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Tony Easley · 20-02-2008, 17:19

Hello to everyone, just thought i'd introduce myself.

My name is Tony Easley, I'm in the final few weeks of a degree in illustration before I have to enter the big bad world of commercial illustration and I'd very much appreciate any feedback anyone wants to give. I'm about to redesign my website and it's not totally up to date but I'd love if everyone would take a look.

nascentideas.com

genitalia · 20-02-2008, 17:41

Welcome, I am new here too. They seem a nice bunch.

Do Gooder · 20-02-2008, 17:42

hullo tony.

as the site - or is i sites? stand i was completly lost!

work looked fun tho. welcome.

Tony Easley · 20-02-2008, 17:52

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Originally Posted by Do Gooder

hullo tony.

as the site - or is i sites? stand i was completly lost!

work looked fun tho. welcome.

Thanks for looking, I realised recently that a lot of people are finding it hard to navigate so I'm going to try and sort it out before my degree show goes up. Which parts are you finding confusing? Anything that can help me pinpoint the worst spots would be helpful!

Tom_E · 20-02-2008, 17:59

Welcome aboard Tony.

Do Gooder · 20-02-2008, 18:02

try for a consistent navigation that stays fixed on every page. so wherever you are or how silly things get - you know you are on your site. doesn't have to be large. it can be a small simple row of text across the top

oh. and if you have the likes of a pdf link - indicate that so people know what to expect.

if you are starting from scratch. look at indexhibit... it's rather good! here's some samples.. i'm going to use that for my personal site... when i get a chance.

Tony Easley · 20-02-2008, 18:08

Believe it or not, that was my attempt at a consistent navigation (once you get past the intro page, which WILL be going in the redesign), I think the navigation isn't obvious enough though, there are some text links on the left for the pages of thumbnails. I noticed on my site stats that most people don't go past the first page of thumbnails and it wasn't until I was looking at it with a tutor and he didn't see them, that I realised why. The blog will have to pretty much stay the same though for the moment as I don't have the money to pay for database hosting so it's hosted by wordpress which means limited control over the design!

wheedwacker · 20-02-2008, 21:39

welcome

Anxious · 21-02-2008, 03:40

Hi Tony, welcome to DT. I didn't realise hosted wordpress blogs could only select from templates, that's a shame. Your blog has some great links, I really like the pencil sculptures.

Benjamin · 21-02-2008, 06:57

Hi tony, welcome to DT, I am quite new here as well. Nice work and great blog.

Tony Easley · 22-02-2008, 17:47

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Originally Posted by Do Gooder

if you are starting from scratch. look at indexhibit.org... it's rather good! i'm going to use that for my personal site... when i get a chance.

I took a look at indexhibit, I thought I recognised the name, Dan Eatock came in to talk to us and showed it to us, I can't run it though because it won't run on a windows server, which is a shame!

dexter121uk · 26-02-2008, 21:17

ohh nice!! WOW I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!! AMAZING

Paddy · 26-02-2008, 21:57

'Ello.

niksy · 27-02-2008, 03:45

Helou.

Tony Easley · 29-02-2008, 18:37

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Originally Posted by dexter121uk

ohh nice!! WOW I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!! AMAZING

Thanks, it's somewhat meant to be a drawing of God (not to claim that I'm God of course...)

datahound · 29-02-2008, 19:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Easley

Thanks, it's somewhat meant to be a drawing of God (not to claim that I'm God of course...)

Haha, wrong sex..

20-02-2008, 17:19	#1 (permalink)
Tony Easley Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London/Brighton Posts: 34	Hello Everyone Hello to everyone, just thought i'd introduce myself. My name is Tony Easley, I'm in the final few weeks of a degree in illustration before I have to enter the big bad world of commercial illustration and I'd very much appreciate any feedback anyone wants to give. I'm about to redesign my website and it's not totally up to date but I'd love if everyone would take a look. nascentideas.com

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genitalia Vagina Vagina Vagina Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 180	Welcome, I am new here too. They seem a nice bunch.

20-02-2008, 17:42	#3 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,438	hullo tony. as the site - or is i sites? stand i was completly lost! work looked fun tho. welcome.

20-02-2008, 18:02	#6 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,438	try for a consistent navigation that stays fixed on every page. so wherever you are or how silly things get - you know you are on your site. doesn't have to be large. it can be a small simple row of text across the top oh. and if you have the likes of a pdf link - indicate that so people know what to expect. if you are starting from scratch. look at indexhibit... it's rather good! here's some samples.. i'm going to use that for my personal site... when i get a chance.

20-02-2008, 18:08	#7 (permalink)
Tony Easley Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London/Brighton Posts: 34	Believe it or not, that was my attempt at a consistent navigation (once you get past the intro page, which WILL be going in the redesign), I think the navigation isn't obvious enough though, there are some text links on the left for the pages of thumbnails. I noticed on my site stats that most people don't go past the first page of thumbnails and it wasn't until I was looking at it with a tutor and he didn't see them, that I realised why. The blog will have to pretty much stay the same though for the moment as I don't have the money to pay for database hosting so it's hosted by wordpress which means limited control over the design!

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Anxious On the Naughty Step Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glasgow Posts: 1,703	Hi Tony, welcome to DT. I didn't realise hosted wordpress blogs could only select from templates, that's a shame. Your blog has some great links, I really like the pencil sculptures.

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Benjamin Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 151	Hi tony, welcome to DT, I am quite new here as well. Nice work and great blog.

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dexter121uk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 42	ohh nice!! WOW I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!! AMAZING

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niksy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Strizivojna / Zagreb // Croatia Posts: 79	Helou.

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