Here’s my 5 websites I looked at for this week, all of them representations of the online portfolio site that I’m hoping to build for the final project of this class.
I think this first one is my favorite site, since it does a great job of mixing effective navigation with a personality that is a reflection of its designer. Despite being very colorful and somewhat cartoonish, the site still does an excellent job of presenting its content professionally.
Ralph Bartholomew – Visual Communications
This site has some nice balance and an efficient appeal to its choice of fonts and colors. It’s simplicity is appealing, but it does lose points for lacking a distinctive site flow.
A portfolio site for a student that makes some good choices on color scheme and navigation design. In particular, I like the site’s use of white space to convey a clean and uncluttered layout. However, I think some of the content that is included doesn’t enhance her image as a designer (like her design sketches or “Links” section) and as such should not have been included in the site.
Very elegant and sophisticated portfolio that instantly tells you its creator knows what she’s doing. The choices of color scheme, layout, font, and navigation flow are all expertly handled, and her portfolio work really shines through. Only complaint is that the text size is really itty-bitty, which I’m sure would cause problem for some viewers.
Trevor Smolinski’s Resume/Portfolio
A very bare bones and direct site that wins points for its simplicity and accessibility. While this makes everything straightforward for the user, it also misses the potential to convey the designer’s abilities as a creative and artistic force. A good example for beginners and for the target audience the designer is speaking to, but not what I would be aiming for with my site.
