I don't know if it has come up or not but your poly counts are 2 - 3 times too heavy. I did read a little of the thread and saw the point made about your teacher telling you to do some things a certain way, so if he was the one that told you to follow these polygon restrictions he was wrong to do that.
well you could make 2 sites, 1 for your teacher and another proper one for getting a job. I'd say the improved site should be the primary index for triciaherbert.com, and just make a custom directory for your teacher. On the topic of the splash page I'd say ditch it for the "improved" site. Less pages/clicks = better. I…
haven't read every single point but here are my 2c reduce to one page - at the moment your portfolio structure is like a dev-folder: a single place for all textures, one for all models and one for all media. but: it should be based on the single works you've done so make one portfolio page that reads 3D-Project 1…