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#1

Hey guys and gals… I just made some minor updates to my web-portfolio and though I could use some of ya’lls criticism. Good, Bad, I don’t care. Thanks!

https://www.jeremiahlarson.com

#2

That’ some really, really amazing work :smiley: ! I’m being totally serious, its really good. The only thing i would ask is a bit more work, haha d:

#3

Two things -

*The webpage doesn’t center in the browser window.
*In terms of user interface, I think having separate sections for each type of art is perfect, but you might want to consider having everything on a single page per-section. I didn’t even see the page scroll buttons at first, and the less clicking and navigation someone has to do on your portfolio, the better!

#4

Thanks Rabid, Yea the center thing, i left it on “browser default”, soo default must be left side. Easy fix.

Scrolling would be nice, but I’d like to stick with the sketchbook/pages thing. An ideas on making the next page button stand out?

#5

Looks good, but needs moar content.

#6

Looks great, but I have two points of criticism (besides what has already been said):

  1. The text on the homepage looks cheap (imo), I’d consider using another font.
  2. I don’t know how knowledgeable you are of HTML, but having a complete page be a single image is generally a pretty bad idea. Try breaking the image up into separate parts (like buttons, background, the notebook) and assemble them using HTML. This results in a smoother experience and shorter loading times (on first visit, at least). What Rabid said about centring falls under this category as well.
#7

two things

looks like you made it in dreamweaver and you like gorrilaz

#8

Sersoft wins!.. I am no web designer, nor do I know html. That’s why I went with the crappiest possible way to make this :slight_smile:

#9

Then I’d suggest you learn some web design and HTML. A portfolio is often the first thing a possible employer will see, and if this is the thing he sees first, then you already blew your first impression, imho.

Golden tip if you don’t know HTML or webdesign: keep it simple, that way you have less chance of making something hideous. Having some basic typography styling shouldn’t be too hard for someone who studies arts and media.

#10

Yea… I had a big review yesterday with most of the animation instructors, they all liked it. I’m going to get rid of that pic on the front and replace it with something else.

Yea. I didn’t even try with this. Last time I tried to do something with it, people bitched about the font and positioning and just said keep it super simple… so I did. It does look boring though.

#11

Bolteh is in the business so that is why his advise would be good to listen to. =-)

dont look at my website. my website sucks donkey poo poo. :frowning:

#12

You’re better off having an online portfolio that looks solid but has nothing too fancy in terms of techniques used, than having one that looks and feels like you have no idea what the shit you’re doing.

Back in college, it was easy to impress my teachers/instructors because they didn’t expect professional results, they just wanted me to show them that I learned something. But when I went to apply for jobs using the very same portfolio, the professionals weren’t impressed, they often found it bland, unoriginal and badly made (and hey, they were right).

It’s best to show something simple that is just spot on, than showing something wild that misses the ball on every aspect.

#13

This is basically why I mentioned a single-page layout for each section aside from ease of navigation. You want all your work to be visible at a glance. If someone in a HR department somewhere can’t figure out how to navigate and reaches what they think is the ‘end’ then they might move onto the next applicant without reviewing all of your work, you want to avoid this at all costs! If you’re going after web and graphic design positions then a more creative portfolio would be encouraged, but if you’re going after animation or game jobs you just need something simple to show off your work.

With regards to making a multi-page layout more navigable; changing the colors on your buttons or making them larger is one option; a bright color (or even an arrow that has a colored ‘stroke’ around it) is going to stand out a little more. Alternatively having some sort of separate nav bar with page numbers and back/fwd buttons (perhaps centered at the bottom) might help, but it wouldn’t really fit without doing a page redesign, imo…

#14

I wouldn’t want to work for someone who doesn’t even have the least bit of effort to nagivate his way through someones portfolio.

#15

Well, my point is, when you’re presenting a portfolio, you want to make it as convenient as possible for the people who are tasked with reviewing it. You might earn a few extra points for making your portfolio more creative than just a page with pictures and your contact info on it, but you won’t lose anything for having an extremely simple design.

#16

Websites aren’t about effort, they’re about comfort.

#17

Bolteh, do you have some websites to share that you designed? Perhaps something to give the rest of us goobers some ideas of what YOU deem fantabulous?

#18

Wouldn’t call my work fantabulous, seeing as I’ve mainly been designing for B2B as it is, so design-wise they’re nothing special (have to stick to the corporate branding, after all), but in terms of structure and navigation they do their job.

Examples:

Those last 3 obviously are from the same company and thus have limits in as far as one could go.

Concept websites I did back in college:

#19

I really like the osprey one.

#20

Same.

I’m talking with a friend who owns a web development bureau to see whether we can work out something that actually works well (not this crappy AS3 attempt by me) with that design.

No idea what I’m going to do with it, might be able to sell the whole thing to a custom guitar shop or something, dunno. I just like it well enough to properly develop it.

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