my site
cissabrandao (154 pencils) | Wed, 2009-04-01 09:59
I just launched a temporary version of my website for an interview i have tomorrow. I would like to keep the same direction for the final version and your comments on this will be greatly appreciated.
A lot of the suggestions that were given to me here were definitely eye opening and will be implemented in a very near future. They are not here yet just because most of the pieces were professionally photographed but a reshoot is already on the way.
I am Brazilian and so is my last name. But I will be looking for jobs in New York City, where I lived for 12 years. The emphasis in the tilde were given to suggest diversity and what I can possibly bring to the table being multicultural. This aspect of my identity will also be implemented in business cards and etc.
check it out: http://www.larissabrandao.com
Thanks!
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To be perfectly frank I would leave it as is.
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Aesthetically I really like it. Movement, colors, all that work really well. Nice and clean looking, strong font.
The only thing is do you really need the facebook, twitter, fliker, etc.. type stuff on there? I just find it kind of pointless, because I think the only contact info you need on your website would be phone and e-mail. Plus all your samples are right there, so why send someone away from your site?
Maybe a small blog on your site would be good instead of all that stuff.
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I like the general feel for it as well, and the colours/layout. :)
I would have to agree with Tyler about all the facebook/twitter/every-other-networking-site stuff. I don't think it's really needed, and I think simplifying the number of links would benefit you the most.
Another thing I thought I would mention, is none of the text is selectable on your site. This really bothers the OCD part of me, haha. I would at least make the descriptions of each piece selectable. I'm not super experienced with SEO, but I know having all your text as images isn't good for it. You'll at least want to add the title and descriptions in your alt tags.
Why is the entire site in a frame? The original is http://home.earthlink.net/~brandaol/. . . .
One more thing. The "cheers" at the end makes me assume a little that you are British. But you are from GA, correct?
that anonymous person was me. thought I was logged in. =(
i don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to have facebook/twitter/etc on there (although I would suggest that linkedin would come across more professionally than facebook). but i *do* think it could be less important. right now it's a very significant element on the site. it almost looks like you had space to fill on that bar so you dumped a couple of more elements in there.
but it's nice and simple and clean, and i think that's exactly what a portfolio site should be.
I agree with gwells, many people are using facebook and twitter for professional purposes, I think it's a good idea to have them in the website.
I really like the website. Cool work as well.
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It's one thing if you're Shepard Fairey to use facebook or twitter, but if you're a young designer looking for work what does it do for you?
If they link to her facebook, they'd have to add her as a friend to see her profile, to follow her on twitter they'd have to sign up to twitter. If you even went through all that, then what? You know what her favorite bands and tv shows are? It has nothing to do with marketing your design work.
If I were someone wanting freelance work from her or a potential employer, why be directed away from her site, contact info, and portfolio samples which are all there on the front page?
'I am a patient boy, I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait'
i'll agree with you about facebook, but disagree about twitter (even though I don't use twitter). many people use twitter for a professional tool. you don't have to update twitter when you go to the bathroom, you can actually use it professionally.
but facebook can potentially be something different. most people use facebook for personal stuff. i separate what i do on facebook from who/what i connect with/do on linkedin. linked in is purely a professional tool, while facebook is used far more for personal stuff. if you're going to put facebook up there, i'd make a separate "work" facebook page and keep the personal stuff off of that one.
Like movement of a design piece. You don't want to stray someone's eyes off the point of interest right? Why send someone away from your website when it's the point of interest?
'I am a patient boy, I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait'
hrmm... i don't think it's a bad thing to point people to places that they can stay more permanently in touch with you. it's not like they're going to permanently keep your site open. but if they connect to you on linkedin or twitter, they *are* more permanently connected to you.
Facebook is also used a lot as a marketing tool creating a professional account instead of a personal. Many people are doing that. It also helps to go back and forward from facebook to the website.
Twitter is a good way for your client to know how you're business is doing, you can even post progress of projects, etc.
But yeah I think is not very important to have it in the homepage as one of the main links.
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I think it looks great. Good job.