Splash page - nice graphic (does it download in a reasonable amount of time on a dial-up?). The graphic is nice, but I do think that it's too long. A splash page should fit on the screen with no scrolling - you should definitely be able to see the site name without scrolling down. Speaking of the site name, that font is very hard to read. It looks cool but I can't really read what it says. I think the "f" is the main problem.
On to the main page. I'm a little concerned about the download speed here once again as well as the readability of the fonts you've chosen. I'm not sure that "contact" should appear on that orb thingy. "Contact" and "navigation" are very bright compared to the rest of the design. It doesn't blend as well as it could I think. You should also have your site name on there somewhere.
Photoshop page - the thumbnails should be all the same size. It'll look much better. You'll either have to stretch the images in the thumbnails or crop them - either way it'll look better than these oddly shaped ones (this goes for all the thumbnails). The page header graphic should blend into the page more, and the background checks should be the same size as they are on the main page. When you link to the big versions of your work, include some sort of way of going back on those pages.
Animation page - just make the page not quite so long - move those thumbnails a little closer together so there's not so much scrolling.
3D Images - thumbnails should be just a little bigger - it's too hard to get an idea of what the picture is like with such small thumbs.
I like the site but it does seem like it could take a long time to download on a slower connection. Mainly cos the graphics are large. You could be better off splitting the graphic up on the menu page (as its usually a page people keep coming back to (and won't want to wait for).
Like the pics tho!
Jo
Denmark 3 posted this at 22:21 — 19th January 2001.
I agree that the site is awesome, the graphic work in itself shows tremendous talent. However, another thing I found awesome about the site was that I clicked around it for 5 minutes and still didn't know what it was about.
I would suggest something on the splash page stating what the visitor is looking at (What is it?), and also in the navigation page at least.
I remember being very loathe to give up my own splash page, but after I did my number of visitors increased. The splash page graphic is impressive and could be included as a link in the navigation page. It's redundant where it is. Also, I
found myself squinting at the word "navigation" before I knew what it was - I don't know whether the font or the colour or both need changing.
So..very impressive...but what is it?
Best regards and good luck with the site.
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Megan posted this at 22:13 — 15th January 2001.
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Splash page - nice graphic (does it download in a reasonable amount of time on a dial-up?). The graphic is nice, but I do think that it's too long. A splash page should fit on the screen with no scrolling - you should definitely be able to see the site name without scrolling down. Speaking of the site name, that font is very hard to read. It looks cool but I can't really read what it says. I think the "f" is the main problem.
On to the main page. I'm a little concerned about the download speed here once again as well as the readability of the fonts you've chosen. I'm not sure that "contact" should appear on that orb thingy. "Contact" and "navigation" are very bright compared to the rest of the design. It doesn't blend as well as it could I think. You should also have your site name on there somewhere.
Photoshop page - the thumbnails should be all the same size. It'll look much better. You'll either have to stretch the images in the thumbnails or crop them - either way it'll look better than these oddly shaped ones (this goes for all the thumbnails). The page header graphic should blend into the page more, and the background checks should be the same size as they are on the main page. When you link to the big versions of your work, include some sort of way of going back on those pages.
Animation page - just make the page not quite so long - move those thumbnails a little closer together so there's not so much scrolling.
3D Images - thumbnails should be just a little bigger - it's too hard to get an idea of what the picture is like with such small thumbs.
Megan
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Jo Tomlinson posted this at 16:31 — 16th January 2001.
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I like the site but it does seem like it could take a long time to download on a slower connection. Mainly cos the graphics are large. You could be better off splitting the graphic up on the menu page (as its usually a page people keep coming back to (and won't want to wait for).
Like the pics tho!
Jo
Denmark 3 posted this at 22:21 — 19th January 2001.
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The splash page is sweet, but kinda useless. I like the image maybe you could put it somewhere else because the splash page is just a waste.
The rest of the site is just awesome.
mack posted this at 17:29 — 23rd January 2001.
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I agree that the site is awesome, the graphic work in itself shows tremendous talent. However, another thing I found awesome about the site was that I clicked around it for 5 minutes and still didn't know what it was about.
I would suggest something on the splash page stating what the visitor is looking at (What is it?), and also in the navigation page at least.
I remember being very loathe to give up my own splash page, but after I did my number of visitors increased. The splash page graphic is impressive and could be included as a link in the navigation page. It's redundant where it is. Also, I
found myself squinting at the word "navigation" before I knew what it was - I don't know whether the font or the colour or both need changing.
So..very impressive...but what is it?
Best regards and good luck with the site.
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