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Hi everybody, I've been doing graphic design work in Seattle for the past 3-4 years or so, and I recently set up a legitimate portfolio site - http://www.planetsdesign.com. It's mostly branding and print work, small businesses and local bands, with a bit of web (I'm adding more web stuff soon, as well.) I'd be very interested to hear general impressions of the work and the site itself, and any and all constructive criticism, especially about the best methods to present this stuff. A couple things I'm conscious of are, removing the rounded bit from the slider, and getting more general "livery" shots for the portfolio - Tommysound, for instance, has a the logo on a truck and work shirts with the logo emboirdered on them, and I'm going to photograph them all together soon, since it tells a more compelling visual story than just a parade of cards. Also, since I tend to use this as a direct sales tool, or for the purposes of creative agencies to pimp me to people, It's somewhat light on copy - But I do intend to add a bit more general explanation-of-process and so on. Aside from that, have at it! Lavalamp fucked around with this message at Feb 8, 2013 around 03:36 |
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| # ? May 23, 2013 10:45 |
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Here's my thoughts: - The general layout works well - I don't especially mind the rounded slider, but the way it interacts with the contact button does bother me. - I think I'd prefer the contact drop down to always be visible. It would obviously have to be made more compact. - Your animations could be tightened up a bit. The zooms on the portfolio pieces links especially. They look a bit choppy. Good stuff.
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| # ? Feb 6, 2013 11:42 |
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Yip Yips posted:Here's my thoughts: This is what I feel too. The contact was the first (and pretty much only) thing that bothered me. Personally I'd move it to the left/vertical side of the screen rather than top horizontal. Great work!
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| # ? Feb 6, 2013 16:56 |
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Yip Yips posted:Here's my thoughts: Thanks! I'm admittedly less familiar with the coding half of things - would this be in reference to the mouseover animation on the thumbnails? And would fixing it basically be a matter of optimizing the script / speeding it up a bit?
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| # ? Feb 6, 2013 19:19 |
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Maybe it's just how I have my window set up, but I do find the animations a bit annoying. Like, here is what my experience with your site is like: 1) Scroll down, see the thumbnails 2) Click on a thumbnail at random, one of the lower ones 3) Window automatically scrolls to the top of the frame, but I have to manually scroll down again to see the entire image + read the caption. It just annoys me a bit to have to scroll back down, if there was a way to have it go from click -> see & read without scrolling the site would be a lot more slick. Having a skinnier header would probably do it. I don't think you need something that chunky.
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| # ? Feb 6, 2013 20:11 |
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triplexpac posted:Having a skinnier header would probably do it. I don't think you need something that chunky. Agreed. Your site content looks professional and high quality (great job on your image selections) but the navigation has the user constantly scrolling around. Some of your pictures have caption paragraphs that aren't even visible unless you scroll past the image, which is kind of a layout issue. Personally, I like your logo but the 3 image slideshow in the background is kind of meh (and why does it have button navigation?). You might want to consider if you can find a way to incorporate your logo somewhere else in the page's real estate and then drop the slideshow altogether. Overall, I think it's a cool site and will showcase your portfolio well. However, I think people shopping specifically for web design would be more impressed if they saw some interesting/creative layout choices.
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| # ? Feb 7, 2013 00:46 |
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| # ? May 23, 2013 10:45 |
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Overall, really great work.  I'm going through the same thing myself right now with my portfolio.Some points: + the work quality overall is good. + the concepts are unique and the work itself is interesting and not generic (hiring some designers right now -- surprisingly, forgettableness is an issue.) + the top moon is actually really nice and unique + the thumbnails are compelling + the writeups are concise +- the site has a lot of transitions and movement which is mixed. it feels zippy but it might be a bit overmuch +- there is a bit of redundancy in your choice of photos. - the different sizes of images cause your slideshow to break a bit, jittering it up 100px, down 150, down 500, etc. - the design work is good, but the photography isn't doing you a lot of favours. It's all over the place. White balance is mixed, with some cards looking yellow when they should be white. Some stuff looks shot in a studio, some stuff looks shot with an iPhone. Futurespace is a good example of this inconsistency. You go from flat icons, to a decently-lit dutch angle thing, to a so-so shot of something similar, but the lighting is bad, to a poor shot with white balance issues and the design itself is skewed or off-kilter in the shot, to someone holding the card. So, I know you said you were reshooting and flushing out some things, but a more detailed overhaul or audit might be worth it. - in agreement with that big slideshow in the top area. Not sure its doing you any favours.
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| # ? Feb 7, 2013 07:23 |
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