Here are my first screen designs for my portfolio. Please give me any advise that you have to offer in terms of layout or design. Any ideas of what I do with the design in terms of Flash or other technologies would be appreciated.
posted by DREW @ 11:39 PM
In my spare time I enjoy listening to music, and am a big fan of film and media. At university my role as a volunteer on the university magazine was very interesting; it was satisfying to know I had been part of the team that had produced the final product. In 2005 I Graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a 2.2 in BA Honours Illustration Degree. Whilst at university I visited Manhattan in New York, which was a fantastic experience and a place I aim to visit again. I am a social person and like to spend time with friends and enjoy meeting new people. I take an interest in current affairs, new technology, and I like to take time out and be creative by drawing and creating digital images.
7 Comments:
Any chance of seeing some bigger screen designs Drew? I'm finding it difficult to pick out the detail on those.
Just a quick question how would your work be displayed on the site? I think it would be nice to see how the work would be displayed on your site.
I think something is needed under the 'Rainbow' as it just seems to stop dead, maybe a border around the main content?
Apart from that colours look good and line length is about right for your text.
I like the neon effect and the way you have used the colours in the rainbow. The font you have used for the links really works well with the banner too.
I dont think you should have the whole site with a dark background though. It gives the impression of a takeaway with the open sign on the homepage. I think it would work better with a lighter background.
I like your banner as it really catches your eye. Your homepage only contains vital information and does not contain a lot of text which is beneficial.
You could experiment with your links as there is quite a lot of padding between each link. Maybe align them to the left which would give you more room to play with in the right hand side.
I sort of agree with Rich in a way that it looks like a takeaway/cafe.
But this could be a good thing! you could use this as a theme to your site, sort of like a "Digital Cafe" or "Web Cafe" "Design Takeaway" you get the idea.
You could use Flash to give a buzzing sound to the neon light, with "Open" flickering on and off. Done sublty though!
I think what you have done so far could be used to good effect what ever your final idea is.
Not too sure about the fonts used for your links and the submit button. It looks petty good on your main header but it should be kept to the header only. I would keep the consistency between the links and the body font.
I also think that the submit button is huge. It could do with shrinking down.
I do think that the site needs some sort of light coloured background for the text.
Does the open sign really need to be that big? You could insert it into your header or make it smaller, giving you room to put more examples of your work on.
If that is the home page then the first thing that potential employers would want to see is some examples of your work at a glance.
Maybe your header is slightly too big? I am guessing tat anyone with a small resolution monitor would need to scroll before they see any of the text.
Looking good so far though
I like the header, but I think it's a bit too big, as is your form on your contact page. If you shrink everything down you'll find you've got a lot more room to play with.
Not convinced about the home page at the moment, and I think you're wasting a good opportunity. I don't really understand the purpose of the 'open' sign, and it takes up half of the page. I'd just drop the open image, reduce the amount of text and put it to the top of the page. Then you've got plenty of room to stick some portfolio examples on your home page.
I think you need to rename the links in your navigation so they're more clear as to what they are. I'd say you need to rename gallery to portfolio, and you've probably got a lot more room on the navigation to add a few more links to split it down further i.e. Print work, websites etc.
I quite like the dark theme, and it compliments well with your colourful header. I don't think you need to add any lighter backgrounds, just make the sizing of everything a bit more consistent and it'll look fine.
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