3D Model Design site review please?

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    Hello,

    Just completed the final touches to this site:
    3D Model Design

    It uses a wordpress back end with an edited template.
    It's taking me weeks to get it to look like this, however, I understand the value of feedback and I would be keen to here all of your thoughts.

    The site has been made to compliment my web design portfolio.

    Thanks and if you need a wordpress site setting up, then please PM me.

    Best regards,
    David
     
    mesmerize, Jan 11, 2008 IP
  2. mgrohan

    mgrohan Active Member

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    Overall a pretty good design. Seemed a bit narrow and bunched up for my liking though, especially as the theme of the site is design. Would have preferred the page width bit wider, and the piicture/drawings being larger rather than small thumbnails.
     
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  3. Austell

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    That is really a good design. Tight and sufficient.
    Razvan Teodorescu, the author of Mental Disorder theme did a great job...
     
    Austell, Jan 15, 2008 IP
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    I feel the background is too bright.
     
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    swedal Notable Member

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    I use a widescreen so there is just too much dead space on the page with a very narrow site design.
     
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  6. geme

    geme Banned

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    I like this design...It's a simple and nice design
     
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    a little to narrow for my liking
    but nice enough overall

    1)
    get rid of the mouseover effects
    I mean...I roll over Contact Us and I get a nifty little box flash up telling me that if I click this it's going to take me to ...guess what..."Contact Us" page

    This is overkill.
    It's annoying for a user - are you saying I'm a bit too thick to understand where the links will take me

    2)
    The masthead graphic -would look better mirrored
    The logo obscures what look to be the most interesting part of the graphic

    Just my two pennerth
     
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  8. mesmerize

    mesmerize Member

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    yes, I might reflect the logo, make the logo stand by itself and improve that area. Thanks.

    The rollover affects are also the same as ALT and will be good for accessibilty, I think I will leave them in, but I see your point.

    As for the design, it does use a wordpress theme as the backend template, I modified it quite a lot though.

    SCREEN size and width:
    Well, to be honest my original portfolio is much smaller. I always design for people with 800x600 screen resolution, as my local library and quite big group of people have this screen size.
    I think maybe in 2 years I will increase my base line size to 1024 x 768

    Thanks to all who have commented , so far.
     
    mesmerize, Jan 15, 2008 IP