New portfolio-design: Help it not to suck so much.

Wahlgren

At first i didn´t think it was thread-worthy so i posted in another portfolio-thread but got directed to post a new one. Guess this is an ok place to post it on. Hopefully. If not im even more of a noob than i can handle.

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Posting this on various page on the web to get some crits. Hope nobody minds. I want the page to be good after all.

I decided to redesign my webpage and since my webcoding god/friend will do all the nasty coding for me i will have to come up with a design so i´ve been checking out piors page alot since i like what he has. Simplistic, easy and fast.

I wanted to get away from that dark "haxxor"-underground thing i´ve been having for awhile now. Banner is a WIP and the characters will be presented the same way as pior does it, (can´t render it out right now since im on the family comp). Will probably render the props like with the characters aswell.

http://www.pigged.net/stuff/designtest-hemsidafinaltest3.jpg


Is it to simplistic?
Does it look like **** to you?
Am i an idiot?

Some guy said i should go black-tribal-border on it instead of the plain ones i use now but... hmm. I like it right now even though it might be a bit plain. Should i go even more crazy with the design?

Thanks for your time

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Also here´s a second design im working on. Currently in the process of fixing the background-pattern and trying out different color-schemes.

http://www.pigged.net/stuff/design2.jpg

Mark Dygert

http://www.pigged.net/stuff/designte...finaltest3.jpg

Is broken, so....

Wahlgren

Damnit!... just because i copied my text from another forum. Oh well. Check it in a sec. Thanks for pointing it out




Also tried a new background pattern and color.

New: http://www.pigged.net/stuff/design2.jpg
Old: http://www.pigged.net/stuff/design1.jpg

kongni

I think the layout looks great!
Do you have somthing other than a crate to feature in the 3D environment section? Looks like a nice crate but a more complex object might be better.

Wahlgren

Got a few things laying around that i could use later on when it´s actually on the net in a working condition.

Didn´t want to put in more things right now in the design-template. If i did the picture would be even bigger.

It´s mostly the design right now im working on. Not the actual "portfolio"-part. Those pieces will come later this year. Since i got an internship already that will take most of my time so

Thanks by the way. Was it theh first or the second design you liked the most?

notman

I like the new look. The only things I might suggest is adding a little more detail to the banner/menu. Just something to break up the black a little bit... even if it's just a line above the menu (to keep it simple).
Also, you might want to keep the clickable previews the same style. What I mean by that is, the 3D work, you have the figures, but for 2D and Envir, you use icons/boxes. I like the way you have it for the 3D, so personally, I'd do the same to the other areas.

Finally, I know you said the 3D would be updated later, but I sort of like what you have now Use a silhouette of the model, then when you mouse-over it, the color version appears. Just a thought... others may disagree. Taste is a subjective item

Wahlgren

Yeah the banner will be fixed.

I will have the props and such the same style as the characters yes. Dont know about having them black and roll over even if it sounds cool. What do you others think?

Thanks for replying!