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[BloodRobot]

Hey all,

Here is my site. Just added the demo reel and a few new pieces. Hope you like!

JoeCarr_3D_Artist

[Talon]

Your work isn't too bad, but the site itself sort of brings everything down a little. It looks really amateurish and packed to the gills with photoshop filters and dodgy design choices.


1.
Your entire site is one big image. A different image for each page just using imagemapped links. This is ridiculously inefficient - it means that for every page I visit, I have to re-download everything on it, rather than just load cached images and some simple text. It means if you want to change any aspect of your site it means you have to redo the entire thing - every page on your site! Already some of the icons shift about from page to page.

It also means that there is no text on your site at all. So, for example, if someone wanted to copy/paste your email address to email you, they can't. If a search engine wants to read your site to get keywords so you turn up in search results, it can't.

Use tables or iframes if you really need to, but ensure that your site is efficient. Don't force visitors to download the same content multiple times (i.e. everything on your site except for the portfolio piece they happen to be viewing). Include text alternatives - it loads faster, it's easier to read, it gets you better search results, it can be copy/pasted easier.


2.
Ditch the background image. It's big, it's noisy, it has a big white area on it that doesn't have a purpose and it takes ages to load. It does nothing for the site other than make it look more cluttered. It also breaks on screens with large resolutions (it starts to tile).



3.
Choose 2 fonts max and stick to them. On any one of your pages there are at least 7 or 8 different fonts and styles. This looks chaotic and unorganised and it makes it hard to tell what's important, what's a header, what's a link, etc...

Stick to 1 or 2 (one for headers, one for main text) fonts - your site will read better.



4.
Consistency of presentation. Every image in your site is presented differently, different fonts for polycounts, different backround colours, different information for each prop, some with wires, some texture flats, some only have half the texture flats, some have none. Again - this gives a chaotic and unprofessional air.

Try and display your work consistently. Always show your textures and wireframes, always give polycounts and texture sizes. Try and keep a common style of displaying this information throughout all of your pieces.


4.
Contact details. The email address is an image so it can't be copy/pasted but then it's also not a link to email you... it's just text. Make it a link so people can contact you more easily. The harder you make it for them the less likely it is to happen.