My site/portfolio revamped. Check it out.

Http://www.SevenlivesDesigns.com

It was up for a few days and confused a lot of people. Let me know what you think, hope ya like it!

CHANGE LOG:

- Reworked UI for easier navigation
- New intro with sound
- Blog added
- Twitchy gallery replaced with a more solid script
- New items on the gallery

Very nice. I like your gallery design.

Thanks Deathheart, you should have seen the last one, very twitchy. That's why God invented "beta".

I'm not crazy about the site design, but that's just personal preference.

The gallery is kind of frustrating in terms of getting the images to appear at times and not being able to simply click from one thumbnail to the next w/o clicking to close the one you're viewing.

The work itself in the gallery is really nice, though.

Thanks bluecherry for the feedback. I don't really find the gallery frustrating but definitely thanks for the feedback. Anyone else?

Sweet stuff, I like you're work as well.

Thank you too Uniment1.

Hey I'm always down to network and colaborate and such, if you guys have myspace, please feel free to add me.


http://www.myspace.c...venlivesdesigns

There, you can see what I did to that page (I treat it as a portal page if anything). I added a pretty neat player i made from scratch.

I like that the site is clean.
The UI is straightforward and largely usable.
I also like some of the work in your gallery.
It's obvious you have spent a lot of time on your site.

The only thing I would worry about (and I am sure this has already occurred to you), is the fact that the dark & glossy futuristic look (while here skillfully executed) is beginning to become a bit tired. You may find yourself becoming restless with that theme before too long -There is little question that you're well up to the task though.

My site is not nearly as impressive, perhaps someday when I can afford you I'll have you whip something up for me (though perhaps not quite so... masculine )

JTChurch,

That's some very good feedback, thanks! Yeah the whole time while making I tried keeping a balance and not overdoing the shininess. I feel it's pretty balanced though others might disagree and that's definitely cool.

I've gotten that "masculine" comment before, believe it or not lol. But I'll TAKE IT! Whenever I see it, I just wanna pick up a Gillette razor and start shaving.

I just wanna pick up a Gillette razor and start shaving.

LOL, Shortly after viewing your site I had the urge to rebuild an engine and get a tattoo, in fact I had to leave because I was worried that just viewing your site was somehow going to reverse my vasectomy !

lol

Another update w/ changelog. For those interested, check it out! Thanks!

Changelog:

- Site is now 2 pages instead of 3 or 4.
- Footer has been trimmed to almost a stroke. (Used to be boomerang in shape)
- Title bars now match one another (ex: blog)
- Gallery page received a reconstruction

Http://www.SevenlivesDesigns.com

It's a site befitting your work, which is saying a lot!

I like the refinements. The gallery is looking very nice, the only thought that occurred to me there is that your work is so good it seems a shame not display it even larger, it's like we're opening a cropped thumbnail to show an only slightly larger un-cropped thumbnail, you gotta flaunt that sh**! Show it off!

In my opinion the front page looks more professional than last. I like the idea of a 'Featured' tab but I doubt you'll have a lot of people actually clicking on it at first. Perhaps showcasing the featured work initially before going on to the default intro could work. In fact you might even pick a few different featured works, having a different one appear as featured on each visit to your site.

The 'Home' and 'Work' icon links seem to rest in the background too much, a little more contrast somehow might make them 'pop' a bit more and draw more attention to the navigation. The sparkle on the 7 logo seems a little rushed, and one last thought: your favicon (the little alien head) while cool, doesn't seem to be a perfect representative of your site. Maybe your seven logo would serve you better (might be hard on that small of a scale though).

To be honest, I think I would have less to say about a mediocre site, and would be less interested in saying it. As your site is so well done though, what few improvements can be made really seem to stand out (to me), more so than they would on a lesser site (like mine). Thanks for being a good sport, I hope I've hit on at least a couple of things that you might find insightful or helpful.

JtChruch,

Thanks a ton for the feedback!! Will use it and hopefully implement some of those ideas on the next batch of updates I give it.

Http://www.SevenlivesDesigns.com

It was up for a few days and confused a lot of people. Let me know what you think, hope ya like it!

CHANGE LOG:

- Reworked UI for easier navigation
- New intro with sound
- Blog added
- Twitchy gallery replaced with a more solid script
- New items on the gallery

Nice left brain work!

Thanks Sprague,

It's nice to have a community that gives good usable feedback which have allowed me to make those constant updates. As a result, my right brain hurts.

Nice left brain work!

I like it ... good work pal!

nice one ^^ i really like it

Tommy & Keegan,


Thanks guys, I appreciate the compliments. I'll post some designs soon I did for an actual Playstation 3 title.

hey the site looks gr8 ! keep up the good work