Week 9 Peer Review

I spoke with Cotie Goozee FM of cotiegoozee.com. 
The recommendations for my website were to put my name next to my 
logo, add about me with picture, and move my social network icons to the top 
of the page. 

I spoke with Destiny Graham FM of destineygrahamdesigns.com. 
The recommendations for my website were to make a personalized homepage
and active thumbnails in color.

Site Analysis 3

Jen Pennington 
http://www.rhizomedesign.com/

I felt the homepage to be interesting and functional. The body of works was 
represented well and professional. I enjoyed the depth, which was presented 
through the application of the designs in logo, print, video, and websites. 
I would like to incorporate a more interesting homepage.

Helen He GD

helenhedesign.com

I enjoyed the amount of work displayed on her site, the load time was a bit slow,

but worth the wait. I really liked the application of her work into the many contexts

and hope to employ my work into a broader spectrum.

Juri Seo WDIM

juriseodesign.com

I feel the content on this site to be very clean and full. I enjoyed the video and
process displayed in a tidy way. I would like to display my process in a clean 
manner like this.

Professional Feedback 3

I spoke with Robert Pennington, photography instructor, about my site and 
this was his feedback:

My navigation is simple, effective, but needs more depth.

My work represented is very editorial in nature and he would like to see 
more detail in creating, variety, or more depth in areas I would like to pursue.

His thoughts regarding my logo are that the a&m were well blended, however 
with the horizontal lines it appears very environmental (ocean and mountains) 
and seems more corporate than personal. 
My response was that I am from Colorado and now live in Seattle was the 
inspiration for the design.

His response to my resume is that it is too thin and does not set me apart 
from other applicants. It minimizes my accomplishments.

He feels I have used too much white in my design and that my artwork should 
be more integrated into the over all look. Also, more typography development 
is needed.

He noted that videos can be used if they are short, not silly, and professional in 
content and appearance. 

Week 8 Peer Review

I had the opportunity to speak with Leanna Karg about her photography website cleanearthphotography.com. She had a really good attitude and was open to critique. 
I mentioned altering two of the titles in her navigation, making thumbnails as part of 
the navigation, making sure al of her photos were the same size top to bottom, and 
making a choice between the two styles she currently has going on. I think it went 
well and wish her luck.

Professional feedback 2

I spoke with David Danioth about my website. The version I currently have up is being reworked, so I used the opportunity of speaking with him to display it and get feedback. He seemed to enjoy the changes I am making and offered guidance on a few edits to my work, including making sure everything is lined up and changing Art Institute to The Art Institute on my resume. He understood that my work is in progress and was very patient with critique. I am comfortable with the direction I am going, knowing that this new version is far better than the last.

Week 7 Peer Review

I had the opportunity to view Gabriella Trull's webpage: gabriellatrull.wix.com

I enjoyed the simplicity of the intro page, the neutral color scheme, and her font choice.
Her imbedded case studies were a nice touch.
She wis trying to work on alignment in the styling page, and learning how to imbed video
for the events page.
I enjoyed her writing section, it was well done and good information.
I mentioned the resolution of her imbedded pdf's could be a bit higher to fix the fuzzy
display of the text, she will work on it.

Overall, nice, clean, simple to navigate.

Professional feedback 1

My interview with Nancy O'Connell went well. She was well spoken and forward in her responses to the questions I posed:

What is your first impression?

Not enough color. Doesn't look like a designers site.

What do you thing of the navigation?

Everything works correctly, however it is not interesting. Adding more interesting fonts would be a good asset.

Do you like the variety of work represented? 
It looks like the work presented is mostly editorial work, would like to see more variety.

How do you feel about my logo?

The logo or "Mark" is not helping things. It needs work. Possible try to begin with a mood-board to help define your style.

Do you feel the resume is effective?

The link works so you are able to print it out.

What suggestions for improvement do you have?

More color, more fonts, more design. More like a publication in design.

How do you feel about video on websites and do you feel this would benefit from having some?

Finds videos distracting.

Do you like the color scheme used?

What color?! Needs more.

Overall, I enjoyed my talk with her and found her insight useful and thoughtful. I am in the process of working on my site, however, I am going to pause and create a mood-board to help define my style.