Okay well not fallen in the physical sense. I've fallen for a stupid lesson in one of my classes this semester to set a goal and work towards it and what not. My goal? to STFU and just get a web portfolio already. I want all your help! PLEASE HELP ME! *cries in corner* I'm begging for critical critiques, please!? And if your just gonna say "Looks good" then stop and tell me what your favorite part is at least?
I don't have much in terms of art up, but I am working on those and they will be uploaded as I finish them. forbesartstudio.wordpress.com/
I really do think it looks like it's coming together nicely! I like how the menu works at the top (though it's a bit of a shame that all of those links aren't readily visible to start with). As far as critiques go, I think maybe the header font could be more refined, though there is something professional about sans-serif fonts. Also, I'm not sure about the huge black boarder around your header tree image. It kind of swamps the image. If you can't get rid of that border, maybe you could change it to a color that compliments the colors in the tree photo-manip?
I like the overall theme yo'uve chosen for the site : all smooth and sober. If I can make a few suggestions, they would address the portfolio section. I know I'm kind of a category freak, but I feel like all presented works should belong to at least one category, so that by navigating the upper menu, one can access any of your works through the category it belongs to : right now only four of them can be accessed through category-navigation. Also, I think that the main "portfolio" page should show the different categories instead of each individual work : that would help, in my opinion, to sort out the different pictures, and give more coherence and organization to the whole. I don't know if I'm making myself clear, it's a bit hard to put into words. Finally, I don't know if it's possible, but I think you could ditch the header in any page that's not the homepage. Especially for the portfolio page, again, it would make it so that clicking on the "portfolio" button would display all your works right on the page, without having to scroll down under the tree. Then again, it's all said without knowing what's temporary and what has not yet even been touched.
Thank you guys for your feed back! With the header tree Those are the dimensions you have to cut to, and the tree doesn't fit nicely in that. What color would you suggest Cha? I will try to play with the profile page, I'm using wordpress and it's all templates so Im not sure how much I can change manually.
That logo is SUPER cute! The letters that aren't fancy are a little comic sans-ish, but they fit, too, so there's that.
As for an alternate color, maybe either a dark muted grey, or a desaturated teal or another color to match or compliment the colors in the tree? That might make it look more "intentional," rather than a box you "don't know" how to fix or something.
Oh yeah coloring is still up in the air for the font. Lol, and yes the non fancy letters are Comic-sans xD I manipulated already made fonts, I may make my own font...after I take a typography class and learn to be a type snob.