GRC 175 Learning and Discussion Forum

Here are my roughs I like my first one a little better because I like simple design. I put the background image there as a place holder because I haven't had my photos on me in a while. I will still keep a black and white photo as the background, but of my own.

For my second rough I wanted to go with a bold design with bright colors. Again, very simple.

P.S. Rough 1 is the bottom one [black and white one]

EDIT:

My two inspirational sites are
http://www.apple.com
and
http://www.madebysofa.com/

For my first website, I love apple products and their website always has inspired me. Their design of their products are simple and functional, just like their website. You know where to go on their site for what you are looking for, everything is laid out across the top for easy navigation.

The second website, I really liked the layout of their home page. It brought ideas to my mind about simple and elegant design.

Design #2 is moody. Diggin' it.

Design two has you written all over it JJ. Its more appealing to me visual as well.

I really like both of yours comps, the color from the first really catches my eye, and keeps me looking around, but with your 2nd one there is more you there, and your logo that you've created to represent you makes it much more professional.

I think if you played with color, on the 2nd one just a bit, nothing too drastic, but just enough to create some visual eye candy.

Really nice job on both though.

They are both pretty simple but are also nicely done. I'm leaning towards the black and white atmospheric perspective design. It's very eye catching and follows a current popular aspect of design.

I like your color choices in the second layout, but your first layout is more of what's going on in design today. I think maybe a pop of color for the type would be a cool thing to add to the first composition.

I'm liking your second one as a professional portfolio. I like the design and layout, especially that Logo. The first one is nice for a "intro piece" (kinda like a 1st web page sorta deal) but with your second one you can see how creative and how well you can design. =)

Awaiting your final ^___^

I like your rough number 2. It looks elegant and the balance of blacks and whites is very well distributed throughout your design. Very well done!
A couple of things I would suggest though is making your logo a little bit smaller and use a different font type. Rounded sans serif type would work really well with your design.

I like second design better, layout,font and imagery is very nice, I also like your logo. maybe add some drop shadow on your logo and your box

I think both are very professional looking, and interesting to look at. Rough 2 has my vote though--can't resist the colors and object placement/design.