PODS Digital Portfolio

three good things: unique animation of images to form logo letters nice menu bar large grasp/spectrum of expertise (corparate, retail, inst., housing, etc.) three bad things: I am not a fan of having to click to enter the site this page reminds me of a pop-up advertisement the blog animation spinner is distracting and doesn't share information

3 likes: Personality from the get-go, you get a sense of who he is right away The background coordinates well with the project images, without overwhelming them or looking too matchy When you click to see a specific project, the project images hover over the background, and there are arrows to scroll through the project 3 dislikes: The project images can scroll all the projects, so its a little confusing which project you are on, especially if you "mis-click" like I am prone to doing There is a lot of text, all of which has "personality", which gets a little overkill The contact info is limited to email, with a lot "No's" as to types of contact (is he a rock star? why so cagey?)

3 likes: the name of the project/client comes up when you hover over the image on the to page there is an instruction to click for more sample images, and when you click, it takes you to a selction of larger images that are easy to navigate I appreciate the bit of color in their top bar with the logo & name -keep it from being too sterile and boring 3 dislikes: their contact info is a bit "hidden" at the bottom (although I like that its on every page) the images load a touch slowly because of the fade in & out Their text portions lack images or visual interest

3 likes: All the projects have an image on the top page, so you can see everything at once and also select projects easily High contrast background to images looks good Navigation highlights where you are 3 dislikes: the different types of projects aren't immediately clear the font is very small the images on the top page look similar, so the breadth of services they offer isn't clear

three great things:chronological direction. graphic text.cursor lighting/animationcontext great monochromatic design  three poor things:no direct image perhaps too much text? text cursor could be too intense or distractonly projects highlighted/ no bio or contact

3 things I like: simple background gives the images "pop" scrolling through project photos is easy text is well-written and to the point 3 things I dislike: the variety of projects is not apparent navigation is not consistent from different parts of the site if you don't move the cursor to the image, you don't know that there are more images

three great things:simple menu bars great menu perspective LARGE full-page images inform versus text.  three poor things:only one main image (scrolling between projects could be better) no contextlittle technical content or facts

great things: great lighting and acoustics influence.  diagrammatic and inspirational. lighting transitions between images is great. images sell versus text.  three poor things: no context little technical content or facts almost too metaphorical

+shows a lot of personality +great layout +book pages give a real "portfolio" feel -It's not easily read whether or not "page" will turn, user can easily miss it. i would add a clue -I don't like WIX logo all over site, not professional

+Simple +Everything is out front and readable from front page +large, good quality pictures -I don't like how all the text is same color, i would change color of text on top right, to decipher from menu -i didn't realize there was anything under main picture, i would give some sort of clue to scroll down

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