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08/19/2008 02:41:43 AM · #1
Hi I just recently revamped my web site and wanted to create something different and create this new way of market artists work through e-cards.
Please go check it out and let me know what would you like to see and change.
Thank you.
Martin Kulik
//www.extremeops.us

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08/19/2008 02:47:35 AM · #2
Originally posted by martinkulik:


//www.extremeops.us


:)

Ok, looking at site -- thoughts:

Like the intro -- maybe have SKIP INTRO in the golden color that you use for the rest of the site?

You seem to have a broken image that's used in many places...

Perhaps you should connect the main section and the search bar? Make the whole middle section black?

Nice font, odd colors but they work, beautiful flash work.

The after/before page may need some work.

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08/19/2008 02:58:13 AM · #3
Thank you for your comment. Yes, the before&after will be completely different. It is very sophisticated and very difficult to make. It will be finished in the mid of September.
Martin
08/19/2008 03:37:13 AM · #4
Hi Martin, I didn't spend very long on the site because I found the fanfare every time I clicked on anything extremely annoying - don't want to sound negative I was just trying to approach the site as ordinary punter and seeing how it felt. Hope that helps and good luck :)
08/19/2008 04:51:32 AM · #5
I felt I should have made popcorn before sitting down to view the site - very theatrical. It would be in the skip-able opening sequence (although there wasn't much there that tells me about your photography), but I agree with the previous post that it got annoying right away.

On the positive side, the images I saw are large and very nicely displayed. Best of luck with it, but careful not to overdo it.
08/19/2008 05:56:44 AM · #6
make sure the fancy links (on the flash) works on older browsers if you need to reach a wider audience :)
08/19/2008 09:24:24 AM · #7
first: i would forget the intro screen. people don't wait for stuff to load. and, at the very least, incorporate that video into a "real" home page with text and links. search engines need to be able to get into your site quickly, and the splash page doesn't help. meta tags aren't what they used to be.

secondly: thing about your target audience. for example, i am working in an office building right now. as soon as a site makes noise, i close it because i don't want everyone to know what i'm doing. even if i wasn't at work, the sound that it makes on every single navigation link wears thin after the first time.

the photographs are very nice. make sure the site is about them and not about the site. right now the website gets in the way of displaying your work.
08/19/2008 09:43:04 AM · #8
It seems very confusing to navigate, I can't really figure out what's going on. The text is also really small on my screen (15in, 1280x1024) which doesn't help.

I would agree on the intro screen, it seems unnecessary and compared to the rest of the site looks very amateur. The flash banner reloading on each page get old very quickly, as does all of the sound.

It also seems like there are a few too many colors competing for attention.
08/21/2008 11:40:34 PM · #9
Hello everyone and thank you for giving me some feedback. I really appreciate to get some response. I am changing things as I go, so please come back as much as you can and give some ideas what would you like to see and most important as a photographer how would you like to have your pictures represent it.
Thank you all.
Martin Kulik
08/23/2008 11:00:35 AM · #10
Nice site!

The homepage is a tad 'messy' feeling. A little too much going on, I can't decide where to go next (but not in a good way. I mean this in a constructive way, too, not trying to be picky.). The opening graphic/flash with the gallery wall was really cool. Loved that. But maybe just have it on the home page? Having it flash on every page dulled it's special quality.
I really like the color scheme though. Very nice.
As far as bugs go, the only thing I noticed was on the before and after page, the first two images showed up as little question marks in a transparent box. But other than that it worked fine, and loaded fairly quickly.
I think simplicity goes a long way, so my advice would be to make it a little cleaner.
Overall, nice work!

_Nathanael
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