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[JoshHtml]

Still working on some stuff with it. Im liking it so far.

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[Bug]

Mate, that is excellent! This is by far one of the best layouts I've seen from you! I remember seeing some others, and those were great! But the way you've done this one is awesome!

A couple of things:
Your Personal Links -- the really dark background is kind of drawing the attention away from the rest of the website. DeviantArt also has the Pixel2Life link on it
I see you're also using tables for your site. I know that might be fine with you, but in IE6, some of the cells are looking a bit out of place. When I get home I'll provide screen shots. It's not that important, but it's useful.

[efd]

I like the site. The only thing that bothers me is the personal links. Like Bug said, they take away from what you're trying to accomplish here: Sell you wares through you portfolio. By the time I got done looking through all the links, I forgot what I was looking at. Maybe instead of having all your personal links on the page, you could have 3-4 on there with some script to show them randomly from a list. And for some of the potential clients that could come your way, sites like kontraband.com could possibly offend them and in turn be offended by you. I personally think the site is hilarious, but others may find some of the content obscene. I do like the layout of it though. That's just my 2 cents on the site.

[Pax]

efd, on Jun 13 2007, 10:44 PM, said:

And for some of the potential clients that could come your way, sites like kontraband.com could possibly offend them and in turn be offended by you.

I totally agree with that line there. Personal links on a "business" website (which, if you're trying to sell your product...being your skills...that makes your site a business site) are never a good idea, as they generally take away from the professionalism.

On the note of professionalism, you may not want to claim 6 years experience. I've been working with flash since I was in grade 8 or 9, but I don't count the majority of that time as experience. Really, experience doesn't start (IMO, anyways) until you are getting paid for it, or working for non-profs as real clients. If I were a prospective client, and I say that your experience included when you were 13, I would wonder how much you've actually improved since then if you count that time as real experience, or you were just a madly gifted 13 year old

Anyways, my point: think like a potential client, think like a 40-50 year old person in a sr. management position, because those are the people you are trying to sell to. Not someone like yourself.

Design looks good tho, but I would agree about the links taking focus away.

[JoshHtml]

Thanks for the feedback. =]

I agree with the yrs exp part. I've only really been making money off design for maybe 2 years. And the link part I was kinda iffy about as well. I was also thinking that a few sites may make a bad impression. Thanks much for the feedback, I appreciate the honesty. I'll fix it up some time tomorrow and give an update.