by posting our link back button (located on left sidebar) or by posting a text link, on your screenie page" should probably read something like: "Again, you must link back to be part of this directory. You can do this by posting our link back button (located on the left sidebar) or a text link on your screenie page.".

Usefulness
{8/10}
The way you list your screenies is kind of confusing. I would suggest listing the person's username as a link to their screenies, or listing them "username linking to lookup - screenies" and have the "screenies" go to their screenies.

Other
{8/10}
It's kind of strange that you have a random dancing Kougra by your welcome paragraph. I would suggest getting a wider selection of link back buttons, and one of your link back buttons doesn't have your site's name on it.

Total: 85/100

Aberrant Rune Graphics

Hey, I actually recognize some of these people!

First Impression
{8/10}
Your banner is very nice, but the text on it is a bit too light to read. Also, your color scheme in general is kind of light and beige for my taste.

Layout part 1
{8/10}
Everything works, but the font for your second header is incredibly hard to read, as is your italic text.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
As I mentioned before, your lookup is a little too light and beige for my taste--there's not enough contrast; it all feels kind of washed out. Also, there's something about the color of your text against the color of the background that I don't like. I would also suggest making the navigation more obvious.

Content
{22/25}
A few problems: your "guild layouts" links to a page that contains nothing more than a fairly creepy image. In your "Rukia and Ichigo" blog, the text is misaligned. The title "Tokyo Mew Mew" in the similarly named blog is hard to read, and the image looks grainy or pixelized. Other than that, though, your graphics look quite nice. The title in the "Dark and Light" blog is also hard to read.

Grammar
{19/20}
In "Instructions:To use my lookups", you need a space between the colon and the "to". You have similar problems all throughout your FAQ. The sentence "Are you done my *insert request here* yet?" in the FAQ is missing the word "with".

Usefulness
{9/10}
I would have preferred that you have the name of each blog in text over the blog, and then the code under it, as the blogs' titles aren't always too obvious.

Other
{7/10}
I would suggest putting your link back buttons in the column with your navigation, if you can; it would be easier to access. Also, the page you link for "guild layouts" may have users changing their secret words in fear of CGs, as it has nothing to do with guild layouts at all.

Total: 86/100

Plum Graphics

First Impression
{9/10}
The only thing I can mention is that there's something about your banner--I don't know what--that hurts my eyes.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
My only problems are your banner--hurts my eyes for some reason, and doesn't really match the rest of the color scheme--and that your "affies" and "listed at" sections are kind of long. I would suggest widening them or making them scroll.

Content
{23/25}
Most of your graphics are great, but the text on a few of the banners is hard to read, and the fonts on your buttons are kind of large.

Grammar
{17/20}
In general, your grammar is good except for a few mistakes, but several of your sentences don't read well or make sense. You're missing periods in some sentences that you use smileys after, and in others you put the period after the smiley, which I don't recommend--I would suggest putting the period and then the smiley. "Oh" and "Requests" have been capitalized unnecessarily in your updates, and "Sentence" in your rules. The sentence "Suggestions are open right now, and I hope to get a few shortly, but I have decided to keep requests closed, to try to get more content" seems kind of run-on, and part of it doesn't read well; I would rewrite it as "Suggestions are open right now, but I've decided to keep request closed. I hope to get a few suggestions and more content soon" or something along those lines. In the sentence "I'm really sorry that requests are still closed, but they are", "but they are" is rather redundant; if they weren't, you wouldn't be apologizing. Instead of saying "you can't take my banners to a Graphic Program", which is kind of hard to understand, you should just say something like, "Don't edit my banners". "Please use the link above to get the code as it makes the page stuff up when I put it here" doesn't really make sense; I think you mean "mess" instead of "stuff"?

Usefulness
{9/10}
Some of your preview seem to be cut off and not show the whole layout.

Other
{9/10}
You say you accept suggestions, but you don't mention who to Neomail them to.

Total: 90/100

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Best Dressed

First Impression
{10/10}
Oh, wow. Very nice layout. Before even reading any of your text, I like your site.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
Everything works and is readable.

Layout part 2
{9/10}
Your layout is absolutely beautiful. It's a little blue, though.

Content
{24/25}
I didn't look at every single pet in your directory, but there were a few who weren't following your requirements--they weren't wearing backgrounds.

Grammar
{18/20}
I would suggest that you right out "at" in the links back button. Also, in "This page is best view with a screen larger than 1024 x 768", view should be "viewed". In your notices, "I remove your pet" should be "I will remove your pet".

Usefulness
{10/10}
No problems here!

Other
{9/10}
I'm not sure that your counter really goes with your layout...but that's just my initial opinion, you don't need to go by that. Also, you list how many pets in a species you have listed in some sections, but not in others.

Total: 95/100

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Haengbok

First Impression
{10/10}
Nothing leaps out at me to criticise.

Layout part 1
{15/15}
No problems here.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
I would suggest making your navigation a little more obvious--the first time I viewed your site, it took me a while to find it. It also seems a little strange that it says "Caught in the Headlights" on your banner, but I didn't take points off for that because I understand that that's for credit.

