Fine Designs - Web Design Portfolios

Four Inspiring Designs (To Me):

Oberüber Karger:

http://oberueber-karger.de/
Five things I enjoy about this site's design:

1. The very unique hero images
2. The consistent menu through all pages, making it easy to find
3. A very simple homepage that isn't terribly confusing and busy
4. A cute, but readable font, making the site more appealing and personalized
5. There is great color contrast between the background image(s) and the text.

Rokivo

http://www.rokivo.com/

Five things I enjoy about this site's design:

1. The rollover menu buttons add a classy more sophisticated look to the site

2. The parallax is incredibly smooth and fast loading

3. The logo has a rollover gif of sorts so that when you hover over the logo is switches through the name through the slogan (as seen above)

4. The menu shows up again after having already scrolled down, giving users easier access

5. The footer is very professional and classy due to its great organization

Guido La Rocca

http://guidosgariglia.it/

Five things I enjoy about this site's design:

1. The menu tab/page adds a clean and classy look, not cluttered

2. The slogan tell you about them right off the back

3. The photography is amazing - clear, clean, descriptive, to the point, and personalized

4. The icons of the social media sites instead of just the names of the site is very cute and cool

5. The way every page of the site loads is vert classy and affective

Magnet Co

http://magnet.co/

Five things I enjoy about this site's design:

 1. The menu stays at the top of the page once you scroll down
2. The contact information is in two places on the homepage, which makes it really easy to find
3. The little blurbs about what they do and each of those blurbs logos, very cute, but constructive

4. The meet the people page is very cute and creative, this could be like an "About Me" page

5. The color scheme of the entire page is vert appealing and pleasing

Top 10 great design elements from these sites:

1. Consistent Menu
2. Appealing Color Scheme
3. Contact Information
4. Contrast Between Background Image and Text
5. Rollover Menu Buttons
6. Classy and Clean Footer
7. Social Media Icons
8. Hero Image
9. An About Me Page
10. Rollover Logo

Overall this project showed me how involved portfolio's need to be. They are very interactive but simple. I hope to create a successful portfolio that is clean, clear, simple, interactive, creative, and above all unique to me.