New Portfilio Site - Please Critique :)

[threelefts]

Hey gang, I just posted a preliminary version of my new portfolio site I've been putting together. At the time of posting this (May 1st, 2008) I still plan to do a few things. For example:

- Add some sort of subtle scrolling text in the black area of the header, between the city image and the nav menu.
- When you click on the portfolio page, I plan to put in a crossroads image to choose what section of the portfolio you want to go to, this way I can break up the long list a little.
- Still need to do the contact page, right now it's just my email address.
- Lighten up some of the darker text on the resume page, in case a viewer had their monitor set a little darker than normal.
- Think I will change "Home Street" to "Main Street"
- Take in critique advice and possibly make changes from that. ;)

So please tell me your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. I look forward to hearing your reviews!! :)

Oh lol, and the site address is:

threelefts

[lolly]

the welcome to text looks very blurred

[threelefts]

Anyone else? :)

[petra]

Originally Posted by threelefts

Anyone else? :)

Yep looks blured to me too

[Diablos]

I like the idea you have had for the site and your logo work is very good but I thinkn the site is a little plain, other than the initial impression you get when it loads not much changes.

I know its nice to have uniformity and flow in a web design but it's also good to keep a level of uniqueness to pages, especially when you don't have that many, maybe a slight background change or something since you are on different "streets"

[Seedy GD]

I agree with Diablos. Nothing stands out with your site from an every day blog(except the lamp that is quite annoying to me personally).

I think maybe less scrolling is something you should look at as well.

Your "white" flash site is much more interesting. why not go with that?

[threelefts]

Interesting the differences you get from one forum to another. I posted on another forum and I got really good reviews. Where as over here they seem to be rather negative. But I'll put the info together and see what changes I can come up with. :)

[purplepixie]

I like the lamp, its a nice effect. the text is a little blurred though. overall i think its a really nice site though and can tell a lot of works been put in to it .. well done xxx

[flick]

i guess you've fixed the blurred text now? cause it looks fine to me :)

[zumojuice]

You've got some really nice ideas but personally I don't think you've made the best of them and you've tried to go for a bit of everything. In essence, you've watered down your ideas and diluted your strengths.

You've got a great idea with the signage, and I quite like the lamp, so what not extend that idea, create a deeper world for your user to into. Then have your text integrate with that. Think outside the boxes you've created too, Maybe you have a cross roads, with a shop, neon signs flickering, maybe thats a tv shop with a tv that flicks into action (roll over or not ) , you could have a traffic light that seems to cycle though, a bus shelter with bare neon tubes showing... I mean to inspire you and not knock you here. It is a good site, I just think you obviously have the skills to go further...

Also - contact page should be your number one priority - even if thats just a e-mail link. you could be missing passing trade already!

I'd lose the marquee entering strapline and the reflection.