Portfolio site...the hell!

Hello :smiley:
I always have problems designing my own portfolio sites! i dont know what it is, but i just cant seem to get them perfect, and once i do, i have another idea and scrap that idea! I want to get my site up before i start University on the 28th, i dont have this problem with client websites, its just when i do my own :frowning: i want your comments on the 4 ideas/designs i have done, and which one you like most, bearing in mind they arnt fully complete and if you have any ideas on how to improve them please say.

I am up for a critique! you can rip my layouts to pieces, i just want a nice website, and i have about 10 days! eek. Ok you can view the layouts below.

Ok you can be as harsh as you want :smiley: just please help me :ā€™(

Thankyou

Wow, those are all great man :thumb:

I especially like three and fourā€¦ Two is nice as well, but itā€™s a tad dark to my taste :ne:

One is nice too thoughā€¦ I can see why youā€™re having a hard time choosing :beam:

Luxury problem :wink:

They are all really good designs. 1 could be really cool if the links flip like a book. I think that is what you are trying to go for there. 2 looks very professional and clean which I am a big fan of. 3 again, looks very clean, nice presentation. 4 looks very cool.

All that being said, here comes the but. BUT I think 2 and 3 are way too simliar to alot of sites Iā€™ve seen out there. I wouldnā€™t use either of them. I would use either 1 or 4 if I were you.

Personally I would use 4 all the way. Itā€™s much more exciting looking than 1, the ink splotches convey a more exciting feel to me, and the gradient you have in the background works very well with your colors in the foreground.

Ok thanks for your comments, i prefer numbers 1 & 2 personally, i do agree with hwat you say about 2 & 3 looking like sites already out there, the only thing i dont like about number 4 is it looks grundgey, and i am not really into grundge, so thats why i am stuck! please keep posting your comments lol thnaks people

Use two or four. If you want to be more ā€œdifferentā€ then use 4. If not then 2 looks the cleanest and better looking imo. Good job bud.

Yeah, I agree with dj, #2ā€™s the cleanest and could turn out to be a strong portfolio, depending on how far you take the AS, Iā€™d personally go with that one!

Good luck!!!

Personally I think the 2nd one has a bit of a ā€œIve seen a 100 times beforeā€-look, but I love nr. 4 ! !

:thumb: =) I love 'em all. Toss some coins to choose. Can I have one of the ones you donā€™t use? :p:

4 all the way! I donā€™t think itā€™s too grungy and itā€™s the most original! The other ones I have seen done before :slight_smile:

hehe flash gordanā€¦course you can have one of the ones i dont useā€¦just at a cost thats all :stuck_out_tongue:

Indeed, thatā€™s what I meant as well.

i agree with chimp, like them all, but 4 really pops out
great job bro :thumb:

fo sho fo sho my dog in the hizzous agrees with the OG Chimp

Iā€™M GUNNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY HOMMIES IN QUEENS!

peace

I would personaly go for the 4, thou 2 is my second fav.
4th is really catchy and thrilling, it makes me wanna see more.
The 1st could work for me only without that background.

I would go for 4, but without the white background/border around the outside, make it the full browser size and itā€™d be beautiful

I like number 4 best, nice concept and colorsā€¦ i also agree with the idea of making it fullsize with no white ā€œbordersā€ā€¦

Iā€™m not into grunge either but four is definatly the go. To me it doesnt even look very grunge, the paint splotches make it look more like youā€™re and artist. Very appealing to look further.

Ok ermm, even though you say number 4 im still undecided. I think it just would be hardest to animate i.e. the splodges etc and plus it just wouldnt fit well with the work i have in my portfolio as nothing is like that. Ive come up with thisā€¦i combined 1 and 3 togetherā€¦any comments?

mmmyeeehā€¦ 4 still rocks my socks. Can I have it?

Iā€™ll pay you inā€¦ cheese?

hehe nah you can pay me on cash though :smiley: