Kyle Scollin

Portfolio Homepage - Second Concept

By Kyle Scollin

   on Jan 05, 2010
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Concept Reviews

  • Angie

    Angie

    Rank: 1 Elite

    1477

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 5
    • Engagement: 5
    2 Votes
    Icons

    Posted on Jan 05, 2010 at 8:22 PM

    Great job with this site!

    It is very engaging and really works considering the type of work you are focused on.

    Have you tried other colors for the accent color? Since street art is so colorful and vibrant - the green you chose doesn't seem to fit. It also is getting a little lost in the navigation. Maybe a yellow/gold color? Or magenta/fuchsia?

    The only other thought is maybe you don't need the icons next to the white text in the footer. I like the little swash of "paint" under the text, but the icons are makng it a little busy.

    I'm interested in what the rest of the site looks like!

  • Danny Banks

    Danny Banks

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

    233

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    More Grunge

    Posted on Jan 05, 2010 at 8:25 PM

    It seems like the design is trying to have a grunge theme but also a shiny web 2.0 theme at the same time. I would go with the grunge, make the icons in the bottom drawings or grungy stickers. And the main section is too clean - I like the white space but the cleanliness of it throws me off compared to the rest of the design

  • Eric Buchmann

    Eric Buchmann

    Rank: 2 Titan

    589

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    feels disconnected

    Posted on Jan 05, 2010 at 9:41 PM

    I just get the feeling that the clean crisp lines in the nav and the lighter blue area aren't really working with the logo, lines at the bottom, and backgrounds. I also don't feel the animated spray can is really giving me the idea of graffiti, along with the clean fonts.

    The valid html and css icons would look better if the line up underneath all of the social networking icons. Plus the top right of the nav looks like it may be slightly out of a grid system since it's the furthest to the right element, but I may be wrong on that.

  • Chris Beddoe

    Chris Beddoe

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

    141

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    Icons

    Posted on Jan 06, 2010 at 4:50 AM

    I agree with what the other reviews are saying.

    I think you need to scrap the icons on the headings altogether, they scream clip art at me. I think the social media ones are ok, if a little large.

    The green does need pimping up a bit.

    Do you need the intro text under the welcome para? That will surely be in the about section. Maybe you could combine the two and shorten it.

    The serif font is a little hard to read for me. What if you did the headings in your marker pen style, and the text in the sans-serif font?

    I like the can and the grunge BG. But there does seem to be a bit too many mix of styles at the moment.

  • Nate Hamilton

    Nate Hamilton

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    Too busy

    Posted on Jan 06, 2010 at 7:59 AM

    This design is very simple in places and very busy in others. The footer is quite busy and makes me not even look at it. I would try and make this more consistent, either simplistic or detailed, not both.

  • James Ware

    James Ware

    Rank: 10 Newbie

    29

    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
    0 Votes
    Cool 3D spray can

    Posted on Jan 06, 2010 at 10:10 AM

    Overall you have all of the elements needed for a website...navigation, social media, but it's missing the street look and feel. The 3D can makes me think you do 3D street, which would be cool.

    I would use a font thats a little more grungy. Not too funky, but funky enough to be engaging.

    Good luck!

  • Noel Tock

    Noel Tock

    Rank: 1 Elite

    CF Verified professional

    4065

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    The gray background...

    Posted on Jan 06, 2010 at 2:49 PM

    For some reason it gives me quite a dark feel.. i.e. it could have more pop. Otherwise, cool footer, the whole piece has this mailchimp feel which is very 2.0 and up-to-date with the trends I guess... good luck with the dope portfolio :D

  • Julio Rivera

    Julio Rivera

    Rank: 1 Elite

    1136

    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
    0 Votes
    to blue for me

    Posted on Jan 06, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    hey whats up dude man i told you about the what's crackin it sound super ghetto a lot of people will not work with you just because of that alone.

    also to much blue dont know where to start looking at first everything is the same color.

    work on it alittle more.

  • Ari Suardiyanti

    Ari Suardiyanti

    Rank: 3 Superior

    560

    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    just the icons

    Posted on Jan 07, 2010 at 5:40 AM

    It's a simply blue website for me :) but I would only suggest to make the icons you are using now to be a bit smaller, right now it looks pretty big, that's all

  • M. H.

    M. H.

    Rank: 1 Elite

    409

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    content section

    Posted on Jan 10, 2010 at 5:57 AM

    I like the menu and the header. Works well. But the content area is too noisy, mixing some different styles. I would clean up the columns on the bottom. The icons doesn`t match in my eyes. Try some cleaner, perhaps only two-colored ones.

  • firstname lastname

    firstname lastname

    Rank: 1 Elite

    322

    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    I love it

    Posted on Jan 11, 2010 at 12:12 PM

    I think it looks great. Love the can, i think he is fun and engaging. i would maybe play with header type more since you do not have much more going on. add some color, increase leading. and maybe add some color to links or headers. But i think u did a really good job!

  • Nick Benson

    Nick Benson

    Rank: 1 Elite

    124

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 2
    0 Votes
    Main picture does not really relate to the logo

    Posted on Jan 12, 2010 at 3:45 AM

    I like the colours used, the overall layout, as well as the icons.

    For me however, the main pic does not really relate to the logo (it's more suited to a kid's art project than to a Designer's portfolio site) I find myself looking at it, more than exploring the rest of the site.

    Kewl site, none the less!

  • Sadik Saidov

    Sadik Saidov

    Rank: 10 Newbie

    27

    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 0
    • Originality: 0
    • Engagement: 0
    0 Votes
    Original design

    Posted on Feb 04, 2010 at 5:37 AM

    Your design is so nice and colors too, but what is role of main animal picture here?

  • Id3sign

    Id3sign

    Rank: 4 Master

    245

    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 5
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    Can it...

    Posted on Jan 05, 2010 at 7:37 PM

    I like the layout, but the can seems too happy for me... Try one that's not so happy or a more tougher one a bit. One that doesn't scare the client away though. It also seems like he doesn't fit with the Logo