Portfolio Critique
Posted 25.11.2011 @ 11.00AM
Thankyou all for the great feeback, lot's of valid points— and i tend to agree. Thankyou kindly for the compliments on my work.
6ixty, about the frames; I know they're problematic and I can't stand the fact that it doesn't give me clean urls either. Didn't know of a way where the nav on the side would stay in position when scrolling through page. Any tips?
Okay, I will be adding work to the homepage— that seems to be the obvious thing to do.
I thought the site was quite easy to navigate ... maybe making the button in the nav larger?
Cheers for the helpful comments.
Portfolio Critique
Posted 24.11.2011 @ 10.25AM
First time poster, long time listener.
So, my portfolio site went live yesterday. It is to showcase my work in the hopes of obtaining a design role at a studio, as well as to acquire freelance work. I've coded the website myself from scratch, which was a learning experience— but now I'm not too sure if that was ultimately the best way to go. My passion lies in editorial, and I know I need to include more of that.
Any feedback on what I need to do, what I should include or remove etc. Thankyou so much.
M
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Posted 24.04.2012 @ 7.29PM
The photography isn't doing the work much justice. Exposure with whites isn't consistent across the photographs, even just the selected work page. I would strip back the work show; maybe pick just 6-8 of the best pieces and focus on them. Personally, I like seeing bigger photographs of work. I would steer totally clear of photographing computer screens with websites displayed (unless it was part of an installation and the environment plays a crucial role)— I can see reflections in them, and strange scan-lines. It would be better to just do large format screen grabs and display the different sections of the site like that.
Your contact information doesn't really make sense.
Focus on adding more images to your best work; take down the redundant projects that don't display new skills; use consistent photography. Show close-ups of work- small type details or print finishes.
hope that helps.