On Jun 22, 2008, at 7:40 PM, David Laakso wrote: > Greeting from Havana! greeting from vega (third planet past pluto)
observations of a blind print designer: > > Just a simple means of presenting portfolio visuals -- could use any > feedback, nevertheless... > <http://www.chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/portfolio/> designwise, extremely attractive, great use of type, very balanced. but having gone through a similar exercise recently, i'm left with some questions: as a portfolio, one assumes the purpose of the exercise is to present the work, first and foremost. in your example, the page layout seems almost more important than the work you're trying to present. the work itself is given almost equal weight as the title, the text and the rollovers. so the first impression is of the layout of the page. also, what happens if the paintings are different shapes--a wide piece, becomes smaller when all are equal width, and a tall piece forces the rollovers down. with different shaped art, the rollovers bounce, forcing the user to move the mouse to smoothly transition between clicks. the rollovers take up a good bit of screen real estate, and as i have to scroll down to get to latter states, it becomes a small inconvenience... and as a print designer, i'm of the mind that anything that hampers immediate gratification is not necessarily good thing. most of my compatriots are dull witted and superficial egoists and want to be able to flip though quickly, then maybe go back if something peaks their curiosity. not very considerate, but its part of the dna but it is a beautiful page. > :: embedded:: > > Respectfully. > Joseph Albers --molly the cat's arch nemesis > > -- > http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/