Justin Grimm Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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Bandi wrote:
Super image Justin. Really like the processing and the stack looks great.
I've been enjoying your work a lot on here so thought I would take a look at the new site. Since you asked for opinions and none have been provided yet, I thought I'd throw a few pieces of honest feedback at you. I hope you take in the spirit it's intended, because I do have a lot of respect for your work! Overall, the site is effective, but could be made even more so with some tweaks IMO.
1) When the page first came up, I kind of felt overloaded. The thumbnails are huge with no breathing space around each... they kind of all run in together and made it difficult to get a grasp on each image.
2) The thumbnails aren't all the same size, leading to some having a little space around them while others merge together. It looked a little sloppy. On a side note, I've never been a fan of thumbnails that don't show the whole image. It's a personal preference, but if you have gone to the trouble of coming up with great compositions in your images, why leave that aspect out and let an automated crop decide which part of the image to display? I'd much rather see smaller thumbs, showing the whole image, with even black space around them. (It may be time for my OCD medication )
3) I like the simplicity of the banner at the top of the page, but it seems like there is a lot of wasted space there. When you add in the address bar and the browser tabs, about 1/4 of the screen real estate is gone already. This becomes import for #4...
4) ...which is the most important one for me. I'm running 1920 * 1080 and when I view a vertical image, I can't see the whole thing without scrolling. I can tell I'm looking at a high quality image, but I cant see it all to enjoy it. After viewing the first few images, I was feeling quite frustrated, which isn't a good thing as a prospective buyer. I'd reconsidering the sizing of the header and images to fit better on a 1080 high monitor. It would also be nice if horizontal images had enough space below them so I don't have the thumbnails half visible too (which is a visual distraction).
5) Putting on my prospective buyers hat... I'd reconsider the images you are using on the About and Prints pages. Your target audience is more than likely not going to identify with the image on the About page. If I was a 40+ person looking for a high quality print, that image wouldn't portray the type of person I would be looking to buy off. It doesn't sell you or your work IMO. As for the image on the Prints page... You kind of look disinterested / bored / like you would rather be doing something else. Again, from a prospective buyers point of view, when I look at that image, I don't see someone who has pride in what they have created. It's kind of the opposite, and if the artist doesn't have pride in their work, why should I as a buyer? This particular feedback isn't an aspersion on you or anything like that... just the general feel I got when looking at those two images!
As I said above, I hope you take the feedback in the manner it was intended! Your work is first rate and it deserves to be shown off in the best light possible IMO. Happy to answer any return questions or clarify any of the above if you want.
Cheers,
Anthony...Show more →
Hey Anthony, thanks a lot for the opinions! Of course your feedback will be taken positively. I always want feedback good or bad. You actually bring up a lot of the frustrations I had while building the site. It will evolve and get better as I learn and get more information on how to customize everything to my liking. I agree and already knew about the issues with your points 1-3, and they will be fixed once I add my next gallery of work in a couple months.
However I didnt know that the vertical images dont look good on a smaller monitor. I'll have to resize the vertical shots to make sure they fit in the majority of people's internet windows. I was under the impression my site would resize according to the viewer's window size. I've only been able to see my website on my personal computer, the one at work, and on my iphone.
I'll have to reconsider some of the shots you mention in #5. I didnt think of it that way, and only used those shots because of the awesome feedback friends and family had given me on them. In reality once I get a few more pieces in nice homes, I will use shots of the prints hanging on walls instead. I'd much rather be behind the camera anyways
Thanks again dude, I really appreciate you taking the time.
Edited on Mar 25, 2014 at 10:01 AM · View previous versions
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