Portfolio Refresh: Thoughts?
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I like your work, and I'm more impressed by the fact you're as young as you are. (This is not saying I wouldn't be impressed if you were older).
The general attitude of your language and presentation conveys a bit of peacocking though, which I think is a discredit to your ability. I get the impression that you're a student trying to really sell their work as professional, when in reality, you needn't try and sell so hard as your work is already at a professional level.
I think your nav is crowded and poorly prioritised as well:
Home | About | Services | Work Collection | Labs | Get In TouchHome: I'd say lose it - Your homepage doesn't offer anything people will want to go back to after navigating to their chosen page. People are also quite used to clicking on a top-left logo to go 'Home' if they need to. A 'Home' link only really has a purpose if the homepage content offers a strong, broad overview of a larger site.
About: Less important than your work, so it should go after a 'Work' link.
Services: Put it after work I'd say, and shrink it down - If it's on a per-client basis, cut out the text as you will negotiate what you will do at a later date. If you have a long explanation of what you do, and what they want isn't there, they may assume you don't offer it. If you keep it concise, they will assume they should ask.
Labs: This section seems redundant and can be merged with Work Collection. Mark them as experiments or something. It seems you just put a 'Labs' nav in because a bunch of companies do, but you've missed the mark on what that section usually entails.
Get In Touch: I have a feeling others will disagree with me on this, but unless you're an agency expecting people to come see you in person, I see this as a redundant page that inhibits users from contacting you, especially through a form. Just make your email and phone number visible on every page at the top. People may want to contact you at any time, so why hide it behind a page and a pretty intense contact form.