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[Pax]

Hey all,

Just finished my other portfolio a couple weeks ago, then decided it looked like butt. So I made a new one, changed the colours, and whatnot. I'm really trying to "brand" myself. My business cards, resumes, cover letters and website will all look the same. I'm trying to go for somthing simple, sleek and professional, that will attract potential clients.

Any input on content, design, colours, typography, or whatever else you can think of would be very appreciated. I just finished college and I am lookin for work, so I need this portfolio to be pretty awesome. Coding is more my strongpoint than design and artwork are, so again, tell me anything you can think of. Rip the entire site up, just tell me what you think I need to do to make it better.

A couple of things I was thinking about changing:
1. Make the headers (Recent work, downloads news, sotw) stand out more.
2. Make all the thumbnails monochromatic (in green or gray) so the page doesnt look like a rainbow.

Thanks.

Edited by Pax, 20 March 2006 - 11:00 AM.

[Jamie Huskisson]

I'm not meaning to be rude here, but can you tell me how to possibly read that text?

I can barely read the green, nevermind the dark dark black/grey on the dark dark grey background

If this site needs to be awesome, it needs to be readable...

[Pax]

Point taken

Any suggestions then as to what colours to use? If I use a light bg colour, the green dissapears and it looks pretty crummy.

What about using a light blue rather than the green?

Edited by Pax, 20 March 2006 - 11:35 AM.

[Jamie Huskisson]

try using a white background.. and using a softer green (pastel?) as the header text... it might work out

either that or white text + orange/yellow heading text, and yes light blue might work too

[Bryn]

dehosted!

[Jamie Huskisson]

what the..?

[Pax]

That was odd...I made some changes to the layout and hosted them elsewhere





Thanks for the input