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- IRS0
This is funnest thread ever. Now I have oily burnt hamburglar aftertaste in my mouth.
- pr2-1
d-rek, what the fuck are you talking about? The only person i insulted was pillhead who comes in throws some insults himself, doesn't add enything positive to the discussion and at the end his own website fails at almost everything that's being said in the thread.
- you can lead a horse to water... welp, guess i'm done with this threadbigtrickagain
- sherm0
Cool work.
Personally after that Heinz one I'd be a vegan if I were not already avoiding meat & dairy.That aside, how about a nice wide centered format with videos going down the page organized by category? Say like 950px wide videos...
The only time someone has to even change pages would be if they switch categories... It should make navigating easier...
I would go away from Thumbnails as a preview of video.
My 2 cents.
- bigtrickagain0
we don't mean to hurt your feelings, pr2 - we're just being honest (some more brutally so than others). if you won't take the chorus of advice from us (most of us are designers of some sort and are pretty qualified to give opinions), well, hopefully there's someone else that can gently take you aside and tell you the truth in a way that you'll believe it.
your video work is good... i hope for your sake that this happens soon (: good luck.
- Kiggen0
coughs....
maybe its not the site, but the work?
You have a very specific style and you know how are ad companies are eh...
- Kiggen0
Wait you work for Nickelodeon and you give shit for being a big corporation guy?
- sigg0
Shit did you seriously get paid for the Heinz commercial? Fuck that doesn't want me to buy their product at all.
- sigg0
Wow. Now I totally get it. It's not your site that's putting off your clients, it's you. You are a complete dick pr2. Seriously.
- ease up dude.bigtrickagain
- Hey man he's firing both barrels above at guys giving constructive criticism.sigg
- d_rek0
SUMMARY OF THREAD:
*Enter pr2
*pr2 requests feedback for his site, claiming clients are put-off by the lack of organization and overall site usability. Proceeds to request feedback for newly redesigned site.
*Enter other users with lots of good, concise feedback for many of the issues pr2 has addressed.
*pr2 completely ignores any feedback then continues berate users for their comments.
*pr2 fails at life.
- hahaha, classicegosmoke
- pretty much true, although the last * is harsh...bigtrickagain
- heh the fails at life part was to make this fun, not meant to jab. Quite sure the guy is probably doing OK at life ;)d_rek
- so truemonospaced
- bumdrizzle0
pr2 once fucked a girl in the ass without realising.
- pillhead0
Look at the end of the day mate your not a web designer and it shows, it's nice to try and do everything yourself but this site is letting you work down and it looks amateur at best which is a shame because you professional work is great. I would invest in a web designer, if it gets you more work your website will pay for itself.
- what he saididentity
- i won't take advice from a "designer" who forces one to scroll to even see any image on his site. (u ain't designer either and it shows too)pr2
- ...either and it shows too)pr2
- bad fucking attitudemonospaced
- villars0
I don't understand :(.
The current one IS better, in comparison. But I'd change the background at least.
- identity0
That Heinz commercial you made is fucking terrifying!
I think I just became a vegetarian- I can't find it on the site? :(villars
- click commercials, then click one of the 8 images whit Heinz written under itpr2
- ahahaha holy shit!!! that heinz commercial looks like it was sponsored by petabigtrickagain
- Holy shit that is scaryksv123
- d_rek0
Bigtrick is spot on. It's bad. It does nothing to showcase your talent or ability. Here is a half-hearted solution i put together in 5 seconds.
People don't want to look at your crappy my-5-yr-old-nephew-designed-my-w... website. They want to see the amazing, professional directorial and pictoral expertise you offer.
- bigtrickagain0
uh... did you really...?
i'm sorry, but it looks awful. your video work is pro-level but your website has inexplicable blocky microsoft-paint style graphics - it looks, at best, childish ): i think you're doing yourself a serious disservice here. as people have said, why not go with c-argo, core or indexhibit and look more professional?
- d_rek0
the above nav/contact thing and the surround gradients/imagery does nothing to 'activate' or draw interest in your work. All it does is add another confusing level of communication to your site. The heirarchy, typography, use of shapes/color all takes away from what is an otherwise strong portfolio.
- SoulFly0
Nice idea, but still need some imagery. How about creating a section of "selected works" quick access.
Overall, pretty cool.
Congratulations!