Critique my new portfolio site

I’m using Sharpfolio and I’ve finally got everything the way I want it.

What should I edit out of my website?
What makes me look bad and what makes me look good?

I’m not sure about the header. At one moment I like it then the next I don’t. I’m on the fence.

Comments Please.

www.jonathankruse.com

1. 

   Truman325i said 2 months ago

   Nice man, good stuff

2. 

   Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

   Truman325i said: Nice man, good stuff

   Thanks man. I did a ton of work on it the last two days to get the Sharpfolio theme to do what I want.

3. 

   RustyEight said 2 months ago

   A little plain for my taste, but still nice

4. 

   shmokey said 2 months ago

   RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

   but the examples look killer

5. 

   Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

   RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

   I see what your saying, but this is a site to contain my work in a simple, easy to navigate system. I think adding any more would only take away from the actual work. I’ve never been a believer in more is better.

6. 

   junkiethreads said 2 months ago

   Not too shabby, I give it a small chub

7. 

   Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

   junkiethreads said: Not too shabby, I give it a small chub

   Thanks. I guess a small chub is a good thing...

8. 

   Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

   What do you think of the header. Should I try something else?

9. 

   downrodeo said 2 months ago

   I think the site is too plain. But other than that the presentation is cool. Maybe a lil description on each project should help.

10. 

    ithew said 2 months ago

    DUDE....that Thieves and Villains shirt kicks so much ass...

    reminds me of Dino Riders....dammit now I have to do something Dino Riders inspired....

    good job on the site!

11. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    ithew said: DUDE....that Thieves and Villains shirt kicks so much ass... reminds me of Dino Riders....dammit now I have to do something Dino Riders inspired.... good job on the site!

    Do it! I’m sure it will turn out sick.

12. 

    awakendesigncompany said 2 months ago

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

    I see what your saying, but this is a site to contain my work in a simple, easy to navigate system. I think adding any more would only take away from the actual work. I’ve never been a believer in more is better.

    I agree with you on wanting it to be simple, b/c then it lets your client work do the talking!

13. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    awakendesigncompany said:

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

    I see what your saying, but this is a site to contain my work in a simple, easy to navigate system. I think adding any more would only take away from the actual work. I’ve never been a believer in more is better.

    I agree with you on wanting it to be simple, b/c then it lets your client work do the talking!

    That’s how I see it.

    I’ll put some descriptions for the designs in later.

14. 

    RustyEight said 2 months ago

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

    I see what your saying, but this is a site to contain my work in a simple, easy to navigate system. I think adding any more would only take away from the actual work. I’ve never been a believer in more is better.

    I completely agree with the work standing for itself, but I still think a little more couldn’t hurt.

15. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    RustyEight said:

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

    I see what your saying, but this is a site to contain my work in a simple, easy to navigate system. I think adding any more would only take away from the actual work. I’ve never been a believer in more is better.

    I completely agree with the work standing for itself, but I still think a little more couldn’t hurt.

    ... like what

16. 

    LitoQ said 2 months ago

    maybe like a pattern bg or texture? idk, just looks really plain, but I agree with the less is more philosophy... ps: i like the header

17. 

    cbass99 said 2 months ago

    I like the site a lot. I like clean and your work looks nice on white, makes it really stand out. I also like the header but I don’t think you need it twice. Maybe if it was a little bigger and centered with the content...Just a thought. Nice work though.

18. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    cbass99 said: I like the site a lot. I like clean and your work looks nice on white, makes it really stand out. I also like the header but I don’t think you need it twice. Maybe if it was a little bigger and centered with the content...Just a thought. Nice work though.

    It isn’t working right in IE so I’m trying to fix it. Things are getting f’d up.

19. 

    RustyEight said 2 months ago

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said:

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

    I see what your saying, but this is a site to contain my work in a simple, easy to navigate system. I think adding any more would only take away from the actual work. I’ve never been a believer in more is better.

    I completely agree with the work standing for itself, but I still think a little more couldn’t hurt.

    ... like what

    I don’t know if you can pull it off, but a drop shadow coming off the images I think would do the trick. would make it a little less flat; give it some depth. Also, if every image had text beside it, it would help fill out the site:

    

20. 

    cbass99 said 2 months ago

    Jon Kruse said:

    cbass99 said: I like the site a lot. I like clean and your work looks nice on white, makes it really stand out. I also like the header but I don’t think you need it twice. Maybe if it was a little bigger and centered with the content...Just a thought. Nice work though.

    It isn’t working right in IE so I’m trying to fix it. Things are getting f’d up.

    oh, I understand.

21. 

    dcastle8183 said 2 months ago

    RustyEight said:

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said:

    Jon Kruse said:

    RustyEight said: A little plain for my taste, but still nice

    I see what your saying, but this is a site to contain my work in a simple, easy to navigate system. I think adding any more would only take away from the actual work. I’ve never been a believer in more is better.

    I completely agree with the work standing for itself, but I still think a little more couldn’t hurt.

    ... like what

    I don’t know if you can pull it off, but a drop shadow coming off the images I think would do the trick. would make it a little less flat; give it some depth. Also, if every image had text beside it, it would help fill out the site:

    

    hehe... The ol' $50 drop shadow....

22. 

    RustyEight said 2 months ago

    I mean you could do a perspective shadow... just something to make it less 2d

23. 

    sjkaufman1 said 2 months ago

    Looks great man. Maybe some sort of background image that is very very opaque to break up the "grid-ness" of it? Just a suggestion...

24. 

    discordantart said 2 months ago

    the absolute ONLY thing that bugs me about this is

    

    the top of that is cut off. and it’s not flush with the very top of the page so it looks like its floating and is just a little bit annoying. it’d be awesome if it was the full stroke with no cut off

    other than that, it’s simple and serves its purpose! i dig

25. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    discordantart said: the absolute ONLY thing that bugs me about this is the top of that is cut off. and it’s not flush with the very top of the page so it looks like its floating and is just a little bit annoying. it’d be awesome if it was the full stroke with no cut off other than that, it’s simple and serves its purpose! i dig

    Hahaha yeah. Everything was fine in Firefox and Google Chrome but I opened up IE and it was fucked up. It’s getting worse while I try and fix it.

26. 

    downrodeo said 2 months ago

    In the CSS, look for the #wrapper and set it to margin:0px auto;

    That might solve the issue.

27. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    sjkaufman1 said: Looks great man. Maybe some sort of background image that is very very opaque to break up the "grid-ness" of it? Just a suggestion...

    I’ll give it a try

    downrodeo said: In the CSS, look for the #wrapper and set it to margin:0px auto; That might solve the issue.

    I got it

28. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    RustyEight said: I mean you could do a perspective shadow... just something to make it less 2d

    A dropshadow will make it look weird in lightbox

29. 

    downrodeo said 2 months ago

    Here’s some inspiration for you dude. http://welovewp.com

    Look thru the portfolio section, there’s tons of good shit and ideas there. Maybe you might find something that would inspire a new idea.

30. 

    Reilly said 2 months ago

    I was in Chicago last weekend and I saw someone wearing your shark week tee.

31. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    Reilly said: I was in Chicago last weekend and I saw someone wearing your shark week tee.

    Sweet. I haven’t seen anybody besides my friends wearing my shirts.

32. Log In
    back