Newbie - Portfolio feedback
polycounter lvl 7
**Update**
OK, so I decided to completely change the design of the site. You can compare them and see the difference for yourself. I want to make it simpler and easier to navigate, from 7 pages to just 3.
Old design:
http://altenaja.wix.com/altenaja02
New design:
http://altenaja.wix.com/altenaja
Also, do you guys think I should move the demo reel video to the top or leave it at the bottom? It's at the bottom because it's old but adds to the little work I have so far.
Hello,
My name is Jean-Alex Alt
OK, so I decided to completely change the design of the site. You can compare them and see the difference for yourself. I want to make it simpler and easier to navigate, from 7 pages to just 3.
Old design:
http://altenaja.wix.com/altenaja02
New design:
http://altenaja.wix.com/altenaja
Also, do you guys think I should move the demo reel video to the top or leave it at the bottom? It's at the bottom because it's old but adds to the little work I have so far.
Hello,
My name is Jean-Alex Alt
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I will just give you my opinion and my own site needs a good shake up too. I dont think the tv screen design works. There is a thread around here somewhere that is a list of awesome folio sites. You should find that thread and have a look. Most of the sites let the work shine and are generally very simple. The cars are great but the character work in the video is pretty low quality. Character design is tough and you might want to approach a few concept artists and ask their permission to do one of their pieces for your folio because your character design and proportions/anatomy need a lot of work. The animation at the end of your video is nice but it isnt pro quality.
The high poly cars are really terrific but it is a tough area because people can buy these models on sites like cgtrader and squid for very low prices. I think you have to search for a direction that is game specific and really make that clear in the folio pieces. Once again, checking out those great folio sites may help inspire you.
Hope this helps.
The video was made during the 15 months training so I know they are amateur work, I should be able to do a lot better now. I was not really interested in character design but you might be right, people may just choose to buy their models cheaper. So I will try what you said and approach some concept artist to do their characters and other models.
Lastly, animation is not my thing but they wanted use to show all the skills we've learned at the end of the intensive program.
Again, thank you very much for the feedback and suggestions.
http://adambromell.com/
http://www.jameskincaidgameart.com/
The single page layout works really well for a small to medium amount of work and I think it breaks down when you have a lot of images.
Old design:
http://altenaja.wix.com/altenaja02
New design:
http://altenaja.wix.com/altenaja
Also, do you guys think I should move the demo reel video to the top or leave it at the bottom? It's at the bottom because it's old but adds to the little work I have so far.
Loving the model of the old fire station in Coventry. Quite strange really as im from Coventry and just happened to be browsing polycount and noticed that building straight away!
Awesome work man
I did it for practice and I will try and do more environments in the near future.