Content
{22/25}
Your lookups don't display trophies, which I think they're supposed to. In your "Girls' Generation" lookup, you seem to have a randomly floating blue bar under the stats, and it doesn't look to great. In your "honey-sempai" lookup, there's a white square up near the top of the screen, just to the right of your image--it seems to be shaking hands with the ugly Nickelodian bar. In your "Faerie Xweetok" lookup, the links seem to be sticking out of the nice neat box-looking part of the graphic.

Grammar
{18/20}
You don't have periods at the end of sentences where you use smileys. "I moved when I was 2 to the US" doesn't really read well; it should read "When I was two, I moved to the US". "Forgived" in your about me paragraph should be "forgiven". Also, you need a period after "etc" wherever you use it, as it's an abbreviation.

Usefulness
{8/10}
Your Faerie Xweetok lookup preview doesn't contain the textbox that the layout has when I preview it on my lookup, and in some of your other previews you should put "YOUR TEXT WILL BE HERE" so that people can tell. Also, your Girls' Generation lookup preview is extremely small.

Other
{8/10}
Your credits and updates aren't the same on every page, and you have a bunch of rainbow pixels on your graphics page, which is kind of weird because I sort of expect the sidebar to be the same on each page.

Bonus
{1}
Kudos to you for having layouts that still work!

Total: 90/100
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Bouton

First Impression
{8/10}
There's nothing really unattractive when I first enter your site, but I find it kind of drab and uninteresting. Perhaps you could add a nice banner or a layout with multiple columns?

Layout part 1
{13/15}
The layout works, but the text in your textareas is too small to read and your italic text is too light to read.

Layout part 2
{7/10}
The bold color is a little too bright for comfort, your header fonts are kind of small--particularly the header two, it doesn't really draw my attention--and the background seems to flicker when I scroll.

Content
{23/25}
Most of your buttons were awesome, but there were a couple that seemed unintentionally blurry and one that was hard to read. Also, in a couple buttons you have white pixels around an object where it's clear that you've filled in the background around it.

Grammar
{18/20}
You use "there" instead of "they're" and "your" instead of "you're" repeatedly, and you're missing periods and spaces in spots. You also have a few sentences that don't make sense because you seem to have dropped the word "are". "I will only make maximum 2 buttons" should read, "I will only make a maximum of two buttons". Your first sentence under "Sister Site" is run-on and repetitive. "The name? Why the name is simply button is french. I love learning languages and I really loved it, so I decided to rename Glacial Buttons, into the wonderful Bouton!" should read "The name? Why, the name is simply 'button' in French. I love learning languages and I really loved the word, so I decided to rename Glacial Buttons 'Bouton'". Under Reviews, "scored" should be "score".

Usefulness
{8/10}
I wouldn't personally use your site because you don't give the requester much choice--you choose the border and you choose the animation--and yet you want them to give you the exact URL of the image they want. What are they supposed to do when they want an image that isn't on Neopets? I would also suggest that you provide a form and options for people who want to pick their own border. You could put something like, "I may tweak your request to make it look better".

Other
{8/10}
You need to link to Amber's site when you credit her, and your "Awards" section uses the same header you do when announcing the name of your site, which is kind of same.

Total: 83/100

Serendipity Pixels

First Impression
{10/10}
Oh, wow. Very impressive layout at first glance. Extremely nice. So, nothing jumps out at me.

Layout part 1
{14/15}
The only problem I'd note here is that the text on your goodie bag banner is very hard to read. It looks like it says, "Click fosi info SP coodie bac hunt", and it's especially difficult to make out because it's at an angle.

Layout part 2
{9/10}
When I tilt my screen a certain way, the background is a different color than the top image, but it doesn't look bad exactly, just a little strange.

Content
{23/25}
Some of your pixels look a little odd--the candy corn one is kind of round, the spider one isn't anatomically correct (all four pairs of a spider's legs sprout from its abdomen, not its thorax; yes, I'm a nerd), and your Ghostkerchief sword's crossguard is as long as the sword itself. It's hard to read the text on a couple of the lighter-colored welcome beads and I'm not really sure why the ends of the pencils are grey (real pencils are brown or tan). But most of your pixels are great.

Grammar
{19/20}
The only definite thing I can point is that in your navigation, "MSpaint" should be "MS Paint". I would also strongly suggest writing out "and" instead of using "&", but that may just be personal preference.

Usefulness
{10/10}
No problems here!

Other
{9/10}
I'm unsure why you have a pixel saying "SP News" next to your credits. Wouldn't it make more sense to have it by your updates?

Bonus
{2}
I love your Codestone pixels.

Total: 95/100

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Mimi's Graphics

First Impression
{7/10}
Your layout is kind of strange--it looks like you've tried to make it colorful, but it really just comes across as colorless and off. Just glancing at your welcome shows me loads of spelling and grammar mistakes, and your navigation and counter are sticking out of the box allocated to them.

