Thanks!
Posted by Jason Davie (Member # 2172) on :
Your work is outstanding and the website presents it great! Nice work on both
Posted by mark zilliox (Member # 3873) on :
Michael .........not bad for a rookie !
honestly, very sharp site ( geee that web guy's name sounds familiar....hmmm ) super work. good for you & your image.
the Southern Maryland Wallslopper ! Z
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
Very COOOOOL! loads up great and I like the way it ties in together with your logo and stuff
Posted by Dale Manor (Member # 4858) on :
Excellent work all around there Michael....Love your illustrations!
and Joe did a great job pulling it all together...
YOOOOOU DA MAAAAN!!!!!!!
Posted by Michael Clark (Member # 2268) on :
No Dale, YOOOOOU DA MAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!
Yes, Joe did an excellent job as usual.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Dang. Now I've got to clean the drool from my keyboard.
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Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
Michael, that really is some fine stuff! The illustrations are clearly of the highest caliber, but the signs... man, that is what I've decided to expend nearly all my creative energy on for well over 10 years, but I can only hope to learn to make one or two signs look as nice as all yours do some day.
It's amazing how some folks can make it look so easy, with such effective layouts, simple color choices, & the minimum of flourishes... but once it's all completed, it just has this identity of it's own that makes it look as though it could have never been any other way, which is what makes it look easy, as though you carefully worked around it, avoiding everything it shouldn't be & simply revealed what it was meant to be all along.
(Nice web work too, Joe)
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
....but I still think you were cuter when you had a beard! hehheehee Nice work, Michael. Those drawings are great!
Posted by Michael Clark (Member # 2268) on :
Jane, Thank you for the kind words and yes I do miss the beard, too. Tell the old man to grow one!
Posted by Bernie Lohmeyer (Member # 2076) on :
Great website there Mike......Ive seen those drawing somewhere from a guy on the street up north....He had a monkey and a tin cup......But I didn't have any change,real nice guy....he needed a bath thow.....he he he.....Oh and Velma dont like beards.....he he he
Posted by Tim Whitcher (Member # 685) on :
Great work. Now a tech question: how did you create the jpgs of the art? Were they scanned? Digital camera? I'd like to do the same, and was wondering what is required to post drawings like that.
Thanks!
Posted by Michael Clark (Member # 2268) on :
Tim, I have a surveyor down the street from me that bought a scanner that can scan up to 3' wide. He bought so he could scan blueprints for the local contractors and then print them out on his HP large format printer.
I was skeptical at first because I didn't think they would scan good enough. It really surprised me. I then had him make me some prints on acid free paper.
Posted by Paul Bierce (Member # 5412) on :
The website looks great Michael. Joe did a really nice job with it.
I only have a couple of comments:
Do you really think it's necesary to have the masthead animation "do it's thing" on each and every page? Maybe a simplified shimmer running across the art would be easier on the eye.
Why not go ahead and load the image from the first thumbnail in the menu on the portfolio pages? I'd also be tempted to put the "Click on a thumbnail" instruction above the menu. Without some specific prompt, it's not exactly clear what you're supposed to do.
Perhaps it's just my built-in expectation, but I expected to go to the next logo, sign, etc. when I clicked on the "Next Page" graphic, not an entirely new page. I guess I was expecting a function more like "Next" (even though it's clearly labeled)
Don't get me wrong, I think the site looks fabulous. I can't help wondering if it could be even better.
