Need some serious critiques

# 1 19-05-2006 , 01:39 AM

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Hey, decided to redo my 3d online portfolio/website. The older one is here: https://www.ahearnart.com

This new one will be a big contrast so I'd appreciate some feedback. I want this one to be a simpler, more elegant layout that will show my work off more and be easier to navigate. So how's it look so far ?

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# 2 19-05-2006 , 02:11 AM

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I like it! Simple yet stylish...

How will you apply this to that gallery?? Will the images pop up in a seperate window?

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# 3 19-05-2006 , 04:32 AM

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Thanks tiddles, not sure how I will have the gallery, probably a shape similar to the style just larger to accomodate. Added an update of how things may look. Critiques? ;]

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# 4 19-05-2006 , 09:43 AM

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Looks good, I like it.

The only thing that I could say is thet you might have a bit of wasted space in the bottom right corner of the blog, but if its not an issure its not a problem!

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# 5 19-05-2006 , 10:44 AM

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Hi,

here's some critique,
I think the interface looks confusing, (in a way that I don't know where to look first) I would restrict myself only to the stuff that is really needed. (the zen approach) All those round things at the edges of your windows are distracting a bit. Are they frames for buttons? It all reminds me to much of some space fighter interior.
Also I am not sure abou the type. The distance between each letter seems to be to wide. It is very subtle but something like this can make a big difference to reading performance and people actually finishing reading a text.

https://www.hyperkit.co.uk
is a very simple but effective and easy to navigate web page, I am not saying make your website like theirs but I added this more to explain what I meant.

if you want to look at something more elaborate but yet effective check out
https://www.peepshow.org.uk/ (THIS IS NO LINK TO A PORN SITE!!!)

I hope I didn't trash it to much, as I can see that you put a lot of effort in it already, but as you asked for serious critique I thought I mention what comes to my mind.
Also, it doesn't look bad. I can see you thought about layout coulour etc. it is just that it could work better with a little tweaking.

good luck

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# 6 19-05-2006 , 12:35 PM

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I have to say I tend to agree with farbtopf - I would lean towards less decoration. I think it is a personal thing though.

If you stick with this design, I might add another colour just to define the frames.

Also, I think the name of your site needs a bit more space, just to make it look less squeezed in.

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# 7 22-05-2006 , 04:57 PM

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I agree about the distance between letters. It looks nice, personaly to me, a lot nicer then usual text, but its realy hard to read it. I am not the person to criticize it(i dont know much about design), but i would try to make the frame a bit thinner to save a bit sapce so that the main things would take more space, although I am not sure it would look better. Nice work.

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