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Davett29
Davett29
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Hello everyone,

I have a freelance business on the side and wanted everyone to critque my 3D work and website. Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can improve the website and my 3D work? Comments and suggestions please.


www.3DMediaonline.net


My goal is to have my website show the best of my work. Let me know what you guys think.


Thanks,
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  • ZacD
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    ZacD ngon master
    This should go in Pimping and Previews

    The light gray text on the white is a little too light.

    The logo and most of the site looks dated, the other sites you've made look cleaner/more professional.

    The bus doesn't look good.
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  • Purplepaint
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    Purplepaint polycounter lvl 8
    ZacD wrote: »
    This should go in Pimping and Previews

    The light gray text on the white is a little too light.

    The logo and most of the site looks dated, the other sites you've made look cleaner/more professional.

    The bus doesn't look good.

    I agree the light grey on white text is really hard on the eyes, after looking at other websites you've created vs the website your using, the others do look MUCH more professional. Being a web designer as well (working on my own site currently) i'd go with a cleaner more flowy look instead of the blocky site you have going. Your bus isn't bad make a little more refining but aside from that looks great :D
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  • Cyrael
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    Cyrael polycounter lvl 10
    get rid of the bus in the gallery.

    doesn't compare to some of the arch viz stuff you've got.


    edit* by that I mean some of the arch viz stuff is really really nice.
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  • carlo_c
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    carlo_c
    I'd try to make the site more professional looking, your running a business so that means keeping the front end looking good and making a good first impression.

    Something simple and clean looking would work well. You can find loads of design ideas and inspiration at themeforest.net. Hope that helps.
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  • Davett29
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    Davett29 polycounter lvl 17
    These are great suggestions guys. I will work on it. More suggestions and comments are welcome. Thanks a ton! As for the bus? I agree, it's not really the best thing I have done but it was a project I did for a client. It was built really quick and low poly. I'll refine it after I get this site looking up to par.
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  • Davett29
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    Davett29 polycounter lvl 17
    carlo_c wrote: »
    I'd try to make the site more professional looking, your running a business so that means keeping the front end looking good and making a good first impression.

    Something simple and clean looking would work well. You can find loads of design ideas and inspiration at themeforest.net. Hope that helps.

    This is a great website. Thanks!
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  • System
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    Nothing really blows me away, I have some crits that should help you.

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    The first house interior scene: trees outside are hideous, for achitectural renders like this use a photo of an exterior and do the post work in photoshop, it will look alot more professional that way.

    The bigger kitchen scene: near the window there is a wooden arch with visible segements. It is way too low poly for this kind of render.

    The hallway with marble floor: this is the best one for me but it is being ruined by the furniture, coke machines and all the wall hangings. This is a sterile environment and it's best kept that way, why not add a medical wall chart if you have to put something on the wall - it looks like a hospital to me.

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    Overall it seems to me you need to work exclusively with reflections, it is most apparent in all your scenes that they don't look right. Your halfway there with the office stuff but the lighting is holding them back, too many overlapping shadows destroys the simplicity. One ambient occlusion and one omni shadow is all that is required to show off your objects, again stuff like this can be added in post processing which will give you ultimate control over the final image.
    Moving on, it seems you are doing interiors, interior planning could be your thing! It's better to specialise in a field rather than be a jack of all trades so I would remove stuff like the ipod, school bus and 3d parts.
    The website as mentioned needs revamping, here's a couple of links which demonstrate the same kind of thing in office design.

    http://www.mplinteriors.com

    http://www.transparenthouse.com

    http://www.pechara.com/


    These may serve to not only give you site design tips but also reveal what styles ultra modern design companies are offering right now.

    Also to get better results (I'm presuming your using 3ds max and mental ray?) check out http://www.mentalboutmax.biz/mr/html/MR_Ht.html they have some great, indepth tutorials that will enable you to get some striking results out of the software, the tuts are also very cheap too, soon you will be kicking major ass.

    Good luck :)
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  • Karmageddon
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    Karmageddon polycounter lvl 7
    Did anyone mention that the couch is floating above the wood floor?
    Also the shadow on the iPhone model seems way too dark.
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  • Emil Mujanovic
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    Emil Mujanovic polycounter lvl 18
    Moved this to P&P where it belongs.
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