Portfolio Template

i think you've got a very good first draft ... few thoughts:

you're menu bar is a bit thick, given how plain it is. perhaps consider a more complex gradient, making it shorter, or adding accents above/bellow/both to the active/inactive items.

the sharp corners of the "R6" block in the middle don't match with the rounded corners of the menu and the "contact information" box. i would suggest rounding them and their related outline.

if you really want to attract the eye, you need a "violator", ie a design element that breaks the boundaries of its container. you could either have some of the abstract lines leaving the header or (my preferred idea), have the R and 6 bust the boundaries of the black containing box.

other minor items:

• consider adding a very subtle vertical gradient to the black background of the R6 box

• consider a soft shadow or "black glow" outside the outline of the R6 box

• consider making the gradient in the center of the page a touch darker at the bottom

• consider adding a soft border to the "contact information" box

• consider more internal padding for the content of the "contact information" box, ie move the email addresses and phone numbers 10px-ish towards the center, matching that padding amount on the bottom

• consider etched bounding flourishes on either side of the menu items in that blue of the active item or a slightly darker shade there of

There seems to be an off balance between the colors used in the header compared to the ones used below.