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daniellematy

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Hey everyone, i have been working on a new layout for my portfolio website. I can add more screenshots if you want...

Let me know your thoughts

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Thanks

Dan
 
It has a clean, consistent look. I like the font choices. I think the bar graph under the "About Me" section is a bit unnecessary and the values you chose make you look like you lack confidence in yourself.

If you're going to use icons in the "Services" section, they should be icons you designed yourself from scratch. If you did make those icons, they're a bit dull and you might consider making something more up to date.

Your logo looks odd. Having the first and last letter overlap the edge of the circle makes it read "oldesigns" at first. No one wants old designs ;)

It's definitely a good start. Nice work :)
 
yeah the logo does look a bit odd. And i used the shape tool for the icons, but ill try and make them more up to date. Thanks for the feedback :)
 
My personal opinion only...

Your page is to long. The header is to big. the logo needs re doing as already mention.

You don't need to put everything on your first page... "Your still in nappies then"... not taking the Micky here. you don't need to tell people your age... it might give the impression to some people that you just started and haven't really got a full education at designing.. Especially those that require multiple pages on a large site.

Putting percentages next to your skills also tells people your only that percent of doing that skill ( not fully skilled )... again this go's back to telling your age and are you good enough for what they want. people want designers who know what there doing and are going to pay for it.

Your home page ( for me ) should be brief and to point of what you do. you should have a nav bar linking to other areas such as an about me page ( no percentages . ).. it's OK to tell you have been doing design for a certain period etc.

A portfolio button / page show casing your designs, and when the sites live make the images link able to the site so they look through it. use one of you own sites within your site so it links to that page if want.

A contact button page separate from the front page.

A faq button giving basic facts about any possible questions some one might have or relevant info you need to put it . like how long will it take you to design my site ? how will i get my site? do you do revisions ? can you do a logo for my new site ?. etc etc.

A pricing button/page. give a pricing table with the price of some standard sites you do. something like a basic mini site with say 4 to 5 pages is $ 200.00 or what ever price you charge. rising up top a full blown site with multiple pages . and then possibly something like " for sites more than 20 pages plsae use the contact form or email me at --------@.....COM.

Colors are OK. fonts OK and workable, maybe re do some graphics to brighten them up a bit.
 
I like it...

All the work in your header, I'm assuming it's work from your portfolio. It is too big, but I like the idea of have it layout that way. Logo isn't right but no big deal. I think having your personal info on the header doesn't work. The infographics for your skill level is a good thing, inkpad, go google infographics lol. It's all about %%% :bustagut:

I love the service icons, very nice. Too me, it all flows nicely.
 
I assume this is going to be a 1 page parrallex kind of site like most web Designers seem to be doing at the moment. My only real criticism is the repetitiveness of with my skill and knowledge on that services page I think you should maybe have that phrase as a header and then just have the individual icons and titles without repeating the same with my skill and knowledge
 
OK.. Understand you want a one page site. there getting more popular i guess.

Infographics...i know what are they are and what they do and represent.. just didn't agree with putting a percentage there .. only 60% good at this or 70 at that.

ABOUT ME right at the top with 60% skill levels at this and 70 at that...

well course the page is long, its a 1 page design...

So as you scroll down the menu will stick to the top etc
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couldn't tell just from a pic.

You ask for critique, so i gave it.. as i said only my personal opinion...

Everyone has different ideas of what it should look like...
 
Inkz, I think an infographic works when it's about tangible quantities. Like if his infographic was about how much of his work involves the different types of projects and they added to up to 100%. But to make each one an individual measure of his strength in that area, it just doesn't work. I looks nice, but anyone looking to hire him would see it and think, "he only believes he's X% good at that?" And Googling infographic I found this :)

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The thing that catches me is the age thing. You're 18? probably finished school at 16, then maybe went to college to further your education in design.

If I was a client looking at your site, the 1st thing I think is.. "How has he had over 2yrs of professional experience?" I read that as "did a few bits between school & college work". I may be wrong, but from an outsider just reading, the possible client may move onto to the next designer.

These are things that will get noticed. I used to work as a consultant for companies looking to move their business from paper to online, & the small details do count.
 
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cringer8 said:
Inkz, I think an infographic works when it's about tangible quantities. Like if his infographic was about how much of his work involves the different types of projects and they added to up to 100%. But to make each one an individual measure of his strength in that area, it just doesn't work. I looks nice, but anyone looking to hire him would see it and think, "he only believes he's X% good at that?" And Googling infographic I found this :)


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Here's me thinking infographics was a way to learn about something without the need for a load of reading....

So it's not just about tangible quantities. Loving the poop btw.
 
I agree with SPWA, as a retail business owner, the mention of your age would be an instant deal breaker for me. I would do away with that particular photo as well! It's very amateur for lack of a better term.

That would leave the matter of only two years experience. But at least I would still be engaged and would take a look at your work.
 
thanks everyone for your thoughts :) and yeah its going to be a 1 page parallax website. And about the age thing, sometimes it helps me but sometimes it does not.

So people look and have said "wow your good for 18 etc" but some people are "18! no way, you must be **** lol"

But yeah i will definitely change the logo and the header text and the pic
 
daniellematy said:
And about the age thing, sometimes it helps me but sometimes it does not.
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How about removing it as a factor all together.

daniellematy said:
So people look and have said "wow your good for 18 etc" but some people are "18! no way, you must be **** lol"
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Your age is irrelevant. Let your work speak for itself.
 
Awesome design for me... Putting percentages next to your skills is good for me too, that's okay in my opinion, many client ask during interview how good are you in web development? how good are you in photoshop etc... you know what I mean... good job!
 
My critique:

Nice clean site, with some lovely details. I really like the subtle use of patterns in the header.

My suggestions:

Your headline doesn't help your visitors. It's too 'me me me'. So what if you're a young webdesigner from Cumbria? How are you going to help your customers and visitors? You need a headline that will resonate with your ideal customer.

The logo feels off due to the letters touching the sides of the circle. It's not quite working for me.

The body text font isn't quite right. I'd experiment with something else here.

Again, make the rest of the copy less about you, more about them. 'About Me' isnt' helpful. 'My clients have a blast working with me' starts to take it more away from you and more about your clients. Have a think about this, this stuff's important.

I agree the skills bars aren't helpful. They look nice, but devalue your services as not being as good as some of your competition. Plus that whole skill bar graphic has been pretty over done now.

Overall the header is the strongest area. The page becomes plainer as it moves down, and I'd like to see some of the awesomeness from the header continued down into the lower layout, in an effort to make it more interesting. What I'm not getting right now is 'WOW, this guy is different, and I'd be crazy not to hire him!'. Don't be afraid to not play it safe.

I hope this helps man :).
 
Hey, that design is gorgeous and a great inspiration! Minimalistic, clean and modern. I especially like the accent colour and font. I love the top part with different images as well. I am definitely going to steal that huge grey separators with the headers for some site in the future! People not into designing website won't see the greatness of this, the classical...

With that said I also want to give two pieces of constructive feedback. The first being the logo. I read old design first as well, so I suppose thats pretty common. Maybe want to do something like the below. The second that you probably should at least think twice about what writing your age tells the visitor about you? What do people looking for hiring a web designer want to know? The skills thing might be a nice differentiator, however, think twice about what a visitor would think of that as well.

Again, awesome design! And all good, Simon

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