first portfolio!

[takethetrain]

hello everyone,

i've just about finished my first online portfolio ever! it's all flash, too, which was interesting to work with since i'm still a bit of a newbie. anyway, here it is:

http://nightstand.org/portfolio

looking forward to your feedback!

brandy

[nyxxie]

I like it a lot. It's simple, clean and fun.

[Yuniqa]

i see you're good in flash...

i think the main menu is a bit distracting. It's hard to remember all categories once they dissapear. also the font is a bit too small. Other than that, it has a clean and fresh feel.

[takethetrain]

thanks guys! i will see what i can do about the font size..

[Jayberz]

I am not a fan of the mystery navigation. People will get frustrated and click away. Some of the black text is hard to read on the darker colors as well. You also have arrows that do not work next to piece being displayed.

[ukp]

nice idea! its good....

[ukp]

if I rate it on the scale of 5 it would be 4

[takethetrain]

I am not a fan of the mystery navigation. People will get frustrated and click away. Some of the black text is hard to read on the darker colors as well. You also have arrows that do not work next to piece being displayed.

thanks for being openly critical. mostly i like my navigation as it is, although i am considering slowing down how fast the pinwheel turns, or maybe making it stop on a rollover. the arrow problem i discovered yesterday; they are actually meant for scrolling text, but are unnecessary in most cases because there isn't enough text to scroll.

[dingaling II]

I agree on the speed of the pinwheel, although if you are doing something with it my preference would be not to do rollovers as I think they look like people just put them in to say 'Look what I can do, aint I great'. Keep it simple and let the artwork speak for itself.

[takethetrain]

I agree on the speed of the pinwheel, although if you are doing something with it my preference would be not to do rollovers as I think they look like people just put them in to say 'Look what I can do, aint I great'. Keep it simple and let the artwork speak for itself.

i completely disagree about the rollovers. the whole point of a portfolio is to showcase my work and my abilities as a designer, so i don't see why saying "look what i can do" would be a bad thing, as long as it is still functional. i appreciate your comments, though.

[whit72]

I believe its simple looks great I like the idea of the rollovers.

[TurtleX]

I didn't like chasing the navigation menu and as previously mentioned mystery navigation is a turnoff.

Unexpectedly opening links in new windows is a turnoff too, how about a little notice saying a new window will be opened?

I like how everything opens in the little rounded box and your rollovers, but again they have no descriptions until clicked upon.

Sorry, if I sounded too harsh.

[whit72]

I like it a lot it is readll different from the norm, I like the spinning wheel.

[Antwawn]

Nice animation, but the navigation isn't easy enough to keep me around very long, and you should try to buff up the portfolio with more stuff.

[takethetrain]

thanks so much everyone for your feedback, both positive and negative--i am already working on ways to make the navigation clearer while still maintaining the current style. and of course i would like to have more content--that is part of why i want to be on the design team here!