Eight Blog Post [10 Nov 2009|04:55pm] sayra90 [ mood | cold ] [ music | Ace of Cakes (TV) ] For this week, I looked at another portfolio. This time, it was from Colombian artist Maria Luisa Isaza. First of all, the splash page is very visually attractive since it shows you right away an image of her work. I like that when you hover over the enter button, the image in the background changes, although I am not a fan of the sound. I like the sound once, but if you keep your mouse over the button, the sound keeps repeating and it's really annoying. When you enter the site and it takes you to the main page with the thumbnails of her art. I like how she used flash and actionscript to work with the thumbnails and make them interactive. That is the main navigation of the site and it works really well since it's a portfolio and all you need is to see her work. Then again, I am not happy with the sounds it makes when you hover over the images. I think it's not useful to have sounds like that because if you move the mouse all over you get a very disturbing noise. Also, the thumbnails are rather blurry and I think it makes the work look less professional at first. However, I really like the way the images pop up when you click on them. I like the design of the arrows and the closing X, as well as the title of the image on the bottom. I think it makes it really personalized and it sticks with the site's overall design and color palette. Her work is really amazing and it works really well with the color she chose for the background, which also is not completely solid but has some texture that makes it look old style and vingate like her design. I think that the top where she has the scrambled letters helps break the box and the simple design for the site. However, I think her name does not stand out at all andI would move it down. She can keep the letters on top but she should highlight her name. Also, her contact information is almost impossible to find. The "acerca" button which means "about" is way on top and it just blends with the background. I think that it is a big part of the site since that is where people are going to contact her if they need her to work for them or want to hire for freelance, so hiding it on top is really bad. She also has enough space to just display the information, and I think it's a good idea to just show contact info right away in case someone likes your designs. What I really liked about this site is how she uses her thumbnails as the main navigation. For a portfolio that is really helpful and it displays the work right away. For my site, I want to think about this idea, however I have way more images to display, so I have to work a way to display them fluidly. Investigate Further

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