My folio

[Syous]

Redid my portfolio, what do you guys think?

dbrema.com

Edit - aware site is not working in IE6

[Counterproductive]

I think it's broken in IE 6.0.

[Iamthejuggler]

Looks pretty slick to me. Shame the height of the page is set by the largest of the two sections that transition back and forth, but I guess that's unavoidable. The text on the tag (top right) is pretty hard to read, and the html text in the header looks nasty. I'd either make it an image, or use sIFR to make it look nicer.

[DanontheMoon]

I like the look and feel - the absence of candyland colors and the ripped-up look of the nav buttons. Everything seems to flow together pretty well, the only negative criticism I can think of is that the triangular symbol at the top might cause adobe lawyers to start tapping their feet. It looks a lot like the acrobat logo. Nice stuff.

[birdwing]

I like the feel, very creative and inspiring!

The only thing I think is off is I don't like how the top bar of the site hangs down from the top like that.
There really isn't a use for the gap up there and I thin it would look nicer flush up against the chrome.

And that would allow you to lower the news section so that its top lines up with the top of the first picture on the left side. I think that will balance the site a little better.


Other than that though (which is probably just me) I like it :thumb2:

[Timmytots]

it makes my browser crash. safari on a mac.

btw, why did you give this topic the exact same title as mine? trying to get as many responses?

[Syous]

Sorry Timmt I got you on ignore =/ Chances are your comment led back to yourself, however.

Thanks for the tip birdwing, I moved the header up 50px so it's flush with the top.

And Dan, the logo is often seen as an upside down uterus! =p (thanks TheCanadian)

[shane-c]

I second Iamthejuggler's comments. I really like the transition between web and print, but I think it would be really worth looking into either adding more web work to make it the same height, or working with the javascript so the height is flexible.

Also, the links need rollovers of some kind, even if they're very subtle. It feels a little flat and stale when it doesn't respond to mouse interaction.

Nice work so far, though :beer:

[redelite]

Wow that actually made a noticeable difference. I actually like it better flush with the top. Good call! Lookin' good man. The only thing I was thinking was, what if you lowered the NEWS headline to be in line with the top of the portfolio items?

**Edit: dang shane... took my hover ideas...


btw, why did you give this topic the exact same title as mine? trying to get as many responses?

Sorry Timmt I got you on ignore =/ Chances are your comment led back to yourself, however.


:lol: zing...

[jwilliam]

Sorry Timmt I got you on ignore =/ Chances are your comment led back to yourself, however.

Wow, how'd you guess?

[waseem]

Very nice and slick, there isn't too much to critique.

And he's openly mocking you, you dumb ****, maybe if you stayed in school you would know what that means.


btw, why did you give this topic the exact same title as mine? trying to get as many responses?

[DanontheMoon]

I aced Sarcasm Theory. For real, it's right after chicken sexing on my resume.

[birdwing]

Don't let it spill over into this thread just because it has the same name :lol:

spam in dear old timmytots thread

[TheCanadian]

I really like your site. What is rema anyways? Your name?

[sekasi]

I like it!

I have a question though.


designs by Rema is a Christian web and print solutions company

I'm not saying you shouldn't, but why are you putting so much emphasis on the Christianity of your business? Just curious.

[saxx]

Lovin' it.


it makes my browser crash. safari on a mac.

btw, why did you give this topic the exact same title as mine? trying to get as many responses?

Parody thread

[Syous]

I really like your site. What is rema anyways? Your name?


I like it!

I have a question though.

I'm not saying you shouldn't, but why are you putting so much emphasis on the Christianity of your business? Just curious.

Rema is a Biblical word roughly translated to inspired by God. Originally I didn't know what it meant but thought it was cool so went with it, however I like the meaning even tho It would be pretty arrogant to say my sites were inspired by God, heh.

For the emphasis on Christianity, I'd like to develop a niche of doing church sites.

[saxx]

Rema is a Biblical word roughly translated to inspired by God. Originally I didn't know what it meant but thought it was cool so went with it, however I like the meaning even tho It would be pretty arrogant to say my sites were inspired by God, heh.

For the emphasis on Christianity, I'd like to develop a niche of doing church sites.

They really need better sites, most of them are terribad :pope:

[scottc]

Syous, you can fix the transparency in IE with the IE behavioral filters...

And whats with all the IE hacks in your css, if it doesn't even render correctly in 5.5 or 6.

Also i recommend using IE conditional statements, then you can have one clean css and the other filled with all the hacks u want... then its standards compliant, and you can justify it by saying that its to "fix IE's rendering mistakes".

[nobody]

Let me preface this by saying my opinion on this isn't personal, I'm being objective.

It feels dated and amateur, and there are a couple reasons for this. The grunge-ish thing you have going on is at least a couple, if not more, years old. You didn't go too far with it, which is good, but the elements with the grunge applied are by far the weakest elements. The "web" and "print" navigation items throw off all kinds of balance and draw far too much attention due to their color, position, and texture.

The price-tag thing on the top right isn't too bad. The typeface is a poor choice on it, it needs to be lighter (thinner) to be more legible. It also needs to be better integrated, not just slapped on top of your header bar. Speaking of the header bar I think your logo and word mark instantly make you feel like you're at an amateur's website. The logo is pretty boring and generic, but at the very least you need to try to anti-alias it a little better. The word mark is just bad. The grunge effect is pointless and distracting. It also doesn't match the sans-serif tagline underneath it. Those elements are all fighting against eachother and you need to work on making them a cohesive whole. The tagline is the strongest part of your branding trifecta.

Moving downward, the body background is alright, I don't think it's really good or bad, you can make it work. The images with the grunge style borders are awful. The borders detract from the work. You should be focusing on the actual image, not what surrounds it. To that end the faux-tape label on top of the images is awful. The placement is awkward and the execution is lacking. I think you'd have better luck with a solid border and a solid triangle in one of the corners with more carefully thought out type.

The information bit underneath is alright. The type needs room to breathe though, look into increasing line-heights. Also I think the use of curled-braces ({ }) is pointless and amateurish. A small divider between items might be useful as well.

The news content bar just needs to be re-done entirely I think. The heading is too close to the header bar. The font is bad much like your header bar. The flourish underneath the heading is nice but obviously stock. The content blocks probably shouldn't just float like that and the spacing between and lines, and especially between blocks, leaves a lot to be desired. I'd recommend some sort of solid, contrasting bounding box and background for the whole bar.

The tremendous gap between the body content and the footer is confusing. I'm not sure what's happening there. The footer graphic is nice but needs room to breathe underneath.

I'm sure I've repeated what's been said in this thread but it seemed like bickering so I didn't really read it. Sorry for nitpicking, the site really isn't awful, just needs to be polished as it feels half-baked. Good luck.

[Syous]

I appreciate the critique Nobody. It's critiques like yours that help me see things a lot differently and become a better designer, and I'll be putting most if not all of the changes into effect as you suggested.

Question though, what would you suggest I do with the nav?

[0x66FF00]

Woah, nobody's review was awesome, so there's not much to be added concerning the design.

You might consider adding more content to your page, though. If it's a portfolio it is probably supposed to be visited by potential clients - and those need at least some basic information about you: Aside from your e-mail address and your phone-number, there are only scattered shreds of information about you. I'm not even completely sure what services you offer or even if you can be hired at all and it's quite possible that potential clients are even more confused.

Unless you send your clients a complete CV and extensive advertising material, it would make sense to have at least some information about yourself on that page.