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Discussion on: Can I get a review of my portfolio

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Florian Rand • Edited

Hey Ganesh, do you know 'the emperor new clothes' story?

Asking on internet it's very similar to that story.

My honest review (as a designer):

The good:
It looks like you dumped a lot of time and passion in that redesign, that's really good.

The bad:
What strickes me, is how a talented painter like you did choose Matrix and all that cluttered stuff to present your work.

My tip, a porfolio it's a tool to Showcase your work, the protagonist should be your work, not the other way around.

Good job but you need to review It and unclutter It 😅

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Ganesh Prasad

Thanks for the review :)

I have already disabled the matrix on mobile devices. I wanted to break away from the conventional and experiment a bit with some sort of dynamic background. This digital rain animation was the first thing to come to my mind. But indeed, it clutters the site bigtime. Maybe I would experiment with wireframe shapes or subtle shifting shadows next to add a little bit of dynamism to the background

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Florian Rand • Edited

This is great Ganesh, I love experimenting too.

I usually dump the first round of ideas because tend to be the conventional ones. If you check my blog, It looks like crap because I use It as a experimenting playground and it's okey, but I won't use it to showcase my design work.

You're doing great and no doubt a talented guy (your paintings are awesome), I'm sure you'll find your way.