portfolio website WIP (Updated!)

[Indigo]

i'm trying to come up with a decent looking portfolio site for myself.  Photobucket just isn't cutting it.  I was looking through some old art of mine and thought that these tiles might be a cool little web theme....that plus i was just too lazy to make some original work for my site.  Either way - i'm not exactly sure if this is a good concept for a portfolio site to begin with.  Am i heading in a wrong direction here?  C+C?

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most recent version:
www.indigo.spriteart.com

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PS - Tiny Giant inspired lettering in the pic.

[Darien]

I don't know why you always keep Mr. Stubbs there, he simply looks unfinished and poorly thought out, and he looks like he's doing squats.

I don't know about the generic platformer portfolio design.  It certainly looks fine, but something simpler and clean would work just as well, if not better, I think.  Too much fluff will detract from the pieces you're putting on display.

[Helm]

I suggest either lose the coins and the multilevel top, or have the coins and put in A LOT MORE platform game elements than just two boxes and coins.

[Indigo]

thanks guys for the comments

Helm:
I definately agree with you.  I just was talking with st0ven about it actually and he suggested something quite awesome: Basically the whole top part of the site would be a playable mini-platformer game.  (no scrolling and such)  You just have a character that can jump around the top part of the website collecting ever-reappearing coins and squashing some ever-spawning baddies.

Darien:
"Mr. Stubbs," as you so call him, has alot of sentimental meaning to me.  -And are you racist against the no-handed midget cultures out there?!  (i'll fix him up a bit).  Also i think the playable platformer idea would justify the "generic platformer portfolio design"

[Helm]

put a score counter on it, and make more baddies spawn the longer you last and you've got a great minigame.

[Darien]

Heh that sounds really cool actually.  I agree that would justify it, looking forward to it

[Retro]

Yeah, nice idea on the header. Would be very imaginative.

Don't make a very complex platform game at the top though, especially for Dial-up users, it would lag the site. Unless you used flash xD Then have a loader or something. Sounds awesome, Indigo.

[Andy Tran]

 Great work indigo. If I could make all the coins look the same, I would put a shine on it or increase it's contrast since it's pretty metal.

[.ImygE]

I like the idea of the top being playable.  I don't think I've ever seen that on a website before.  My only crit, other than whats already been said, is the top left part of the screen looks empty, I'd suggest putting a bigger logo up there. But good work.

[Turbo]

The idea of the playable top is very original and cool, and the tiles are quite nice, but at they're current size and composition/design, they steal too much attention from what would be presented below. I'd tone them down, reduce the size - both width and specially height of the "playing field", or use some other trick to that end that I'm sure you can come up with