René Weiser

Portfolio Markup for career as freelance webdesigner

By René Weiser

   on May 27, 2010
3 Reviews1 Vote0 Favorites307 Views

Concept Reviews

  • Patrick Niebrzydowski

    Patrick Niebrzydowski

    Rank: 2 Titan

    4613

    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    2 Votes
    use your imagery!

    Posted on May 27, 2010 at 10:54 AM

    you titled this site "web drop" but you have a lot of earthy and warm tones in your design. I think cooler colors and a bit more blue would fit the name better, but that is just a personal choice really.

    Also, I would probably try using that water drop imagery you have going a little bit. Overall I think it looks nice but it can definitely use some work. See notes for more...

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      • 1sharpen

        sharpen up your edges all the way up and down the site. You are sort of losing your foreground/background distinction in a lot of areas

      • 1sharpen

        sharpen up your edges all the way up and down the site. You are sort of losing your foreground/background distinction in a lot of areas

      • 2line this up

        flickr and twitter icons should line up with each other on left

      • 2line this up

        flickr and twitter icons should line up with each other on left

      • 3add some gutter

        your 2 column are really running into each other here, especially considering some of the generous white space you have throughout the page

      • 4are these titles?

        if so, left justify them, they look like action links where they are currently

      • 5soften

        this gradient is a little too strong

      • 5soften

        this gradient is a little too strong

      • 6soften

        this one as well (and the one at the bottom)

      • 7logo

        I like the effect you have going with your twitter/flickr icons butting up against their baselines and think the logo might look nice if you drop it down a little and cut the drop off at the bottom. Not sure how set the logo is.

    • Patrick Niebrzydowski
      Posted: on May 27, 2010 at 11:20 AM

      sorry, not sure why it duplicated some of my comments, just look at one of each number :)

    • René Weiser
      René Weiser commented:
      Posted: on May 27, 2010 at 11:34 AM

      Hi Patrick, thank you for this review. You mentioned some good points. I definitely consider them when i go over the design.

  • Abhishek Kumar

    Abhishek Kumar

    Rank: 1 Elite

    4957

    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
    0 Votes
    overall design

    Posted on May 27, 2010 at 3:44 PM

    i know this is just a concept- still: - your logo on the right is fine but i guess you are not utilizing the space on your top-left. - right panel is too close to the main panel. - if possible, please redesign your image boxes (theme/flickr boxes)

    • René Weiser
      René Weiser commented:
      Posted: on May 28, 2010 at 10:22 AM

      Thank you Abhishek for your comment. Do you have some suggestions on how i could improve the look of the imge boxes?

  • Ido

    Ido

    Rank: 5 Advanced

    291

    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    looks good

    Posted on May 28, 2010 at 1:51 AM

    some things to change though

    1. it bothers me that everything has a texture but the logo's bar add some noise to it or something.

    2. strech the layout so there be more space between the main content and the sidebar

    3. the green thingy at the bottom looks good but does the WP credit really needs it's own bar? prehaps moving it elsewhere and leaving the greeny as a decorative only?

    4. icons look pretty good but consider changing the WP icon, instead of filling it's background enlarge it and change it's colour, that might just work better with the rest of the design.

    5. smaller frame to the photos will be nice (just not the main one, it's just fine there)

    bottom line it looks really nice and i actualy liked it :)

    • René Weiser
      René Weiser commented:
      Posted: on May 28, 2010 at 10:25 AM

      Thanks for the review. Yes i thought about styling the logo bar similar to the footer. I will try out your other suggestions and see how it will work out. I'm posting a new version of the concept in the near future.