Web Design Critique

[willdawson]

Hey Guys!

Havn't been on for a while. Last time I was on, I posted a few screens of an Illustrator wireframe for my new portfolio design (http://www.designforums.co.uk/web-design-development/7073-quick-site-prototype.html). I've finished the home page design finally. School's been a bit hectic at the moment, but glad I got it done.

What does everyone think?

 

[byronc]

Hi,
I like the colors/design, but it takes forever to load (over 30 seconds) - big nono - and there are a few bugs - rg in the top right hand corner its rendering some code.
Cheers

 

[willdawson]

It's an image of a photoshop document...hahaha. I'll give a link to the CloudApp site with the image on there...

http://cl.ly/2Q1e2z3W0q1F2D0A0Z1

 

[Jimlad]

Haha. Hey will none of the buttons work either!

Lookin good man.

 

[willdawson]

Hahaha Thanks Jimlad! Developing some of the other pages now, and tweaked a few things on the home page:

- Changed section headers to Georgia Italic
- Changed project descriptors/skills to Georgia Italic
- Shifted the grouping lines to the right a bit (Thinking about taking them out all-together. Any thoughts?)

Hopefully I'll have some of it up soon

 

[willdawson]

Slightly updated version of the homepage + portfolio page. I love me some constructive criticism, whether I take it on board or not

Find the designs here:
Homepage, Portfolio.

 

[Romack]

It's nice. But that's it really, just nice.

It needs some personality, some flair, something of yourself in there. All i see is gloss and white space, there's no 'definition' to it, substance, anything that makes me go... 'yeah, wish i done that'.

But at least it's nice.

 

[byronc]

yeah it needs some background - looks very neat but needs xfactor

 

[willdawson]

How about this?
home2.png

 

[Jimlad]

That has actually made a massive difference to the overall look.

 

[willdawson]

Jimlad.

I'm hoping in a good way?

 

[Jimlad]

Well I prefer it. Ties things together more and ads a little depth. Keep going it's improving steadily.

 

[willdawson]

Ok awesome thanks! Just a quick question first. Do you reckon I should have the header inline with the edge of the box? And should the footer be out of the box, also aligned to the edge of the box?

 

[Jimlad]

Try it, definitely the header.

 

[willdawson]

Alright: home4.png

 

[willdawson]

Okay guys. Went back and polished the design a bit. Changes:

I ditched Georgia for a few headings, but will still incorporate it somewhere... I also simplified the filtering 'mechanism' on the portfolio page, the result of which you can see in the third image. Oh and btw, the portfolio box got lighter and obtained a grey stroke on the homepage, which wasn't reflected in the portfolio or sorted pages...here goes:

 

[willdawson]

Added a subtle grain to the background:

Here's it in full: