Different design angle on new portfolio site. c/c's welcome

Hey folks,

After weeks of working on a new portfolio design, I have changed my theme, color, style (anything you can think of besides the logo) by means of a spontaneous brain malfunction. I threw away everything and started from scratch. I have done more in the last 24 hours with this than I did on the previous design in 3 weeks. I’m looking for any and all critiques you people can throw at me. Thanks!

I’m working on the filler content & footer right now, so just go by what you see if you can.

http://www.fadedelement.com/wip/faded_element/faded_element_draft_5.jpg