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jrodriguez315 · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: Working on a site re-design

So . . . whaddaya think?

EDIT:
Option 1: http://www.voiceoverthespian.com/newdesign01.html
Option 2: http://www.voiceoverthespian.com/newdesign_bw.html

Might be some more coming as I get more creative.

I created option 2 because I noticed that many of the pros on this board have a black and white site. I guess it couldn't hurt, right!
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bobsouer · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject:

Joe,

Maybe it's just me, but they both look black and white. One is just hard left and the other is centered.

In general, I'm not a fan of reverse type (white letters on a black background) because it's harder to read.

In spite of those reservations, your design looks nice and clean.
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Bailey · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject:

Joe... I see your name... I see a microphone... I see a demo button... and I see the index. What I don't see is something stating what you are, or what you are selling. I guess I'm looking for the words Voice Actor... Voice Overs... somewhere in the mix.
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Bruce · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject:

I hope you're not going to use that much copy on your front page. I'd say make the front page simpler for those who are just trying to track you down as a voice talent or actor and the elaborate more on other pages.

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Deirdre · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject:

Look for the sites of successful people whose voices you admire. Take cues from those.
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jrodriguez315 · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:45 am Post subject:

Thank you all for your feedback. I will not use the Lorem ipsum copy for my final, I just wanted to get an idea of what people thought of the layout, colors and logo ideas. I am going to re-use most of the content that I have on my current site with whatever my new look and feel is. Option 1 was supposed to blue, not the black one. I think I goofed somewhere. I'll take a look at it again tomorrow too see if I can't get the other one back up there.

Thanks again.
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jrodriguez315 · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:10 am Post subject:

bobsouer · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:20 am Post subject:

jrodriguez315 · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:42 am Post subject:

Deirdre · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:21 am Post subject:

bobsouer · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject:

jrodriguez315 · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject:

[quote="Deirdre"]

jrodriguez315 · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject:

Deirdre · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

DB's VO Website "Rules":

Don't use a plain mic graphic. It's an old-and-busted notion. Hackneyed. Cliché. (Anyone can use a pic of a mic. If you really want to use a microphone, invent something. Mike Rhys's fab Union Jack-with-U87 is one of the best artistic statements I've ever seen)

Do not use a picture of yourself unless you are either
A) going for on-camera work, or
B) so famous already that people WANT to see what you look like.
Otherwise, you're blowing all their perceptions away and establishing prejudice before they even hear you.

Don't use embedded sound. It's abrasive and is an instant turn-off unless your demo is such a flat-out slam-dunk you've got listeners hooked in the first 3 seconds.
Most of the time—even when they're coming to your site because they KNOW you're voice talent— people are NOT expecting to hear sound unless they click a button somewhere, so sound that plays as soon as the site loads is nearly always startling.

Use one typeface. Your website should not be a carnival handbill.
Notable excptions are excellently-chosen Sans-Serif for Headlines/Serif for Body Text combos, but they are rare, rare.
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I say these things with the full knowlege that some of my best pals on this board, some of the people I admire most, break some or all of the "rules"-- SOME of these folks are so astonishingly good they'd be great on a cassette demo, so they can do whatever they damned well please.
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bobsouer · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject: