Posts by wilco

  • William Tyler Buser - Level Designer

    Just my opinion but here's my thoughts,

    [*] The top hover over on about / contact is very unusual and not particularly understandable from a usability point of view. The whole graphic seems to move when you hover over it which I don't believe should happen.

    [*] I think you've used Javascript reveals in a unfriendly way - sure it's cool to see content scroll in/out of the page - but it really seems quite brash here. Maybe it's because I have no idea it's going to happen till I click it, or maybe it's because when the whole page get's shoved down it's quite an unnatural browsing experience!

    [*] Everything is very big an bulky, even on my 24" 1920x1080 resolution screen everything's massive which I think would look lots better if it was smaller. In 1024x768 you barely see anything but a title and half a picture - and also gives a horizontal scroll bar

    [*] I would change your main content font into more of a sans serif font like your headings to keep consistency, Arial would be just fine or Verdana if you don't like that.

    [*] Personally I would change your lowercase only headings to have capital first letters, like the headings for the levels - to keep it consistent. They also seem to be indented in more then the content/images which I believe would look better aligned correctly.

    [*] I'd also think about your line lengths - having full width lines like that isn't easy to read (for a few scientific biological reasons!)

    Hope it helps - content wise I think the images definitely show off some good talent ;) Give us a yell if you need any assistance on any of the points I've just made.

  • Sven Monhof - Level Designer & Environment Artist

    I'd mostly agree with Frie, but as a web designer/developer full time rather then a games designer ill share my opinion of the website rather then the content

    I'll bulletpoint a few things I would improve/change,

    [*] Loose the green, it's far too harsh

    [*] Loose the red, same reason - it just doesn't work well on the grey with the green

    [*] To be honest, the blue and green together really doesn't work well together either, the 2 arrows next to your name almost blend into one

    [*] Work on your typography - some simple changes would make it far easier to read - for example headings need more definition and main content could do with some more line height

    [*] The lists nearer the bottom could do with some spacing out and general typography too - it's very bunched and hard to read

    [*] Navigation - stop it changing size on hover over, it's not nice same as your email address in your contact details nearer the bottom of the page - actually I think all anchor hover over colours could do with a quick makeover.

    [*] In 1024x768 you have horizontal scroll bars - id recommend making it slightly smaller so it fits as a baseline.

    I hope it helps! It's mainly just colouring and typography really nothing major! If you need any CSS help etc just post on here id be happy to help.

  • Wilco's Photo thread

    Hey guys,

    Not posted anything in years, and considering the mobile game development I'm working on is still far from release I thought id share some of my photography.

    Got an Dog trust event coming up which I've got an opportunity to take a lot of Pet portraits, only problem is I've never done one before! So here are some of my favourites from the test shoots I've been doing on the weekends. Got until the Summer to get a setup I'm happy with.

    Photographs are more or less always best viewed on black, opposite of the board theme! So do click on the links I've put below each image :)

    [Blocked Image: http://www.joeangus.com/photographs/sniggles_medium.jpg]

    (Best viewed on black and larger)

    [Blocked Image: http://www.joeangus.com/photographs/moushka_medium.jpg]

    (Best viewed on black and larger)

    [Blocked Image: http://www.joeangus.com/photographs/moushka2_medium.jpg]

    (Best viewed on black and larger)

    Would love to know what you guys think and if anyone has got any experience / helpful ideas then please do share! Due to the nature of the event, they will be photographed on one of my backdrops only.

  • Minos' digital sketchbook

    Another nice piece, quite open to a story too - my automatic thoughts were of an alien colony, yet with no one outside makes me feel they're hiding inside for some reason... Something big and scary hunting them down? Astroid belting towards their planet and they're spending their last few minutes together...

    Maybe a bit random :) just giving you some foreground ideas :)