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- flyingnowhere
Looking for opinions
<a href="http://blainebowers.com/">here</a>
- killerqueen0
C-
- van_rijn0
kinda like the bg.. but i think its too bold
- ecklesroad0
that background is nice. Maybe some color, I'm partial to magenta
- sikma0
i don't mind websites that use lightbox to display images but isn't there a version with forward and back buttons?
its annoying having to open and close constatnly
- killerqueen0
And I give your work a D+.
- flyingnowhere0
the buttons are rollovers on the image itself
- flyingnowhere0
I suppose I should have worded it differently.
I am looking for opinions on the work, not the site.
- e-pill0
do you want a crit on the site or the art?
- flyingnowhere0
art
- emukid0
i like the drawings a lot. perhaps consider showing those first and move digital to the third column instead. being a little more picky about what you include in the digital section might not be a bad idea. also consider using thumbnails of your work instead of just text links. and try to ignore killerqueen.
- kev_charlton0
it does my head in when people can't be bothered to change the generic 'close' image in lightbox.
- ha, to tell you the truth i never thought about doing that
i am rather lazyflyingnowhere - oh man...i would like to comment on this... see it below!!e-pill
- ha, to tell you the truth i never thought about doing that
- Llyod0
- very nice!flyingnowhere
- it was made by indian h1b visasLlyod
- hurts my eyesecklesroad
- says a guy with an ugly preprogrammed blogLlyod
- uan0
i like some of the art:) but i think it should be somehow present (thumbnails?crops?...) on the site...doesnt make sence to me to have drawing1, drawing2, 3, 4... its confusing and its difficult to talk about the art...did i just see drawing 11? or 12? or 10?!?...
- maybe i should title them
i like the simplicity of the wordsflyingnowhere
- maybe i should title them
- creative-0
I don't think you need to use the lightbox to display your email address. Make it come up the same way as when you click on about.
- e-pill0
lightbox... and web designers.
i am not a web designer. i use lightbox. i use it because everything is already made for me. i shouldnt have to manipulate it ever at all as my artwork should dominate the user's visual stimulus over anything and everything else the site is showcasing.
web designers need to never use lightbox period and need to push their creative ability a lot further from the non designers like me. i want to see web designs create sites i can not.
but it seems the nature of the monster leave little room and a lot of designer chose this easy way out and do not change a thing from the original template. this is boring. do it better!!! out shine me dammit!!!
i dont see a lot of out shiners out there especially designers using lightbox or anything similar.
bleh!!
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p.s. flyingnowhere, i like your photography and art.:)
- utopian0
Your actual portfolio is very nice.
However your website template is boring and I have seen it about a 1,000 time already. Get rid of the freeware web template and create something that either compliments your body of work or enhances the end user experience to your website.
Carry on...
- framel730
I'm not sureabout the design of the website, but the content its interesting.
- travisbarto0
Although it's been said, it's a bit tedious to keep clicking over and over and not knowing what your going to see. Maybe there is a different way to cycle through the work.
- kona0
the work is really nice but i'd re-think calling everything 'drawing 1', 'illustration 2' and so on. i thought it was all like lorem ipsum at first. either give them names/titles or think of a better way to click to the work. nice stuff though.