akrok design - portfolio review
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- goldieboy0
What mg33 has been saying. Plus, your car shots need some retouching.
- mg330
One last thing. Site is nice and simple and effective and I definitely like it. The only other thing that's not that great are the forwards/backwards arrows for projects. When I see those, I think they are going to present additional project-specific images, not take me to the next project. It's extra confusing because when the image is enlarged, there's no title and category displayed. So using the arrows, there's no context on what I'm looking at like there is if starting from the grid.
If you can add titles and categories to the enlarged image, do it. If you can't, take the arrows off and force people to close it, and select another from the grid view.
- ukit20
Looks pretty good man...I think your comments above are the main things that should be added.
Also maybe rethink which pieces are being displayed and the order. The Sony ads seem to break up the flow a bit. And not sure I would include the sketch towards the end...it doesn't really fit with the rest of the work.
- mg330
On the About page, is the little mouse with scroll wheel icon supposed to do something? It shows a hand on mouseover, but it's not doing anything when clicked. Mac + Safari.
- Miguex0
Looking good and clean!
I would love to see some other work instead of the pen illustration you have there. Also perhaps add a small bio under "about". Maybe outlining your skills/ goals/ previous experience.Think about, what would you like to see if you were looking to hire a designer.
Maybe pick a few projects and expand on them too.
- mg330
I really like that zoom-in / rotate thing on rollover! Need to review the whole thing, but one thing I'd suggest: if you can find a way to make the entire thumbnail be the hit state, that'd be nice. I struggled with a portfolio design in the past where the whole thing couldn't be clicked. Relying only on the hit state in the circle w/magnifying glass, which occupies barely 10% of the thumbnail, seems risky if people don't realize that's what they have to click to see more info. I feel like most of the thumbnail grid portfolios out there have full hit states on the entire thumbnail.
- akrok
i recently updated my portfolio as i am back in the job hunting game. i got some feedback but would like some more.
thanks.