website crit
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- bighappen
Hello
I am currently trying to redo my website. I am aiming at providing design and illustration for other bigger design firms untill i get a good client base, so website need to suit this, whilst being a bit personal.
At the moment it is only layout, and am just wondering what the opinions of it are?
Thanks
Layout:
Currently it is:
http://www.bighappen.com
- save0
Your pig reminds me of the pig Josimar uses
http://www.josimar.com/pigvid.ht…
- bighappen0
Whoops I meant to add, when you click 'All at once' you would get a one pager with small images and info for each project. When you click 'One at a time' you would click through big images with no info.
cheers
- bighappen0
Your pig reminds me of the pig Josimar uses
www.josimar.com/pigvid...
save(Apr 24 05, 06:20)
Cheers, are we talking about
? If so I will take that as a compliment. :) That video is ace!
- instantok0
everything seems to be floating a bit right now...it needs some structure and grounding...i think the playful style is good but you might want to be a bit more "pro" with your language...take yourself a little more seriously you know
- bighappen0
Hello instantok, Yes i am still not sure about the language, i would like it to be playful though your right it does need more work.
I hadn't really thought about the 'floatyness.' When you say grounding it do you mean using a better grid, or serperating the areas more? I feel it could definitly benifit from the later. I shall have a play.
Anyone else?
- bighappen0
and thanks for taking a look instantok. much appreciated
cheers
- ArtDirector0
Yeah, try organizing it better.
- radar0
the type on your site needs a little more structure, it's all competing. Use varying font sizes, obviously the most important text would be a bit larger than your secondary type.
- instantok0
yeah a more prominent grid would help...a stronger typographical hierarchy will also help...a couple of horizontal / vertical rules or bg colors could help define areas of the site...
are you eliminating "my broken shoe" and creating one portfolio? i think that is probably the way to go...making a clear distinction between the design and illustration sections of your folio will help...the tiny screenshot of the website in the "lately" section looks out of place and the size diminishes the value of the image...the navigation (view at once or one at a time) should be more intuitive than needing all that text to describe the interaction...create a clearer navigational structure...
btw. awesome illustration work...my broken shoe may serve as a good starting point for the design of this folio
- bighappen0
thanks folks, sorry i have been slow to reply, i ran away from my computer - brain was hurting... :)
Hello ArtDirector, Radar and instantok again. Thanks for the tips. I shall definately work on the type heirachy. and play around with the vertical lines and the bg colour.
"create a clearer navigational structure..." - yes, before i hadn't thought, it does take a while to realise wat you would have to click to see the work.
As to me as mybrokenshoe. I am keeping the two websites seperate, I have been talking to magazine art directors who commision illustration and illustrators recently, all say to keep an illustration, website just illustration. So mybrokenshoe will stay as just that style of drawing, whereas bighappen allows my to create other work both design and illustrative, but without diluting the mybrokenshoe style. Plus my agent represents me as mybrokenshoe, not bighappen.
(i hope that makes sense?)
It is strange, i can design a website to showcase my illustration stuff, which i really like and yet trying to do the same for my design stuff causes me many problems.
thanks again for the help folks, i will post the evolution of theis layout as and when they are done in this thread.
:D
- bighappen0
hello folks, just a quick update.
from this:
To this:
Any better, have tried to incorperate better type heirachy and a grid layout, though not sure about the dotted line around the 'lately' section
Any feedback would be much appreciated. :)
- kbags0
Hey dude, MUCH better! The line around Lately works, but I'm not so sure about the yellow...but that's me. Maybe grey?
Overall, I think it's a good, positive step...definitely more professional and organized.
I'd get rid of the "...probably quite silly" because it reflects poorly. Not to say you can't be silly and playful, but let me liken it to trying to spark a conversation with a girl in a bar:
"Hey, yeah, you probably don't want to talk to me, but let me buy you a drink."
versus
"Shot o tequilla and a ride to funkytown, anyone? Yeah i'm talkin to you."
Of course, it has to be the right girl (agency)...and if not at the beginning of the night, then later when she has exhausted some other options (candidates).
Cheers.
- bighappen0
Hey kbags
"let me liken it to trying to spark a conversation with a girl in a bar:
"Hey, yeah, you probably don't want to talk to me, but let me buy you a drink."
versus
"Shot o tequilla and a ride to funkytown, anyone? Yeah i'm talkin to you."
So thats why the ladies don't talk to me ;)
Brillaint analogy! Thanks I'll take it off straight away. Yeah i think the yellow border on the box needs to change, it is a bit distracting, reckon grey or another muted colour would work better.
Thanks for taking a look.
:)