A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)

Post by olliesaunders » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 2:42 AM UTC

pxlpshr wrote: post #20

Unimpressive portfolio. All too common of an attitude in both creative and engineering oriented industries. The greatest things are built through collaboration, and the most brilliant people are generally the most humble — their work speaks for themselves. The markup isn't great at all, and the overall usability and typography choices suck. Get over yourself, millennial.

Post by singingfish » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 3:00 AM UTC

ForrestN wrote: post #53

unshift wrote: post #48

everyone wants to rag on the portfolio (fine, go ahead) but the long-form copy on that page is great. it's really well laid out, easy to read, and got probably everybody to scroll from top to bottom and read almost the whole thing. as someone who's unsuccessfully been trying to coax something similar out of a designer, it's refreshing to see. my product requires a bit of convincing and explaining, so the standard bus…

Getting someone's attention is only one objective of a portfolio site. The most important one isn't as easy: convince people to hire you. Sure, many people are likely to scroll down. But his "argument" isn't compelling, nor is his work. He just comes off as difficult, arrogant, and not very good at design. Maybe he has potential as a copywriter, but if he's going to use it, he needs to keep his eye on the objective f…

Post by jcc80 » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 3:26 AM UTC

ForrestN wrote: post #53

unshift wrote: post #48

everyone wants to rag on the portfolio (fine, go ahead) but the long-form copy on that page is great. it's really well laid out, easy to read, and got probably everybody to scroll from top to bottom and read almost the whole thing. as someone who's unsuccessfully been trying to coax something similar out of a designer, it's refreshing to see. my product requires a bit of convincing and explaining, so the standard bus…

Getting someone's attention is only one objective of a portfolio site. The most important one isn't as easy: convince people to hire you. Sure, many people are likely to scroll down. But his "argument" isn't compelling, nor is his work. He just comes off as difficult, arrogant, and not very good at design. Maybe he has potential as a copywriter, but if he's going to use it, he needs to keep his eye on the objective f…

Post by jcc80 » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 3:43 AM UTC

oldstrangers wrote: post #43

His websites look like every cookie-cutter wordpress "business" theme out there... Horrible, to put it nicely. His "graphic design" is no more than a few mouse clicks in illustrator on someone else's photographs. Not even sure why we're talking about this.

Post by Mz » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 3:52 AM UTC

wisty wrote: post #78

sjs382 wrote: post #50

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I recognize the one in the 4th column, 3nd row from themeforest.net

At ~$2000 / site (which may be negotiable), I doubt he's doing them all from scratch. It seems he does the graphics, text, and setup. He might be more run-of-the-mill than brilliant. But then, he probably knows a lot more than his client, and he's trying to drive that point in.