J.CX - whatda think?

Justin S's picture

They have: 2,076 posts

Joined: Jun 1999

Ok everyone. Now it's your turn to tell me what you think. The link is in my signiture below.

The jist of the site is just a place where people can view my portfolio, then contact me if they need a design. I don't want it to be like a big design companies site where people can request quotes and stuff.

Anyway, critique away!

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Justin Stayton
· WEB: http://www.j.cx
· EMAIL: [email protected]
· ICQ: 45549000

They have: 472 posts

Joined: Oct 1999

Simple, yet clean and professional.

Nice work!

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Goodbookmarks.com - Quality Links To Quality Sites

They have: 13 posts

Joined: Jun 2000

I see nothing to complain about. That's quite an accomplishment. Good job.

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Goth Girl
"If you close your eyes in the darkness, you can see many things."

Goth Girl
"If you close your eyes in the darkness, you can see many things."

They have: 133 posts

Joined: Feb 2000

Really clean. I would be impressed if I stumbled across this looking for a freelancer.

A couple of things though. (bear in mind I am not too experienced so you may disagree.)

The details of the clients are too light. I know that they are not that important to the viewer but as soon as the page loads you have to strain to see them.

Also why not make the images of your work clickable links or at least offer a link to the sites so that if a possible customer want to check them out they can. At the moment if I wanted to check them out I don't even know what the url's are.

Just small things but I hope they help you.

Very good work...

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http://www.wannabebig.com
The Ultimate Bodybuilding Resource

They have: 296 posts

Joined: Sep 1999

I will have to say that cloughie has already beaten me to it. I agree with him that you should be able to click on the small thimbs you had of your clients so people could see them. Also the text is a bit too faint. Just a hint darker maybe. Very clean and proffesional though.

~Vy~

They have: 166 posts

Joined: Jan 2000

Justin,

Nice!

The content is a little skimpy. I'd like more information on the services you provide if I were a prospective client.

John

They have: 488 posts

Joined: Feb 2000

Looks clear, simple and neat.

Perhaps moving the whole text and cartoon photos up by one inch would look perfect.

Justin S's picture

They have: 2,076 posts

Joined: Jun 1999

JACKCHEN: Thanks...

GOTH_GIRL: Thanks...

CLOUGHIE: Yeah, I will darker up the text. Also, I'm going to add the URL(s) to the sites. Good point...

VY22: Thanks. Will do...

JOHNNYBOY: I was thinking about adding a services page. Maybe I will. Thanks for the suggestion...

NSS: Ah! 1 inch made it look perfect. Thanks...

More, more, more!

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Justin Stayton
· WEB: http://www.j.cx
· EMAIL: [email protected]
· ICQ: 45549000

[This message has been edited by Justin Stayton (edited 23 June 2000).]

Megan's picture

She has: 11,421 posts

Joined: Jun 1999

You should have a clear statement somewhere about the purpose of this site. I would use "Portfolio" rather than "CLients"

I also think that you need to work on your resume. Don't put your preschool on there! Since you haven't been to college yet, you should probably move your education section down to the bottom, so you can give more prominence to your skills.

Is this resume supposed to get you a job or attract clients? Either way, you should add more information to cater to your target audience. Talk about what you did on each of the sites in the clients area - challenges you faced, languages and programs you used, a little bit about the site and what it does.

If your target audience is prospective clients, your site should show them, in layman's terms, what you can do for them. ALl these acronyms on your resume may look inpressive, but a client probably won't know what they do. Also add on any non-computer related skills like second languages, analytical and organizational skills, things like that.

Any previous employment information would also be good, and you should state what your relationship is with your references (actually, most people ususally don't put their references right on their resume's - it's common practice to only give ot references if the prospective employer/client asks for them)

Okay, enough about the resume (which you probably didn't want to hear anyway). The site looks good. The cartoon characters are a cute touch (I don't know if that's appropriate in this case though.... your educational information gives away the fact that you're very young, and the cartoon characters may just enforce a perception of immaturity. I'm not saying that you are - some people just might get that idea. That could be a good thing though, depending on how you look at it...thinking as I type here...).

Anyway, Snoopy and the guy on the right side should be facing into the page not off the edge. THey draw the eye away from the site rather than towards it. The grey text you've used is a little too pale. I wouldn't have gone with that brown colour either - something brighter and more primary might have been more exciting (and more compatible with the cartoons), but whatever...

Good job overall - I'll be working on a site like this for myself soon (as soon as I get even a vague idea of what I want to do with it...)

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Joined: May 2000

I love the simplicity of the site, but I would do something about the cartoon characters you have on the site. I don't feel that they are very appropriate. Maybe some technical images (low opacity to go with the rest of the site) of computers, keyboards, people, or anything like that would give it the perfect touch.

Thanks,

Ruben Gonzales
http://www.graphics-universe.com

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