<< Is the text really that bad? I view it @ 1152/864.. Its in Franklin Gothic, and I didn't find anything else I liked... Aril and the likes (Serif) are too linear.
MrHappyMonkey, I appreciate it, but statistics don't mean anything to me.. Those aren't the people looking at my website. The design community is!
Your putting it way out of context.. firstly, my site isn't viewed by the public. Its not advertised, and can only be found through the grapevine. No search engine...
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You do realize that you are presenting yourself and your skills here. What people have said about the screen size isn't necessarilly all that important if you know who is viewing it. But you should realize that you are producing for the design community, and being in that community requires that you understand design techniques and common practice. It's these people that are aware of things like what size your site was designed for and so forth. They are the ones that on a daily basis have to design internet layouts and website graphics. You can either give them the, "Oh, he can design something in the highest resolution his computer will do, or he can design a workable, scalable website that looks pretty sweet no matter what the size." You say that the design community uses 1028x768 or higher and that's all your targeting. That's true, but it's those same people that understand most people use 800x600 or 600x480 and stuff needs to be designed with that in mind.
However, that is a mute point if your trying for printed art or printed design. Then, the website is more of a quick look at your skills rather than your skills in action. If that is the case, then the site is too graphic and should be simplified greatly. Since you wouldn't care what they think of your web design skills, why not make something simple and fast, while still attractive looking.
I don't mind the colors. Looks nice.
The main menu is kind of awkward. It's so busy with the graphics to the left of it and underneath, but then it just abruptly ends.
The box that pops up with the MAIN text is off center. Re-coding will probably fix that.
Probably should have the resume pop up in a new window. That way, they are still on your main page when they get done looking at your resume.
And, is there really a difference in ABOUT and your resume? You list programs you use on the ABOUT section, but they aren't on your resume. On your resume, I'm sure it would be better to list that you are familiar with 3DSM rather than writing about your interest in snowboarding. To continue on that, I'm seriously doubting that anyone looking at this site is going to care what computer you have or what is in it. Tools used should be replaced with 'Skills,' and then you should list all programs relative to design and art that you are somewhat familiar with.
Splash page looks nice. Centered will make it look even better, but that is in the re-code.
Overall, not a bad looking site from a layout standpoint. The menu could be touchd up and the right half the page could be filled with something interesting (page seems to die as you look left to right). But, one of the things about being a web designer is actually transforming a decent layout into somethig that works. It's making something scalable without saying, "Screw them if they don't use a certain resolution."
Hope some of these comments might help you. Didn't mean anything bad or offensive with any of them.
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