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Post by Diablo. on Oct 10, 2010 4:40:03 GMT -5
Hmm... thanks anyway, I hope it goes well too.
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Post by mach3gillette on Oct 10, 2010 13:46:11 GMT -5
I'm gonna be VERY honest with you. I find it very respectable that you're doing this, and especially that you are making money off of this. However, your designs are average, nothing that special. They're original, but they lack something that makes them pop.
I recommend going on the web and doing alot of Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials so that you can expand your skills. Even if you don't like the product of the tutorial, still give it a shot, you will always learn something new that you can use in your work.
How are you hosting this? Since you're making money, I recommend buying a domain name and hosting from there. It's ALOT more professional if you don't have ads on the side of your website.
Your navigation bar is way to cluttered as well. I would make it something like this... Portfolio (instead of gallery and include the testimonials with this), Contact Me (include "rates and services" and "order form" in here), About Me (talk about yourself, what are your goals for this, what are your past experiences, make the customer WANT to get to know you so they pay for your services).
Do NOT include watermarks on any works in your gallery. Just don't. Instead put the logo on a dark background with some noise so it can't be ripped. Watermarks look tacky and unprofessional.
Keep up the good work!
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Post by maskvshair on Oct 13, 2010 15:16:39 GMT -5
I couldn't agree more with the above advice. HOME | ABOUT ME | PORTFOLIO | CONTACT ME Seems to be the perfect Navigation and also seems to be the standard with many design companies. You need to study today's trends. Simple Typography is one that a lot of companies like and that it's easy to cash in big on. I made this. One color... 5 letters. $200.
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Post by mrn on Oct 13, 2010 16:59:28 GMT -5
Banned for 3 days. Stop being assholes, it has NOTHING to do with MS. He has been a great poster here, and shit like what you are doing is hurting the forum 100x more than anything hes done. Anyone else who makes a comment towards him like this will be banned for 7 days on first offence. If anyone repeats, your gone for good. LMAO
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Post by CMC on Oct 13, 2010 17:02:26 GMT -5
Banned for 3 days. Stop being assholes, it has NOTHING to do with MS. He has been a great poster here, and shit like what you are doing is hurting the forum 100x more than anything hes done. Anyone else who makes a comment towards him like this will be banned for 7 days on first offence. If anyone repeats, your gone for good. LMAO So after a 3 day ban, you're really stupid enough to come back and post that?
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Post by Diablo. on Oct 13, 2010 18:13:53 GMT -5
So after a 3 day ban, you're really stupid enough to come back and post that? He obviously finds the situation amusing... don't see a big issue with that to be honest. But maybe a bit over the top, I dunno.
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Post by CMC on Oct 13, 2010 18:37:24 GMT -5
Well he obviously did something to warrant a ban, or Cane wouldn't have banned him. I'm sure coming back and putting that straight away, is really making a brilliant impression to Cane.
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Post by Hurricane on Oct 14, 2010 5:37:43 GMT -5
Nah its all good. Its a funny joke I made. Since he enjoys it so much, i'll just ban him for another 3 days. Im all for poking fun at people and jokes and shit, but pissing off a forum member who has done NOTHING on MS to warrant it is ridiculous.
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Post by CMC on Oct 14, 2010 11:15:25 GMT -5
THAT is why it was stupid Diablo. Because I knew that was coming.
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Post by Hurricane on Oct 14, 2010 23:36:52 GMT -5
Yeah, it was pretty stupid.
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Post by Diablo. on Oct 15, 2010 8:55:53 GMT -5
I never said it wasn't stupid.
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Post by Hurricane on Oct 15, 2010 21:56:19 GMT -5
Yeah, you did.
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Post by TC on Oct 15, 2010 22:24:53 GMT -5
Getting back on topic now, we're currently making sites in my Web Page Development class this year. And this guy that the teacher is friends with is giving us each a free domain at the end of the year. And the site i'm making is gonna be a gfx business as well. To me, i think your prices are too high. I mean, looking at your gallery, all the stuff you've made for feds look exactly the same. The business card turned out pretty well, but there isn't anything in your gallery i'm so overly impressed with that i'd be willing to spend 60 dollars on a banner or anything for. If you really want business, your gonna have to put more intriguing things on there. That's just my two cents.
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Post by Hurricane on Oct 15, 2010 22:46:10 GMT -5
Getting back on topic now, we're currently making sites in my Web Page Development class this year. And this guy that the teacher is friends with is giving us each a free domain at the end of the year. And the site i'm making is gonna be a gfx business as well. To me, i think your prices are too high. I mean, looking at your gallery, all the stuff you've made for feds look exactly the same. The business card turned out pretty well, but there isn't anything in your gallery i'm so overly impressed with that i'd be willing to spend 60 dollars on a banner or anything for. If you really want business, your gonna have to put more intriguing things on there. That's just my two cents. I agree pretty much. Diablo, you are pretty good at these, thats for sure, but none of them are absolute masterpieces, if you know what I mean. I don't think the $60 asking price is really worth it. In fact, I'd sugges even halving the prices for awhile. You will make less for each thing, but you will get a lot more recommendations and a lot more business, plus the experience you get making more will help you get better and better, and thus allowing you to make the price a bit higher again.
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Post by Diablo. on Oct 16, 2010 3:49:32 GMT -5
All I said was that he found the situation amusing, people post stupid shit all the time, so I didn't see how it was a massive deal. Getting back on topic now, we're currently making sites in my Web Page Development class this year. And this guy that the teacher is friends with is giving us each a free domain at the end of the year. And the site i'm making is gonna be a gfx business as well. To me, i think your prices are too high. I mean, looking at your gallery, all the stuff you've made for feds look exactly the same. The business card turned out pretty well, but there isn't anything in your gallery i'm so overly impressed with that i'd be willing to spend 60 dollars on a banner or anything for. If you really want business, your gonna have to put more intriguing things on there. That's just my two cents. I agree pretty much. Diablo, you are pretty good at these, thats for sure, but none of them are absolute masterpieces, if you know what I mean. I don't think the $60 asking price is really worth it. In fact, I'd sugges even halving the prices for awhile. You will make less for each thing, but you will get a lot more recommendations and a lot more business, plus the experience you get making more will help you get better and better, and thus allowing you to make the price a bit higher again. Yeah, in the past two days, I have gotten two clients, which in total is earning me $130 (I took $20 off one of the orders, because it is someone I know). Originally, my prices were $10, which I suppose is still more than what the logos are worth, but yeah, it didn't do me any good.
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