My portfolio site

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hi there,

i’m currently working as a graphic / web designer at a small company but feel its time to move on to something bigger and better - hence I redid my portfolio. this is my 2nd site designed without using tables.

is the site a bit too simple to be good enough? also i’m not really sure if the image on the homepage works that great. what do you all think? any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

http://www.ryandesigns.net

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Simple can often work, allowing your portfolio to speak for itself. I would, however add ‘something’ that makes your page stand out, an element that would entice a visitor past the first page.

I think the page could do with being centered and I agree the background image is a little bland.

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i also think u should center it and also do something different on the menu.
i dont know what…it just seems …kind of unprofessional right now.

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make it flash:)

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Yeah I agree with the others… It lacks that something which could make it more memorable - I’ll call it the ‘mojo’! :slight_smile:

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hi cobra1213

hmm… as a portfolio… it is not strong… simple can be good but the current site… the problem is not simple but no creativity in it…

Look at this site

http://www.storyabout.net/
(forget about the flash… but look at the layout… simple… but nice… look at the type of font used… look at how the artist present the work…

http://www.h23.cl/2006/
another simple and clean website


another simple and clean website

Hope those website will inspire you with your site design… if you want to go into big advertising or web design firm… you need to impress them… not with your CSS knowledge… not with your AS knowledge… but your design… because no one going to view source to look at your CSS… but the design is the one going to impress them… and yes, later they will look at your CSS if they really need that… but trust me… I’ve never known of any big company who won’t employ you because you are using table if your design make them go WOW…

cheers and good luck… send me a PM when you did a new design yah…

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hello all

thanks for all the comments - i appreciate it! :slight_smile:

i guess i need to go back to the drawing board and work on it a whole lot more - or maybe just come up with something entirely different. many of the nice websites have good imagery / graphics -which is the one thing i lack a lot of and in some cases don’t know enough to create something similar. as for flash - i am probably going to try to perfect a regular site first before doing anything else in flash…

DesignApp- thanks for the sample links - they should help provide me with some new ideas. i’ll send you that PM when I do get something better up and running. :slight_smile:

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if you need photography, go to www.istockphoto.com and invest a bit for good photo… if you want free on… go to www.sxc.hu… most of their photo are free, just make sure you read if the photographer required you to contact them before using the photo… nearly most of the time, if you contact them… they will allow you to use it… cheers man…

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cool… thx for the links again. i’ll probably also try my luck in taking some photos on my own. perhaps i’ll get lucky and get a few good ones.