New Portfolio Site!
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- ernexbcn0
I like it.
- CygnusZero40
If you spend time looking at some of the more well known designers and creative directors, many of them have nothing up there except a bunch of kick ass work and an email address. To me that makes them look like they aren't messing around. All the fat has been trimmed away and you're left with a very impressive portfolio and an email address.
But when you look at less experienced designer sites, they have paragraphs of info about them, links to a bunch of other sites, blogs, and a bunch of stuff that isn't really that important.Just keep it streamlined. If you want to link out to your FB or LinkedIn pages if someone really wants to learn more, that's fine, but personally I would just keep a couple lines about yourself, and trim away anything else that's not serving a real purpose.
- AmandaLee0
Thanks!
- Jaline0
My last name is now forever changed due to your "SRI: Sexual Rights Initiative" work.
- air_yourself0
fact of the matter is........
you'd get it (GOOD and PROPER)
- chrisRG0
some nice work there ;)
- rodzilla0
Love the work and how its displayed. I'd turn off the lightbox feature within the portfolio work. When I clicked I assumed it would take me to a larger version, but it didn't, just the same image. Seems redundant...
- < totally agree - the slideshow works on it own, no need for a lightbox.bulletfactory
- was my first thought as well.SimonFFM
- AmandaLee0
Fair enough. I will look into either making the photos larger or removing it completely. Thanks!
- Frosty_spl0
Nice site!
- fourth0
as someone who has been struggling to make my own responsive portfolio site for the past few months I must say this is quite nice and I'm jealous. Nice job.
- MrBixler0
Respect for putting it out there and rolling with the punches. Nice site.
- fourtoone0
I find it inexcusable for someone who calls herself a designer to use a WordPress theme right out of the box with zero customizations or modifications. Really, you couldn't at least change some colors or typefaces? I thought portfolio sites were spaces where you could be as creative, free and expressive as you'd like. You did the opposite.
To make it worse you posted it to a design blog without mentioning that it's a template:
http://themeforest.net/item/smar…
Sorry to be harsh but if designers don't put any value on design how can we expect clients to?
- aww man I had a feeling it was a template but gave her the benefit of the doubtfourth
- dang, I thought it was hers...ernexbcn
- me too - I am disappoint.bulletfactory
- I'm not advertising myself as a developer. In all my web pieces I clearly state what my role was. None of which had developing.AmandaLee
- who cares!? that's what templates are for, everything is fine. Don't change a damn thing if yo udon't want to.monospaced
- qoob0
lol...I made the same comment on the first page about the earlier version (which was also an unmodified Themeforest template) and people called me an asshole and went on critiquing the template for two pages...
- qoob0
Having said that, I like the new template better. Well done!:)
- fourth0
can we EC this portfolio?
- Sorry, what do you mean exactly? I've never heard the term before.AmandaLee
- Editor's Choice on the homepage of QBNbulletfactory
- Would that be ok considering i've used a template? Unless you would be featuring my work, not the website?AmandaLee
- AmandaLee0
You're right, I should have mentioned it was a base template. I'm still teaching myself the coding side of things, but wanted to get my work up in the best way possible. I wasn't trying to take credit for the work of the developer/template designer at ALL.
It's not wordpress, it's HTML. I was using this website as an exercise to better my understanding of coding and how it all works. For those who want to bring me down, I really don't need your negative comments. I still worked extremely hard on the execution of my work and how to present it. I'm sure once I have caught up to date with how to hand write my own website, I will redo it from scratch. Until then, I should still be able to present my work effectively and to the best of my abilities to date.
- AmandaLee0
Having said that, thanks to those who have given some feedback, I really appreciate it :)
- Sep0
"It's my first website showing my work and I want to make the best it can be..."
"I think I got over-excited when I did my last design..."
"I wanted to do something simplified and sleek that would really let my work stand out..."
How is this not trying to take credit?