art and photo site re-design

[palmertires]

I think I will be continually updating the design of my site as I learn more...but, each update changes the whole less than its parts. Please take a look and let me know what you think. This incarnation is getting closer, I think, to what I want to see. If any who have previously commented on my site remember posting, thanks to all of your comments. I've learned some basic CSS since then, and am a much happier camper! ;)

Click here to see my Web Site (http://home.earthlink.net/~aimeelmarshall)

I am especially interested in hearing about navigation, content, and any thing that may be of interest to you. Also, I have been thinking about doing some work on my Ideas page (it just is starting to look a little dull and amateurish to me)...comments on this would be helpful.

Thanks!

[KDLA]

Hi-

Homepage: I really like the cat illustration, but am not clear as to how it relates to your content. You might provide a title banner on this page. Also, a major web "don't" that you've done - don't put a link to the homepage ON the homepage. This just confuses your visitors.

Site: Is this a personal website, or is it something you will provide links to within your resume? If it is the latter, you might keep the site focussed on just your work, rather than mixing information about your hobbies. Also, you might want to eliminate usage slang and/or first person comments.

If the cat illustration is your logo, you might include it in a top banner on each page, just to keep some sort of cohesion among the pages.

You also might try using a contrasting color to the orange, such as blue, or find something using this color schemer:
http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html. Orange isn't an appealing color to some, and too much of it could turn some of your visitors away. If you decide to do something different, you might choose a color scheme which compliments your artwork (as that found on the "Elements" page) - the orange doesn't seem to do that, rather it competes with or even detracts from it.

I'm not sure if you intended this, but the "my bio" page goes to one titled, "The Nitty, Gritty Technical Details." (I'm hoping that your life is a little more interesting than this, and it's just a mistake!)

I haven't time to look at your code, but noticed that you didn't use tables - hooray for you!

Feel free to contact me regarding any further constructive criticism.

Good Luck -

[palmertires]

Thanks for your comments...

To clarify the bio page snafu-I basically have been agonizing about what to put there. I just cut something from another area and plunked it in there temporarily until I could come up with something better. I do see how it really doesn't relate to what one might think they will see when they click my bio. Although, since I have been working on this my life has become about a lot of nitty, gritty technical details.

Also, the site really is a combination personal/professional (it will be a link on my resume). I understand how I shouldn't skate too close to the edge of professionalism, but I do want prospective employers to gain a little insight into my personality (that way they will know if my art and design sense fits theirs).

I am going to let your comments sink in a bit. They were very helpful.

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

weird, ur page doesnt load...

[palmertires]

weird, ur page doesnt load...

Hmmm...it is working fine for me. :confused:

[Green-Beast]

If you're talking about the reply, there's a . after the html messing it up.

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

no no, i was tlkn bout the page url that palmertires posted, but, weird its loading fine now!:)