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Richard 1,943 posts
hey guys,
dropping by to show you what my new website might look like... crits are welcome, since it is not finished yet...
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts
dude awesome me like listen why not add that effect strait lines on the background tilted 45 degrees and overlay them so they fad out a lot will create a neat looking background but i think your site has always been cool.
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Richard 1,943 posts
could give it a try yea...
thx.
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diemacht 1,045 posts
thats neat and very readable... good work
you could narrow the menu down a bit but in general its very good like the colors (gray and orange are everytime good
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karnage 261 posts
Hey Richard,
Looks great!
I would highly suggest making your name more visible at the top. I know you have an About section which is definitely good, but the name should be prominent and easy to see at first glance. Also for possible future job opportunities, you might want to add a description/title for what you do. One of our teachers ( who is co-founder of Imaginary Forces) talked to us about branding, so employers know what they are hiring for. Often the hiring people get a lot of reels and see a lot of websites, so it is good to get across your name and what you do in a clear and concise way so they will remember, for example, RICHARD ADENOT / ANIMATOR ( or photographer, or 3d artist, or a combination of any of those... it will be harder for you since you are good at many things!) when they are hiring for their next job.
Just don't be shy to make your name more visible. You have a lot of great work to be proud of.
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Richard 1,943 posts
thx karnage for your tips and kind words, same for you diemacht.
i am currently making the index page of the site, where you would either go in one of the 3 sections... the thing at the bottom right means : "Need a magician?" it's for people who would like to hire me for an event...
same again if you have any crits, feel free to do so,
imo, the problem at the moment is that you can't clearly see that the 3 sections are where you should click, and no i don't wanna have a "click bellow" sorta thing...
I tried a few thing but it did not get a satisfactoring result... so if you have any suggestions...
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Richard 1,943 posts
and here would be the photography page
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts
love the hippo monkey image and with the black background gives it a great feel, when can we expect this to be done
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Richard 1,943 posts
well first i need to design the other 2 pages, then i need to code and make all the site work and all, so i'd say not before june, cause i am very busy latly...
where can you see a monkey?
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts
rich an advice since your not using any flashy things on website its basically a lot of images sorted out and text why not try using the photoshop plugin sitegrinder
probably you know about it but here is the link:
very easy to use (they have very simple tuts) but in the hands of pro like you i bet you can do much more and this will save you tons of effort using normal coding and adobe dreamweaver, i usually create basic layout using it then edit using other software, ENJOY TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT IS THAT, it looked to me like a monkey till you mentioned its not bahahahaha.
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Richard 1,943 posts
it's a buffalo! i'd like to see that climb up a tree! lol
sintegrinder looks cool but i can't afford it... i'd rather spend my money to go to the usa this summer, folowed by roumania! i need to take loads of photographs if i want my upcomming exibition to work out well...
as for the site, it's just filling the blocks up but here are the cg and 2d gallery pages...
i now need to make the following pages and the magician's page (the ones you get to once you click on one of them boxes...)
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts
looking great man, i totally dig the style although its simple but i like it a lot
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Richard 1,943 posts
it'll be up by the end of the week i think,
it's all done, now it's just a matter of making my galleries, but the basic site setup is there... try it out yourself.
the demo reel is up and the animation page is just a test page...
http://www.richardadenot.com/new/index.htmllet me know what you think!
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mahmoudnahmad 1,159 posts
now i am feeling pumped to make a new website ^_^ great amazing work
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JayG 1,164 posts
Nice work dude, always cool to see all of someone's work compiled.
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diemacht 1,045 posts
you made some serious progress meanwhile!
it is simple and self explanatory and yet elegant. I like it.
but the animation page needs some styling imo.
But the organisation is good
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Richard 1,943 posts
even though this is still a wip page, i wanted to let you know i uploaded the people and the animals gallery....
as a reminder:
http://www.richardadenot.com/new/index.html
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g3org3 355 posts
When you roll over the images/text for the people and animals gallery the pointer does not change to the hand. It just remains as a pointer. I am not sure what is causing this though.
Also I do not think your photogallery should open in a new link. This disorients users. Also some people don't have their web browsers automatically switch to a new window when it is opened, so they may not of realized they opened up the web gallery at all.
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Richard 1,943 posts
i will add a roll over image soon, th for pointing it out
as for the fact that it opens in new windows, i fully understand wat you mean, but i want, and I am going to keep it that way. but thx for the info about that...
could anybody let me know if i should remove some pics that are in the gallery? are there some that are not of good enough quality compared to ther others? (especialy in the animals gallery, i think i have too many...)
thx g3org3 for the feedback.
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g3org3 355 posts
I was actually referring to the mouse pointer. With everything that you rollover basically the mouse pointer turns to a hand. For some reason the mouse pointer just stays like an arrow.
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Richard 1,943 posts
i know what you ment
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Richard 1,943 posts
i have uploaded the art gallery
you'll find it here:
http://www.richardadenot.com/new/index.html
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Richard 1,943 posts
i am uploading the animtion gallery... i still need to add the arm animation i did a while back...
crits are welcome
could you let me know in case you spot any spelling mistakes?
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JayG 1,164 posts
Very cool bro, the only possible spelling thing I see is on the Made in India desc. it says "ballons" which I'm guessing is "balloons"?
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JayG 1,164 posts
Oh and you might consider redoing a lot of your animation and lighting. Perhaps a radiosity pass with some specular compound flux shading calculations. (Industry secret.)
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Richard 1,943 posts
screw you man! i ment that in the best possible ways... ever!
