Updated my website. Please give feedback

Why use frames. search engines hate them.
Chris.
"michael" wrote in message

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web

designer.

Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

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The instructions for moving the mouse over image to see before/after could be directly under the photograph. Also make the mouseOver effect about the same size as the photo as it didn’t work for me till I moved w a y over to the left.

michael wrote:

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer. Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

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Digital Artwork & Retouching
www.PixelKat.com

"michael" wrote in message

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer.
Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

Ditto the frames comment. And lose the intro screen; it’s s-o-o-o nineties and pisses people off. When they click to go to your site they don’t want to have to click again to… you know, go to your site.

Scott

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"michael" wrote in message

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer.
Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

I like the site… Enjoyed the photo-retouching section… Personally, I like the intro page, makes the site seem like it’s got a clean start and isn’t cluttery as soon as you get to it… I hate intro pages that take forever to load though, I click past them before they are done loading but your site doesn’t have a problem with that…

Babs

Well, after looking at the retouching area I have to say I am less than impressed. The old photo of the guy in the tux is just horrible after it was (restored), he lopped off the guys ear at the top, the tux adjustment makes the tie off center now he looks like someone that needs to hire someone to dress him.

The one further down of the two women in white tops and black skirts is almost as bad. To replace the ceiling in the image it was cloned and their are clear repeating patterns in the cloned areas.

These are not professional and not very well done. Keep working on it and you may get to the point where your images don’t look like they were photoshoped.

R

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"michael" wrote in message

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer.
Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

I like the site… Enjoyed the photo-retouching section… Personally, I like the intro page, makes the site seem like it’s got a clean start and isn’t cluttery as soon as you get to it… I hate intro pages that take forever to load though, I click past them before they are done loading but your site doesn’t have a problem with that…
Babs

"BubblyBabs" posted:

"michael" wrote in message

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer.
Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

I like the site… Enjoyed the photo-retouching section… Personally, I like the intro page, makes the site seem like it’s got a clean start and isn’t cluttery as soon as you get to it… I hate intro pages that take forever to load though, I click past them before they are done loading but your site doesn’t have a problem with that…

Babs

The design is good, but CONTENT is king! How would I learn that you do web design? Or aren’t you trying to promote your business? Oh, there it is, in the last paragraph and in tiny type at the bottom. Or is that somebody else’s business?

Also, have somebody proofread your site. 140 what? lots not lot’s

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Hebee Jeebes wrote:

Well, after looking at the retouching area I have to say I am less than impressed. The old photo of the guy in the tux is just horrible after it was (restored), he lopped off the guys ear at the top, the tux adjustment makes the tie off center now he looks like someone that needs to hire someone to dress him.

The one further down of the two women in white tops and black skirts is almost as bad. To replace the ceiling in the image it was cloned and their are clear repeating patterns in the cloned areas.

These are not professional and not very well done. Keep working on it and you may get to the point where your images don’t look like they were photoshoped.

R

I wasn’t sure either, which were the retouches or originals. Some of the originals are more believable.

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"michael" wrote in message

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer.
Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

I like the site… Enjoyed the photo-retouching section… Personally, I like the intro page, makes the site seem like it’s got a clean start and isn’t cluttery as soon as you get to it… I hate intro pages that take forever to load though, I click past them before they are done loading but your site doesn’t have a problem with that…
Babs

On Oct 11, 3:35 pm, "michael" wrote:

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer. Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

Dump the splash screen.

otherwise there’s some great work in there.

Nice website. However:

1- I feel that the pictures are rather scattered.. I just don’t feel good for distributing the pictures the way you did.

2- The cat is lovely, but it seems not so professional. I think it would look better with the tiles with only shadow and without beveling. I would also recommend that pixelation of cat should not be done on a whole part of the picture. I mean it would look better if you divide the cat into large tiles, and used checker board style in pixilation. With your silver looking cat and black background, I would recommend mirror reflection in the ground. How about cat’s eyes? consider some reflection mapping.

3- I have no great objection on the dark background.

4- Some of the pictures do not fall under the catagory of retouching… They are "composed" rather than retouched.

5- The B&W eastern guy’s picture does not reflect hi-fi retouching. The older picture looked more handsome. Also, I can tell that you might be very proud of it as you put it in advance. I advise you to put it somewhere else, or, you try to retouch it again.

6- I liked very much the lady with Dior shades and lady sitting alone in the train, and most of your digital artwork.

Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Senior Graphic Designer

michael wrote:

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer. Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

thanks!
Michael

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Digital Artwork & Retouching
www.PixelKat.com

"michael" wrote in message

Hi all,
Would love to get feedback on my website. For sure I am not a web designer.
Lot’s of digital artwork and 2 pages devoted to the restoration and retouching work I do here in NYC.

www.PixelKat.com

I am curious about the girl on the bed photo

Is that PS lighting filters or a plug-in? or from another frame of the shoot?

I like the fact the girl becomes the focus of the composition

take the restore shot off the first page (they are your weakest work) The retouch work is good, not over done, in the cases of the yellow cast lighting, did the photog ask to change the cast? because I like the yellow warm light of the originals better (black skirts, bride) (get off auto corrects)
your artwork is the strongest work, liked it a lot, as I said last time I am not sure the cute little kitty image goes with that work.

I like the front picture (it’s a cat!! of course I like it) and the name is cute