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- mybrokenshoe
Hello, Just putting the finishing touches to my website and i was wondering whther any PC owning folks could check it works. Mainly that it centres and doesn't fall apart. (I can never seem to get css to centre on p.c's)
http://www.bighappen.com/test/mb…
Thanks
- shutdown0
looks fine here
Win XP SP2
Firefox 1.0.7
with brown shoes on
- shutdown0
oh pages have no title
- jpea0
works grand in FF
doesn't center in IE though
- mybrokenshoe0
Hello Shutdown, Much appreciated. Whoops forgot about the titles, will go and do that. Thanks.
Nice brown shoes by the way :)
- jpea0
^IE SP 1 (from previous post)
- mybrokenshoe0
Grrr... that always seems to happen will check that out. thanks jpea.
- lutz0
cool
- Pixter0
awesome work
- Nairn0
Good work - I like your style.
Personally, i'd comment on my work and 'contextualise' the purpose of each piece.
Also, I'd like a bit more colour on an illustrator's site - and instead of having handwritten comments pointing to the button functionality, might you just replace dynamic bits/buttons with just the handwritedness?
Whatever, I think it serves its purpose well. Good luck!
- shutdown0
my fee for testing your site is a free design from you :)
i like the artwork on there
- Nairn0
I'm an idiot (no news there).
You have ..um.. done all that contextualisationism - I was just looking at the Credit Card page.
'Online Market ResAErch | Client: Marketing Week'
- mybrokenshoe0
hi Nairn
Thanks glad you like the stuff.
"I'd like a bit more colour on an illustrator's site "
I have to say that i am going to diasgre with you on that (in a nice way.) The reason it is grey is so the work stands out and doesn't fight the images. I want to show the work not the website, if that makes sense.
As to the handwritten, i think that would be cool but i want to make sure art directors commisioners know where they are and what to do, i hate leaving it to chance. I reckon make it as easy a possible for the people looking at the work.
Thanks for the tips though much appreciated
- mybrokenshoe0
my fee for testing your site is a free design from you :)
i like the artwork on there
shutdown
(Oct 28 05, 07:17)Ha ha, ace. I am actually trying to think up some self promtional images. Come up with a good one. (that's not too weird and i can put in my portfolio and i'll do it. :D
Also Thanks for the spelling 'heads up' Nairn
- Nairn0
Cool - the reason I initially wondered at the colouring was because the shadow on the brim of your ozzy's hat looked a little dark - but that's just in contrast to the bg grey. I can see that it would look correct on a light background.
Anyway you have it - your work says everything it needs to do sell you anyway! :)
Can I ask - what's your process? Do you start everything on paper and trace and finish in Illy, or are you comfortable working straight to digital?
- shutdown0
not sure what you mean about self promotional, i think your work does plenty of that already
- mybrokenshoe0
Can I ask - what's your process?
Yep no worries.
Generally start in sketch book (ideas mianly rough sketchs) then scan in and build up n photoshop, using traced illustrator shapes.
Weird i know but i feel most comfortable working in PS rarther than building in illustrator. Then add textures and finally ligthing. Shadows reflections, highligths etc.
- JamesEStone0
works on FF for me... lovely work!
- mybrokenshoe0
I just mean images which are not commisioned. like the basketball man or superbugs. They are just ideas i have come up with and then made into images. Helps keep you hand in between commisions.
- mybrokenshoe0
whoops didin't quote, that last comment was for shutdown
- shutdown0
ahh i get ya
and now my mind is blank for ideas
i was at the NEC bike show yesterday so all i got in my head today is bleedin motorbikes!