A Review of ShawnKirsch.com by Susie Sahim

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  • Susie Sahim

    Susie Sahim

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 1
    • Engagement: 2
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    Posted on Aug 30, 2010 at 1:31 PM

    I remember seeing an earlier iteration of this design. It's looking better. A few things to consider:

    • remove the drop shadow on the box
    • Fonts are inconsistent. i see a sanserif for the gray box and then serifs for the descriptions of your scripts and shaders
    • The photo of yourself is odd. it looks like a cheap photoshop trick. Even if its something created from one of your scripts, I'd suggest removing it.
    • lighten the gray box more. It's a bit dark and hard to read the text
    • as another person mentioned, the buttons are a little plain. make them larger, add more padding between the inner text and border. maybe do a light gray 2 or 3 pixel border instead similar to what you are using for the thumbnails.
    • I'm not a font expert but the font you are using in the header for your name, position and resume link seems like a novelty font. I'd suggest finding something more professional.
    • the "resume" link since it's done with the same treatment as the page title doesn't feel like a link and is disconnected from the rest of the design. Make it more obvious that it is a link or find another placement for it. Perhaps also add a "contact" link?
    • Shawn Kirsch
      Shawn Kirsch commented:
      Posted: on Aug 30, 2010 at 1:55 PM

      Great comments, I will be incorporating them into the next iteration

    • Shawn Kirsch
      Shawn Kirsch commented:
      Posted: on Sep 01, 2010 at 1:32 PM

      Will you go to site and see the updates?

    • Susie Sahim
      Susie Sahim commented:
      Posted: on Sep 01, 2010 at 1:56 PM

      Sure, just checked it out. I think the changes you made are good, especially having the videos in there to show the work.

      However, I still suggest removing that photo at the top. The typography still feels like it needs work.

      This might be just a personal opinion, but Times New Roman only feels appropriate for body text when the text is literary work. I suggest changing your fonts to Arial, Verdana, or Trebuchet.

      Also the footer feels unfinished.