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I think this design has a lot of potential! I like the overal design; the background goes well with the logo and the navigation and then flows nicely into the table or however you see it underneath the featured work.

I also like the simplicity of the colours as it still draws me in to it.

Only a few things I would change;

• Add some contact information somewhere below the featured work. People are more likely to hire you if they can see some contact information straight away rather than having to find it (even if it is just clicking on one link)

• I would make the featured work a bit smaller and maybe add in a description?

Can't see anything else majorly sticking out as being wrong. Great work!

Good start here. I like the primary color and think you could bring it into the footer to tie everything together.

The featured image is quite large and overpowering and almost segments the rest of the page. Consider moving the tagline up into the header or overlaying the featured image. This will show the user what you as soon as they land on the page. Otherwise, they don't really know until they scroll down.

I'd increase the text size under the welcome and hire us sections and consider a nice wrapper around the thumbnails.

For the nav, I would design a different rollover/active state. The color doesn't have enough contrast to the background and it's a little plain.

You could use some action items, like call us now or view our services.

I think a small increase in letter spacing , especially for the navigation would do this design good. Also the vertical spacing of the text of the paragraphs and headings needs to be increased.

The white bar throws me off a bit, why not just fade the gray all the way to white?

Other than that, looks great. I like the color.

Luke

It's looking pretty sweet, I love the colors they are great! The design itself is clean...

There are few things that stick out a bit so I'll add some notes.

Overall a really nice design and with a few tweaks I think it will look awesome, would like to see the other pages as well.

Good Work!

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Hi Luke, this is a good start for your portfolio site. With that being said, I'm just going to dig into how I think you can improve it.

Cheers, Jamal

why should I care if you make the web look awesome? now, if you said you'd make ME look awesome ON the web, well, now, I'm more interested.

Luke, the design is very nice. I like it. It's clean, attractive and engaging. I feel like I'm in good hands, design-wise, although I'd tighten up everything a bit and try to bring your main message up higher on the page.

I like your two paragraphs from a design point of view, but as you know, they suck in terms of messaging. Forget "welcome" - think about what you want me to do. What's the call to action? This is a portfolio of designs, right? Why not follow the main headline promise of making me look awesome and say "don't take our word for it - check our work yourself."

"why hire us?" makes me wonder, yes, why? I'd be more proactive and say "We love what we do." When you work with us, you'll be working with passionate, engaged professionals who love our work. And we promise to love your project."

How do I reach you? Click the contact link? How about a phone number? Call us...

Nice Design Great colours !! the lighting effect you got going on is real nice !

I take i t that top slider will be CU3ER ?? personally i think that is getting a bit over used these days but still looks good! there is CU3er2 now which looks cool but slightly different maybe check that out

Your images down the bottom currently have no headline. I presume that will be your portfolio sites i would give them a headline

Give your why hire us a call to action there is currently no where to go or anything to do after reading that section

Extra line height on your body copy would help it to not look so dense and the padding between h1 / strong and p looks a little off

There is a big gap between your slider and the actuall conent of the site

footer is too low i didn't even notice it untill just then too much padding and white space after pictures

• H1 for lower Image Conent
• CTA / Button for your why hire us
• The space after your portfolio images
• Line height on your body copy

nice work

I like the space given to the elements on the page as well as the drop shadow around the main module, which is a great way of taking the design away from being a flat web page.

My only point here would be who is your target audience and what is your speciality because at the moment i'd need to click in to the site to find out. At the moment it's not giving any definitive idea of your USP.

If the main module is to become a flash animation (or similar) then as long as that has those short punchy key messages that would be the best solution. If you also make it an interactive animation to draw people in to click to various sections of the site that will save people having to scroll down as currently main content on this page is quite a bit below the fold.

With the typeface used i do feel it's used on a lot of creative sites so it might be good to look for an alternative. Not sure if you're using Cufon but if you are you can choose from anything you want for the main headings.

You probably dont want to do this for visual reasons but one thing you could do is bring the smaller graphics along the bottom up along side the main graphic then reduce the width of the main graphic so you have more chance of getting more interaction above the fold.

As folks have said, colors, layout everything is looking pretty good.

My only comment was that I really had to take a moment to realize I was on your portfolio page. When I opened the image I didn't realize there was anything below, I thought perhaps this was some kind of banner imagery.

Perhaps pagination or mini slides closer to the large work? This would not only help me quickly see more, but also given an indication that there is more.

Wait, looking at the navigation again. I thought portfolio was highlighted - but it looks just as if it has the highest contrast on the dark bg. Home is the only link of a different color, so this is then your home page?

