"Portfolio sites are self-indulgent"
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- merlinfozzie
http://www.dem-uh-seh-vich.com/
You have to read the entire thing and THEN download the portfolio pdf (link in bottom right corner)....hmmmm
- inteliboy0
wank.
- jaylarson0
show me your work, not your pretentiousness. you seem to be doing exactly what you say you aren't.
- herzo0
At first I thought the guys were being harsh but yeah. Sorry dude this site is such a gimmick and the download of work doesn't justify it. When I read your site I was like okay this pdf better blow me a fuckin away. In all honesty it seems as if you don't have enough good work to make a site. The work in the pdf is not only very limited in quantity but the quality of it does not justify it. I suggest you start over from scratch. If you are going to be ballsy and be the "anti site i only use what is very necessary designer" you better damn sure have the work to back it up.
- Totally agree with herzo! Website is a gimmick, PDF was shit poor!CodenameAM
- herzo0
One last thing if you want to care about the client know that reading about your hobbies of reading blogs and stuff is wasting their time. Nobody gives a fuck about your blog habits or golf course oasis. Do you really think someone who is looking to dish out work wants to read all that? How exactly does that help them? If you want to do the client a favor put up good work on a plain white site with some clean easy to understand navigation and a very clear way to contact you.
- Nothing says self indulgent like talking about your vacation habits.herzo
- CanHazQBN0
Goodness. This guy has it all wrong. Portfolio's are not self-indulgent. They're an advertisement of your skill-set to get yourself a little thing called... WORK, to bring in money, to put food on the table.
Does he think he's being ground-breaking? What a shithead. What's self-indulgent is blabbering on about the blogs you like to read, what games you like to play (I'll never call golf a sport), and putting an enormous graphic of your own signature at the bottom, like you're fucking John Hancock or something. There's a place for that kind of self-indulgent noise, it's called a blog, get one.
And to boot, his work makes me want to jab my blunt into my eyes.
"but we all buckle to industry pressure sometimes."
What industry pressure? You don't know shit about "Industry pressure" if you're churning out grade-school-level garbage like that.
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acrossthesea - I can see why he does not show his work now.pillhead
- ha, ha - "What a shithead" ha, ha - couldn't agree more. Go back to school and learn how to design!CodenameAM
- That's just terrible work. What a waste of bandwidth.t_rock
- my hero
- tOki0
rofl what an ego
Maybe if you have a few pencils under yer belt then you can get away with this kind of shit, but honestly wow lolllll
- MrT0
I wouldn't have gone all in with a hand like that...
- monNom0
this is surely the cure for the common website.
- hans_glib0
with work like that no wonder he's slagging off portfolio sites...
- akrokdesign0
needs, less text/copy and more quality work.
- orrinward0
You just sound like a dick by saying portfolios are self-indulgent. You make yourself a complete hypocrite by writing 5 paragraphs of self-indulgent bullshit about yourself.
If you work in design/advertising, being visually appealing and creating a lasting impression is key. Your site does give a lasting impression, but it's not a good one.
"Hello there. I'd like to operate on your heart. I promise you it'll give you a longer life and allow you to play sports and do all the things you can no longer do?"
"Well that sounds great, can I see some credentials. I don't just want some stranger operating on my heart. Surely that is a risky decision?"
"You don't need to see my credentials. When I need a short vacation from being a kick arse doctor, you'll find me reading blogs or articles about cars, sports, healthcare, psychology, and technology. The golf course is my oasis; somewhere I can think, relax, and let new ideas come to me.... So, when shall I operate on you?"
- lambsy0
where did you meet this guy merlinfozzie?
- I found his ad on Facebook...No idea why I clicked it but glad I didmerlinfozzie
- pillhead0
I like the footer Text.
... but we all buckle to industry pressure sometimes. here is a sample of recent work and my resume. :)
- Twatpillhead
- ha, ha! I've loved this thread! Makes me feel warm inside! What a knob and a shite footerCodenameAM
- pillhead0
Someone is taken the piss with that portfolio, come on, who is it.
- maikel0
^ This are my principles, If you don't like them... I have others
(but in groucho marx's case it was funny)
- centro0
Typography is shit. Feet n inches marks for speech mark, wrong use of en and em rules, double spacing after full stops.
- orrinward0
Why do you have two and a half paragraphs in each column. If you let the third paragraph finish on the left and then resized your signature to fit underneath the right it'd work out better.
- tOki0
Why are you guys assuming the poster is the owner lol
- Good point. if it's not him, then who do we get to yell at?orrinward
- NO! It's NOT my site! I swear. I'm not even a guy!merlinfozzie
- lmao@merlinherzo
- lolmoIdero
