[version]

hey guys,

just discovered this forum & i can't believe i have never come across it before. i'm really looking forward to getting stuck into some conversations about all levels of design stuff. man have i had some unanswered questions in the past ... this place should prove to be seriously worthwhile.

in the meantime, here's a couple of links i hope you all dig. the first is a link to my new company website :

http://www.versionindustries.com

& the second, to our first ever company showreel :

http://www.versionindustries.com/showreel

let me know what you think.

cheers !

[smallbeer]

moved to showcase. no offense meant

[version]

none taken, dude

i only saw the showcase thread after i'd posted it in the great links thread & was like DUH !

so glad you moved it, it makes much more sense here

thanks, dude.

[finbarr]

very nice... very different but me likey

[smallbeer]

I like sites like that...stuff I can explore

it doesn't particularly show off your work to its best though, the thumbs seem like a bit of an after thought. I'd possibly think about darkening the overlay too to make it easier to read the brief.

it's always useful to have skeletor as part of the team. welcome to dt, dude.

[version]

yeah darkening the overlays is definitely worth thinking about
especially on firefox mac - the antialiasing almost obliterates the text
looks great on safari of course, but hey

& yeah - i hear you on the thumbs - i mean they could be bigger but then we do link to the site & i don't want things to get too crowded in 800x600 if people are still using that resolution to view it. still they could do with being clickable for larger versions of the site if people don't want to click the link. point taken for sure.

& hehe, yeah, skeletors an invaluable team member

cheers, looking forward to hanging out with you guys.

[cocknose]

its like a jump in time.. FOR "PAT"... its pats website when he finishes uni in around 5 yrs...

GOOD SITE... I LIKED THE SHOWREEL, what was it put together in... sorry i'm still abit old school when it comes to new media and the tinternet

[version]

we put it together in final cut after capturing the website footage with 'snapz' for mac.

thanks for the kind words man. in fact that you all for the encouraging responses so far.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by cocknose

its like a jump in time.. FOR "PAT"... its pats website when he finishes uni in around 5 yrs...

but with more balloons.

[smallbeer]

can I see the business cards referred to in the email to giles' dad ? (I'm still exploring).

[version]

haha, yeah i'm not sure i have a copy of them online any more or even on my machine. but basically they were our first cards & all we had on them was our logo on the front & just an email address on the back. each card being personalized so that it was our email on the back alone.

obviously the idea then was that our website address could be gleaned from the email & since we were web designers, email was easily the best intial way to get in touch with us.

our cards have evolved radically since then & are now these full colour affairs, but that email he wrote to his dad i think still clearly states our M.O. when it comes to the way we like to do things.

[Megaton Cat]

That's a pretty interestingly spaced out design. Can't say I like the little pink boxes with text crammed in right to the border or the low quality background image.

Nice folio work!

[poppinphresh]

Wow that's a weird site.. I like it though

[jase1000]

Nice site man. Welcome to DT.

[version]

thanks guys - thanks a lot
a great welcome to the DT zone so far
i've already gotten stuck into some other chats of course
& will take everything you've said here back to the drawing board with me

keep the thoughts coming of course, if any !