Layout part 1
{13/15}
Everything is readable, but your navigation and counter are overstepping their boundaries, and the end of your button request form is cut off.

Layout part 2
{8/10}
As I said before, your layout is a strange combination of colorful and colorless. Your title area is purple to the point of being painful, but except for rare flashes of color in your formatted text, the rest of the layout is completely colorless and drab.

Content
{15/25}
First, at least some of your button borders are from the Goodie Box, which is against their rules. Yes, you credit the site (without linking to it, by the way, so that no one can find it), but it specifically says on that site not to use its borders. Right here. In your Desserts guild layout, all of the images have fuzzy white borders around them, which is a bit distracting. In your Bleach guild layout, many of the images are grainy. The things you call pixels are not pixels: they're painfully fast-moving animations. In your button requests, you need to put up examples of buttons you've previously made, and your borders are atrociously grainy. Your Userlookups area contains no actual userlookups.

Grammar
{5/20}
I'm sorry, your lack of grammar and spelling is simply painful. If I were to go into it all here, It'd be longer than the rest of the review. So let me just give you a few tips: when using I as a pronoun, it should always be capitalized. So should the beginning of sentences. Always. The things in your third tab are called "shields". Animation, Stuff, and Pixels are not proper nouns and so don't need to be randomly capitalized in the middle of a sentence. Basically, I strongly recommend a spelling and grammar check. If you have a word processing program, you can just copy and paste your text into it to spell check it. Oh, and in your FAQ, "How old are?" seems to be missing a "you".

Usefulness
{6/10}
You have shields without codes, so you might as well have none at all. In your guild layouts, for credit, you really need to put a link back to your site in the textboxes--otherwise, no one will be able to find it. It'd be a lot easier to use your button requests if you put a link to Neomail you. Your "Request Status" is also bunched up against your welcome. Oh, and your Userlookups page is nothing but random text, as I pointed out earlier.

Other
{6/10}
When you credit a site that is on Neopets, you need to link to it so that people can actually find it. I'm going to assume that "Michgnchik3", the username on your graphics, is you, but you might want to mention that somewhere--a link to your lookup would be helpful, as would one to Neomail you. You also might want to add a waiting list so that people can see just how "very backed up" you are. You also don't have my button anywhere.

Total: 60/100

Race Trak

First Impression
{8/10}
Hmm...your front page seems kind of empty. Possibly because there's a lot more empty space in your textbox than there is text. It seems kind of strange that the stuff in the sidebar extends so far below the welcome text. Also, until I clicked on "Affiliates", "Link Back", "Listed at", or "Credit", they seemed pretty strange because they don't look like links; it just looked like you'd forgotten to put the content under them. Maybe you could make them look like links or separate them somehow?

Layout part 1
{15/15}
No problems here.

Layout part 2
{9/10}
The only problem I spot is the thing I mentioned before--some areas look empty because the content in the sidebar is so much longer than the content in the main area, creating a bunch of blank space.

Content
{19/25}
Your shop layout doesn't work with the new filters, or at least it didn't when I tried it. In your Tropius and Dragoninte lookups, I think there's too many all-caps things among the stats because all of the links are set that way. In the All You Need is Love lookup, the stats box sidescrolls, as does the "Games and Trophies" area in the Pirate Usul layout--a layout whose bold text, links, underlines and italics I find painful to read. The Mutant Ona layout's trophies are cut off if you have more than four on a line, and I also think that all-capitals are used too much. In the Ogrin lookup, text over the Ogrin's mouth and nose can be hard to read. In the Red CSS, the first three letters of "Welcome, argetl" are outside of the area that seems to have been assigned to that line; in the Turquiose CSS, it's only the W. The Across the Universe lookup's text box sidescrolls; so does the Scorchio lookup's stat area, because the Neohome box sticks out some. In the Rainbow Pop lookup, all of the modules on the right stick out just a little into the black background. In the Turtle lookup, the trophies sidescroll and my longer-named pets seem to be shoving their siblings' stats into corners to make room for their names--my Usul has claimed twice the space her picture would require. You may want to note, though, that I only saw these things when I previewed all of your layouts because I couldn't find anything to take points off for. (Yes, I'm horrible, I should have just left it, etc.) Oh, and I didn't check to see that your lookups or petpages work with the filter changes. Also, your graphics are pretty great, it's just that I'm a mean horrible person who likes to check every nook and cranny she can find for flaws.

Grammar
{19/20}
In your credit for petpages, you need a comma between the two phrases, so that the sentence reads, "Layout from Race Trak Designs, click to get your own", and I noticed small problems in the credits for several of your lookups (noticed at the time, but don't remember enough to quote, because I previewed a lot of lookups). I spotted a couple other small mistakes.

Usefulness
{9/10}
The only suggestion I'd make is to make the previews larger when you drag them to your address bar--life-size, if the expression applies.

Other
{9/10}
You seem to be missing the name of the review site that gave you an 86/100, and your navigation varies from page to page, which can be distracting.

Total: 88/100

Credits

Layout by Square One.

I looked at to help me get an idea for what to put up here.