Critique of Design please

Hello,

I am updating my website portfolio with an entirely new look and feel. Attached is a jpg of how it’s going to look. I am trying to make it a very clean looking site. If I could get some critical feedback on it I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

It’s a good start, but it’s definitely not finished. I like the monotone, it’ll work well no matter what you have in your portfolio. You might want to play with your fonts a little, it’s a looking a little bland. Don’t think that that means fill it up with clutter! It just means adjusting the space, like soulty and tim have mentioned; and refinning what you have.

How will you be putting this all together? You might want to do some browser pat tests before you go too much further; things like drop shadows can be a pain in the rump.

the text is mad blurry man. it is a good start, but dont stop here

Looks good so far. But as others have said dont stop here. Try increasing the thumbnail display a bit. Also try fading pm.com text behind it a bit or use a slightly lighter color. And pls dont use screen shots for thumbnails. I mean dont give the browser window view. A another suggestion can you make a new version with the thumbnail view as well as buttons over pm.com text and use the open white area to give project info. :slight_smile:

Best of luck.

First of all, thank you everyone for the input!

I plan on making this site entirely in flash. The reason the fonts look crappy in the image I posted is because it’s a low quality jpg. They’re actually going to be flash pixel fonts in the final outcome. Eventually I hope to have some cool animations in there as well to show off the site.
I condensed the size of the page and also implemented some of the other changes that were suggested to me.
There was more empty space than I had originally realized, I think changing the width really helps that out. Attached is the new version. Anymore input would gladly be welcomed!

what resolution is it designed for?

Yeah, that’s what I worried about too, some pat tests are definitely required…

Hey good work so far. How about trying my previous suggestion (thumbnail view as well as buttons over pm.com text) I think it may look good like that did you try it. I guessed it may be in flash but since you didnt specify I preffered not to assume it. Well looking forward to seeing the finished site.

Best of luck once again.