Layout Crit
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1. constructive criticism
i like it. the colors feel nice and the repitition of the triangles and images create a pleasing visual space for my eyes to wander around in. i agree that there probably should be some type of navigation along the top because there wans't anything on the page that really made me want to scroll down (the only reason i did was because you mentioned the scrollbar). it seems like you're trying to make a hybrid flash/one-page-folio by stacking the information, which i don't feel is working so well in this case. you might want to try a reverse lightbox thing where the screen darkens and the information appears on top of the portfolio. that might be nice...
speaking of the work, did you do the maxell ad? if you did, aswsome(!!!), if not, i'm not sure you should use it as a thumbnail. other people may have different opinions, but i would prefer to see your work in the thumbnails, not a representation of a company done by someone else, aside from logos of course (again, if you actually did do it, then display it more prominently ;)
2. advice
you asked for people's thoughts on the layout. if someone thinks it's too close to another site and they see it as a rip, then that's valuable information. if a couple of people here thought it was too close, then chances are other people might as well. you can either choose to disregard that valuable feedback, or accept that some people are going to see it that way and change the design enough so that other people really feel that the design is yours.
btw, i don't buy the one-page folio analogy. i'm sure that someone did rip that off of the first person who did it, but after the ###th time it really became a style. personally, i kind of see the one-page approach as a sort of anti-design where people focus more on the work and not on the site... which i can completely appreciate (i've decided not to go that route whch is why my site isn't done yet :/ ). granted people have made some that are designed really well, but the one-page folios that stand out are the ones with amazimg work in them.