My Portfilio - Crit Please.
Here is my first portfilio. Sorry about spellin, its only just been made and i will get it proof read 
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www.labithiotis.co.uk
Still got a few things to add like a demoreel, but i would like to get crits about the site and content.
<font color="red"> If it loads slowly it problerly due to my FTP source </font>(M8's Home Server) Going to look at getting a deditcated one in the near future.
Cheers
Daz
.www.labithiotis.co.uk
Still got a few things to add like a demoreel, but i would like to get crits about the site and content.
<font color="red"> If it loads slowly it problerly due to my FTP source </font>(M8's Home Server) Going to look at getting a deditcated one in the near future.
Cheers
Daz
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http://boards.polycount.net/www.labithiotis.co.uk
instead of:
www.labithiotis.co.uk
Update: Check your spelling. It will sends the wrong message when you mispell currently.
So far it's looking good, but it was hard to navigate very long due to your hosting (as you mentioned). So, I didn't get very far
Might change the first page to have quick links to work.
I will sort out the FTP asap.
Cheers Again
Daz
p.s. Thanx dnorth for sorting out the broken link
Your CV even says you're a expert at using Microsoft Word and you use it "allot" of the time. Well it doesn't show. Did you disable those red squiggly lines that highlight incorrect words?
It doesn't take long to fix and I don't see why it's still not done, especially considering the fact that you put it up here for crits. It makes you seem lazy and not bothered about the presentation of your portfolio at all.
Aside from that, there are still some things that are getting in the way:
The front page "welcoming" me is pretty useless, should put your best work somewhere on here. Actually the "Art gallery" makes a better front page than your current one.
I also think you're CV is too long (4 pages), should try to minimize it to 2 pages max with all the relevant information.
The "links" page is not something that should be on your portfolio I think, or maybe you should combine the useful links with your "tutorails" section.
It would also be smart to put your contact email somewhere on the front page as well, maybe in the footer along with the copyright text or just under the "contact" button. Or, replace the contact button with your email and then put your contact information with your profile.
GRAPHICS
Suitable display font style for headings but there is no cohesive alignment within the piece. Some pages have center alignment, others are left aligned, pictures are helter-skelter in relation to the body text and it looks like you even used text-wrap with some of the images - which is fine, but not when you've got such small bodies of text. The text, when used with text-wrap, should form a smooth contour of the image. Also, I think the leading could be loosened up abit.
Seems to be some issues separating the foreground elements with the background - as far as photographs vs. the wash you have going on in the background. The BG is a little too saturated which competes with the pictures for attention. Either desaturate those or daken them up abit - also helps the words stand out more.
In short, the graphic pieces are just really chaotic without any form of hierarchy, whether its layout or colour.
MODELS
Shoulders of your exodey character are unusually bulbous. The Pharaoh's legs are a little stubby compared to the length of his arms. Which is fine, if it was a stylistic look you were going for but judging from the textures, i think he's supposed to look realistic. The bust is teh best piece in my opinion. In short, I think you need to pay a little more attention when it comes to anatomy and proportion. Environmentally speaking, I'm not an expert but it looks good to me.
When showing off wireframes, try not to have them triangulated. It's much easier to see the flow when the polys are kept in quads.