Welcome to the Second stop on the tour!
This is what I upgraded to after that green creation I had before. I designed this after I got a wonderful tip from my teacher. He said that part of the reason why google is so popular, is because of its simplistic look and feel. It makes customers feel calm when going in. On any other page they are bombarded with information. Google is a search engine, period. He also mentioned that the plain white background doesn't clutter up the page.
I took these two tips and designed around the whitespace with as little clutter as possible, while at the same time, trying to keep it stylish. I think I suceeded, however, my design became rather Blocky. After a while I decided that I wouldn't want my visitors trying not to jab themselves on the corners of my site while they surf.
One other thing to mention would be that this was the only time in my designs that I included a litte javascript. I created a clock underneath my logo. A fun addition, but unneccessary.