From: Peter Draper To: 'Axeman' ; 3DSMAX@engram.net <3DSMAX@engram.net> Subject: RE: Re[2]: portfolio critique Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:36 AM splash screens and intros should exist to do only a couple or so of things.... redirection or preloading images... preferably the latter! if I have to wait ages for an opening splash I normally find the fastest way to get past it and into the site itself, but if I know it's preloading stuff, then I normally hang on for it to load... cheers pete -----Original Message----- From: Axeman [mailto:axeman@bah.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 9:02 PM To: 3DSMAX@engram.net Subject: Re[2]: portfolio critique Thanks for your input. I am going to trash the intro soon. I'm just working on a new splash screen to replace it. As for the other part, about the site not being professional... My target audience is not going to be CEO's of major web design firms. In fact, I'm trying to avoid them all together. I made the decision from the start to make it more of an artistic representation of my skills, rather than a practical one. I'm trying to sell my texturing, modeling and animating skills. The last thing I want to be doing is designing ecommerce sites. But this is the kind of stuff I want to hear; maybe I should rethink some aspects. Thanks, -BT www.lossofcontrol.com Wednesday, March 15, 2000, 1:48:03 PM, you wrote: PL> My thought on this is that I see so many people using FLash for no real reason PL> except the 'cool' factor. That, unfortunately, is not enough. You have to PL> have a reason why the content requires Flash. PL> Lose the intro. PL> I like the work, but don't like the site. Not tight enough on teh graphic PL> design side; there are a number of tabs that are too hard to read, and is the PL> whole 'graveyard feel' the professional image you wnat ot place on the desk of PL> a CEO? I wouldn't. When I design a website, I imagine that ANYONE could see PL> it, even someone like Mok or Spielberg. PL> Stranger things could happen, and when that happens, you've got ONE chance. PL> Make it count. -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe at: http://mail.engram.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/3DSTUDIOMAX List courtesy of http://www.Engram.net -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe at: http://mail.engram.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/3DSTUDIOMAX List courtesy of http://www.Engram.net