I've just been messing about really trying to come up with something for my portfolio site and this is it so far, http://www.jim7porter.com/v2/ I'm just looking for some feedback so far, i can't think what to do with the banner area. Thanks Jim.
Looks pretty good! But I think you could change the font in #welcome, and use a slightly darker blue. It makes it a bit hard to read the white text. Everything else looks fantastic!
I like the layout the only thing I wound do is add something to cut on the glare that makes it had to read the white text on the gradients. I would say use an image and change how you put the text on the gradient...ie put the image on the lighter side of the gradient on the right or left side and maybe add a stoke to the text to offset it from the lighter blue, that might help with the legibility of the text.