Sorry, I am a little confused! Great showcase for your work, but perhaps rethink hierarchy between navigation & usability. Make sure users can move around and are without a doubt aware of where they are and where to find more info.

But seriously - overall looks great :) Hope my ramblings as I experienced this interface helped a little.

The colors are very nice. The background and 3D perspective really works well.

But beside the main image area... (will this be 3D CU3ER?) you have to make some serious changes

Make a 3 columns design maybe also use a grid base for your design.

The slogan "we make the web look awesome" you can put it inside the main box.

After the shadow of the main box dont start again with a gradient because the area between the shadow and the gradient is too small. Better use the small shadow to have made for the footer.

Also i think its better to have a more strong footer a dark gray maybe?

Now on the main area of your page you need to put in 2 of the 3 columns the welcome text. Dont start with the classic phrase Hello and welcome! tell something more unique like we "love great design and we are proud of it"

Make the why hire us in the 3rd column.

You need a title for the portfolio images maybe with the 3 column you have to make 6 or 3 thumps. Maybe 3 with a nice small description text on each, the client, type of services etc

In the footer i think its best to move the copyright stuff on the bottom move the links on top. Also maybe but only the mark of your logo more than a decoration element.

Maybe add some tweets from your twitter account?

Generally you have to make it more personalize, more you... now its look like a DreamTemplate....

You have but this nice 3D glossy FX in the logo this is a really nice touch incorporate in the rest of the site

Make some nice 3D buttons or a nice 3D background Frame for the why hire us area

Also you have to write something about branding maybe a nice article explaining why branding is so important.

Because you are mentioning that you are offering branding solution this kind of work beside designing includes also copy writing skills so you have to have excellent copy on your site in order to "sell" branding services.

Over all, this design to me, stands out.

It comes out of the page at me, and gets the main portfolio image across VERY well!

The navigation, is minimal. But very nice and clean. To me this works very well!

Now, just below the shadow of the first, portfolio, or light box sort of thing as i call them, there is a bar, of white.

To me this sort of does not fit, or seem to work with the rest of the design! Try maybe making it flow down to the punch line, of "we make the web look awesome." Instead of cutting off and starting again.

Why hire us, info blocks are all looking nice, keep it up. Just i wouldn't really hire a company that uses Heyo :P (My personal opinion)

The Images that make up a sort of bar i like, but would maybe swap to be above we make the web look awesome, or try to use them instead of that annoying white line!

The footer, I like it works, even if the logo colour is a bit off putting.

The Copyright, and Find us don't seem to fit either, but they are not that much of a problem.

Over all I Like the design, and it has a fairly nice eye popping feel to it!

I really like this! Your color scheme is eye-catching and vibrant and you have a pretty well-balanced layout.

Since you asked, my vote would be against the "Heyo!" -- I think you can keep the friendly feel you're going for with a simple, "Hello!" In other "words" commentary...is there a reason that the "we" in "we make the web look awesome" is uncapitalized? You don't do that anywhere else.

I'd suggest knocking the size of your main banner down a tad, since it takes a long time to find your content for someone doing scrolling rather than looking at an image. Your footer also seems weirdly set off from the rest of your content and perhaps blends in too much.

Really great start though. Best of luck on revisions!

Visually slick but the big image on top is sort of wasted space as the user has to scroll down a bit to actually see what the site is all about.

Only thing i dont like is the lack of content in the main area. Just needs a lil bit more. The design is great. Menu links look good and i like the image in the centre.

The design is nice and clean, but really, it's very similar to every other portfolio site out there so perhaps this would be a good opportunity to do something a bit different. I am afraid I don't have any suggestions as to what that could be, but it looks like you have the technical skills to do something decent.

Looks nice but I'm not so sure its that original, I've seen this layout a lot on template sites, but having said that I do like it.

Personally I'd...

Relocate the strapline and move the content below further up the page. Incorporate it into the sliding gallery above.

Add a bit more line height in the body copy.

Give the logo a bit more punch, its a bit lost in the design.

Simple and beautiful, but the "Heyo" and the squared pictures on the bottom confuse me. What is the big picture for?

Design looks well and i like the colors.

nice !

design looks good, bit of a big gap between the main image and the text so maybe shorten that , nice background colours, and nice footer, good job

probably most important thing about web designers it their portfolio, so should be promiment I think

Looks great. It just doesn't draw me in very much, it would be better if the main graphic (out-of-focus circles) had a bit more punch or purpose.