A Review of My Freelance Webdesigner Portfolio by Nate Vaughn

Use a different frame for work on homepage.

  • Nate Vaughn

    Nate Vaughn

    Rank: 2 Titan

    184

    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 1
    • Engagement: 3
    2 Votes
    Use a different frame for work on homepage.

    Posted on Oct 05, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    First thing I thought was apple. That pro image and the little arrows are so apple-y. Maybe find a different way to showcase/highlight work? I mean, I'd guess that's pulled from the apple site.

    I am digging the footer and subdued color palette.

    Also that about me image is an great human/engaging touch! Instantly connect more after seeing that image. Maybe remove the "things you don't like" blurb?

    Nice job!

    • Vincent
      Vincent commented:
      Posted: on Oct 05, 2009 at 11:16 AM

      I think you're right for the apple thing. That was a part of my doubts about this design. I think i will try to make it more "alive"

      Thanks for your feedback

      i wanted to say that i vectorised the macbook pro myself from a photo, just because i didn't want just to get a photo from the site, but, i know this isn't an excuse :)

      I'll think about another way to preview my works.

      Thanks again.

    • Doy Cave
      Doy Cave commented:
      Posted: on Oct 06, 2009 at 7:29 PM

      That was what I thought immediately. Apple. Not that that's a bad thing...but yeah.

    • Stas Zlobinski
      Stas Zlobinski commented:
      Posted: on Oct 07, 2009 at 9:16 PM

      I would remove "things i don't like" blurb as Nate suggests. It doesn't add much value, and you don't want to alienate some people.

    • Stas Zlobinski
      Stas Zlobinski commented:
      Posted: on Oct 07, 2009 at 9:18 PM

      May be instead say "things i love" or "things i can't live without" so you go from positive to even more positive rather than positive to negative. I think it works better from psychological attitude perspective.