Looking for strong criticism/feedback

[VirusClock]

http://www.monochro.me

Just a few hours away before I finalize my portfolio site and I'm looking for feedback and criticism regarding the overall layout, colors, and mechanics of the website, not the content.

If my fellow artistic clocks would be of aid; I'd appreciate it if you guys would be harsh and honest on your feedback. Tell me what you think works, what doesn't, what you like/hate.

The content is temporary and unfinished, especially in the design and illustration sections.

Thank you fewels in advanced. I'm in a rush, and need this to be out by today!
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[screwdriver_clock]

http://www.monochro.me

Just a few hours away before I finalize my portfolio site and I'm looking for feedback and criticism regarding the overall layout, colors, and mechanics of the website, not the content.

If my fellow artistic clocks would be of aid; I'd appreciate it if you guys would be harsh and honest on your feedback. Tell me what you think works, what doesn't, what you like/hate.

The content is temporary and unfinished, especially in the design and illustration sections.

Thank you fewels in advanced. I'm in a rush, and need this to be out by today!
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The site is very minimalistic and you can find what you want with relative ease, however I'm a little disappointed with the presentation at the same time. The moment you go onto your site it screams "look at me I'm a portfolio site" and it doesn't really do much to inspire you to go to one of the links. It feels dead, which may be what you're going for with the monochrome, but I dunno (the content in the portfolio was nice, however). As for navigation,  having to navigate back was a confusing affair until you realize that the logo is what sends you back, but then you have to remember its not the logo and text, just the logo.

I guess what i'm saying is that while the content and thought process put into this site are great and all, the look is a little bland, and the intuitiveness of the navigation lacking.

7.5/10

P.S Illustration material is missing EDIT: OH YEAH I SHOULDVE READ THAT LAST PART.

[Paranoid]

They are great man, great.

[SockpuppetClock]

I really couldn't tell at first what those icons at the top left did at first, I had to click them to figure out, which ain't good.

As in, I didn't know how to get back to the homepage and the section page for a small bit, which is definitely not good.

The subtitles under the section titles like the "35MM -MEDIUM -ALTERNATIVE -LARGE -DIGITAL" under "Photography" makes me think they are links at first, which kind of got me at first.

Add buttons for going to prev and next image set. Save them the trouble of having to go back and forth from picture set page to section page to picture set page.

I'd be real cool if the images were higher-res, or if they had the option to see them in higher res. The option for too much clarity is better than only having "good" clarity. Personal opinion.

Personally artistically I don't like horizontal layouts as much as I probably should, but it fits your choice of image ratios.

I think there should be links to all the different sections in each section, so I don't have to click back to the home page. If I felt slightly burdened by having to click back to the homepage each time I had to go to the next section I might not want to look at the next section.

You should make the text on the "Who" page bigger, and/or more spaced apart between each line. Readability on a page like that is very important.

The title and subtitle on the homepage are clumped into a bright mess that if I was skimming through would not be able to read clearly without having to stop for a second and actually read carefully, this is NOT GOOD.

Make people notice your name. "Highlight" your name with color or different value.

The homepage feels like it's trying to get me to look at the horizon line of the mountains, the composition of the homepage makes my eyes focus only at that spot if I let it relax, the monotone definitely not helping (which doesn't mean grayscale is bad, it just doesn't help with flow), making me have to forcefully look my eyes around instead of having the flow of the design guide my eyes

I think what I'm trying to say is that the brightness of the top mixes with the black background in that it makes my eyes constantly want to look towards the brightness so I'm fighting my eyes trying to look down at the links

What I think that means, simply, is that there is too much contrast in the wrong places.

Here's what I feel like my eyes go through when I open the homepage: http://files.myfrogbag.com/bxq1tq/websitedesigncomp.png

I made like 2 simple changes and suddenly both the title is better shown off and the links are in focus easier: http://files.myfrogbag.com/bxq1tq/maybewebsitedesign.png

other idea: move links to upper-half of page?..

edit243920: i've been editing this post like a few dozen times, hopefully I don't feel like I forgot to add something again

[NintendrCkolc]

go with something better besides black and white. It's boring.

8/10 overall.

[TequilaClock]

go with something better besides black and white. It's boring.

8/10 overall.

This. I would suggest something like a dark gray instead. Black and white is elegant but nothing special.

[BootClock]

On  a wider screen I find it kind of frustrating how far away the content sits to where the home page sits.

[SockpuppetClock]

Why are you people using number ratings? Number ratings are so god damn stupid

[NintendrCkolc]

Why are you people using number ratings? Number ratings are so god damn stupid

I dont like giving criticism and the number rating is my way of saying it's not absolutely awful.

[Clocktopus]

It's pretty well organized. When there's just one image it should be centered, though.

Why are you people using number ratings? Number ratings are so god damn stupid

i vote fiven lolz!!

[SockpuppetClock]

I dont like giving criticism

Looking for strong criticism/feedback

At least say words or something like an adjective or two I mean seriously now

8/10 can mean anythinng, what is the basis for this rating????

[TequilaClock]

I also want to suggest you to use a better header like a logo. It looks bland just with those capital letters.

[NintendrCkolc]

At least say words or something like an adjective or two I mean seriously now

8/10 can mean anythinng, what is the basis for this rating????

I honestly liked it except for the color scheme. I gave him critique on that. Otherwise it looks fine to me.

Thus the 8/10

and beside that, Screwdriver did the same thing so I figured why not.

[PoisonshroomClock]

On  a wider screen I find it kind of frustrating how far away the content sits to where the home page sits.

yeah this struck me too - i think the content pages should be centered

[AmberArachnidClock]

make the page extend beyond the final item!

[Loki Clock]

don't troll

F1RST RUE ABOUT CLCOCK CREW YO GUISE

[SpinningCubeClock]

Wow, this has changed so much since I last saw it. There are a lot of things wrong with the overall design, apart from it being pretty confusing to navigate, in the WHO page, all the text needs to have a bigger space between the lines, and maybe make the text a light grey instead of white, so there isnt as much contrast between the black background and the pure white text. Also where did the orange text come from in the who page? Keep things consistent. Get a few design books from a library and look through them. Keep trying.