I thought both websites (above) were a bit bland, to be honest.
In the first, I don't like the logo (or the vast area of emptiness around it). Also don't like the choice of fonts for the options at the top. You're using three different fonts in the same page (including the logo), and it just doesn't hang together, for me.
The second one is completely text-based and it doesn't even seem like its making the slightest attempt to hold my interest.
Perhaps critique isn't what you were after? But this is what I thought when I looked at your sites, and based on the samples you've given I'd much rather make my own site. At least that way if it turns out crap, I can't blame anyone but myself. ;)
In the first, I don't like the logo (or the vast area of emptiness around it). Also don't like the choice of fonts for the options at the top. You're using three different fonts in the same page (including the logo), and it just doesn't hang together, for me.
The second one is completely text-based and it doesn't even seem like its making the slightest attempt to hold my interest.
Perhaps critique isn't what you were after? But this is what I thought when I looked at your sites, and based on the samples you've given I'd much rather make my own site. At least that way if it turns out crap, I can't blame anyone but myself. ;)