Portfolio sites

Looking at 3 different portfolio sites who fit under the 'virtual environment' catagory. I don't entirely get what contextual info means, so I won't write anything next to that.


Site 1: Heather Kelley
Impact: 1/5 - Nothing stood out for me. Bland colours and nothing to attract the eye.
Range of work: 2/5 - Slightly varied amount of work.
Navigation: 2/5 - The sub menus are practically unnoticable, which really confused me.
Contextual info: 3/5
All around: 1/5 - It didn't impress me in the slightest. Nothing really sold this person's work to me.

Total: 9/25


Site 2: hdhcg.com
Impact: 3/5 - Nice graphics and a simple animation drew my eye to the navigation, but moving text drew it away again.
Range of work: 3/5 - Some of it's a bit samey, but there's a nice solid selection of good work.
Navigation: 4/5 - Easy to work your way around. Each link opening with a popup window gets annoying tho'.
Contextual info: 3/5
All around: 4/5 - A neat website with a few distractions. Also has some worksteps for some of the images.

Total: 17/25


Site 3: TargeteArt
Impact: 3/5 - The first image you click on really stands out. The actual site is a usual blogger template, tho'.
Range of work: 4/5 - Mainly fantasy, but there's a nice range in techniques and styles.
Navigation: 5/5 - Easy to find what you're looking for. Not too many options to over-complicate things.
Contextual info: 3/5
All around: 4/5 - A bit somplictic in it's design, but a nice, mostly consistant site with lots of artwork.

Total: 19/25