critique- wk. 5

This week, I only had one page for the "books" department and the art on it was a book jacket. It was relatively simple to design. The only problem I had was with the length of the story (too short) so I made the columns a little shorter so there'd be some white space on the bottom. I currently don't have a copy of the page but once I do, I'll post it.

I wrote last week about looking at art directors' websites for inspiration for my own, well this week I finished my website, at least the first of many. My inspiration was Nancy Karamarkos website. I really liked how simple mine looks, even though now I worry that it might be too simple. I'm also having to fight my urge to put in every clip of mine I think is good. I know there's no fast rule about how many clips is too many but I think I'd rather err on the side of having too many, at least that way potential employers can see my range, than too little. Any thoughts about that? I also have to think about what kinds of clips I want to play up and what kinds I want to just leave out. I have newspaper clips I could use, but I don't want a newspaper job but I do want people to know I can design both newspapers and magazines, so do I include my newspaper clips in my portfolio??

Here are a few shots of my website. Like I said before, it is very simple. I'm still working on my logo and working on improving the overall look of the site so it looks a little more sophisticated. I'm working on making each page of the website feel like part of a unit. Right now, the color choices are a little scatterbrained so I'm working on a color palette that I can use for the entire site. Other than that, I think it looks great. My favorite thing is the rollover over each thumbnail. So awesome!
Check it out at missouri.edu/~eeoq44 and tell me what you think.