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[ThaBirdman]

Ive been sort of putting off making a layout for a portfolio for myself, i tried a little while back and it didnt go so well, so here is another attempt (i believe its my 3rd, but w/ever)...wanted to go with a simplistic sorta thing...i may do a nice little splash page later, but here is waht i have now!

* colors inspired by one of Niteangel's abstract pieces...

[edit] i just realized how stupid "birth of a legend" sounds, so just know that i put it ther cuz i couldn't think of anything else to

Layout V1

Thankx for lookin!
~ThaBirdman


UPDATE AT BOTTOM!

[raenef]

Simple yet complex. I like it, and think you should use this one.

[Griffin]

Its ok....

I dont really like the dropshadows on some of the areas, and the site overall is kind of hard on the eyes.

The layout is a good idea but i think you should mess around with the text some more, the buttons, and colors.

[ThaBirdman]

cool, thankx for teh comments...

any more ideas guys?

[Samiwerty]

Cool. I really like that orange colour scheme. But there is some mistakes:

1. That drop shadow doesn't fit really well. Try making it softer and not so long. And the banner could use some work

But otherwise its great.

[ThaBirdman]

hmmm...i guess im getting rid of the drop shadow then huh? lol...

yea, im still figurin out what to put in the banner...dont know if i wanna go abstract or keep it simple...like, just a glass effect...what do u guys think?

[raenef]

In my opinon simple is always better. Especially for a portfolio. I'd keep the abstracts, and other pieces for your portfolio work itself.

[ThaBirdman]

raenef, on May 8 2005, 12:08 PM, said:

In my opinon simple is always better.

lol...as if you couldnt tell from ur sig right?

yea, i like the whole glass buttton effect thing, i think im gonna stick w/that

[raenef]

Of course. Also, good choice, I wish you luck on putting it all together.

[ThaBirdman]

ill post when its all done, and probly whore it in the Websites R'Us section

[Jeepinator]

why is all the text in latin i'm wondering...i had trouble translating it anyway:

yeah the drop shadow needs to go but i love the orange color.

[raenef]

The text is just default placeholder text until the content is up

[JaYmAn]

the text is to hard to read on the eyes mayne, i like the color scheme though, not much orange on sites these days.

[ThaBirdman]

lol...the grey text u mean? im thinkin about black for that...or maybe just a darker grey...anyway, yea, i like orange/white alot...its just, cool


[edit] UPDATE! WOOOO!!!

Okay, changed some things around, got rid of the drop shadow nobody liked, added some more cool placeholders, messed w/the banner, (still not totally satisfied), added some actual gallery previews...lol...

so here is v 1.0.1 !! yay!

lemme know if its any better! (or any worse ) and whatever u think i should change!

Thankx for lookin!
~ThaBirdman

[Griffin]

still hurts my eyes some.....everything is very light, so try to add some dark stuff to contrast.

[Samiwerty]

YAY the droppy shadow is gone That is lotsa better

[JaYmAn]

the text is still hard on the eyes to read. other then that, i like it.

[Ultragamer]

you know what I'd do? (It looks pretty good btw) I'd change the Home/About buttons, to a pill shaped orange button, with a glossy look to match the header.

Just a thought!

[ThaBirdman]

i was thinkin about that, but i wanted to keep it really simple, even the gloss on the banner is edging on too much

i guess that text is gonna have to be darker then! maybe ill hit levels and darken everything up a bit, it seems to get much lighter when i hit "Save for Web" than it is in the .psd, hmmm...well

thankx for the comments!

[anevt]

like the idea, but wuite a few jagged edges. make headers smaller. work more on the header. nice job otherwise.