david, technically and from an infrastructure design perspective, it's masterfully done (not that i could really tell).
but your copy really sucks and really doesn't betray the level of work that you do. how long have you been at this? did you put nearly as much time into the content development as you did in building the site? you say no smoke and mirrors... but all those collapsing divs--really cool--but IMHO, doesn't enhance the experience. being lazy, i usually want to scan things.. and having to choose whether to expand all or 1 or 2 or 3??? i'm a product of the 60's--few brain cells left. i think it would be stronger to show all at the outset. the portfolio is also a little much with the interactivity. clicking on the name deletes all information except the 2 links... why??? then the possibility of seeing the full page... at this point, why not link to the site? while i'm venting, i'm not wild about the heavy black border on the page images.. to me, it detracts from the subject of the page... which is the focus visually, the out dented, flush right menu, creates a weird visual box to the left of the image. i mention it because i notice it. the resource section and the journal are real contributions to all of us. lastly, and this one is really subjective. the strongest portfolio pieces (IMO) are dolphins back and lars. redon, dwight and soldiers home seem more like studies, and as nicely done as they are detract some from the 'business' of developing sites. again. i admire your courage of putting this in front of so many people and asking for opinions. you'll certainly get them. i don't quite know how to be constructive, you know i have a lot of respect for you as a developer and designer. i'm my toughest client, especially when i comes to my own work. wrm rgds, ron http://www.ricochet.org ***** the ox is slow but the earth is patient On Dec 22, 2009, at 2:01 PM, David Laakso wrote: > I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions on this site. > <http://chelseacreekstudio.com/> > > Best, > ~d > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/
