@Greg
Hm, I'll get on to it then. I find that you yourself are your own worst client. It's much harder to make a pleasing personal logo.
@Onartis
I'll work on it, thanks for the suggestions. :)
@Jazajay
Hm, your post certainly gets me thinking whether I should or shouldn't use this single-page...
Heya everyone, I've started designing my own portfolio site and I'm in need of feedback of what should be improved etc.
This is possibly the farthest I've been in designing a website - mostly it's only been mockups and such.
The site will be a single-page site, and will be using a jQuery...
I believe that scrapbooks are an excellent thing to use, when technology tends to restrict your creative thinking. Mine is just a small notebook, or anything I can doodle on.
I've done it on tissue paper on a restaurant - funny stuff. Not to mention convenient.
The first thing I would recommend you to add would be a header or logo to your blog so as to add a focal point that will pull visitors in and view the rest of your blog.
It's a rather funny scenario indeed, I've had a few "brilliant" and "mind-boggling" ideas in my head a couple of times before only to realize that it was silly a few minutes or hours later. Sometimes later I found out that the idea isn't really revolutionary anymore as it has been used several...
Here are some ideas you can use:
120 Self Promotion Ideas for Graphic Designers & Freelancers (Free or Almost Free) : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog
I'd say HostGator is a bit overselly.
Try Multiple Domain Hosting, Host Unlimited Websites with cPanel and Linux by CirtexHosting, a friend of mine recommended that to me. He's an excellent web-savvy guy, too.
To add a bit of twist to the site -especially since it is aimed for TEENAGE boys- I think it would be better to not use too obscene or graphical images. Perhaps a jQuery image slider can also be integrated to add that extra swoosh. It definitely makes visitors stay on the page more. Again, they...
I'm not very sure about the color scheme you've chosen, it conveys a rather old and boring image - ever thought about using lighter or more shades of color?
Light blue, for instance.
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