www.timbeaumontdesigns.com

kirklees · 12th February 2008, 11:12 PM

Tim would would like some feedback on his new site we have almost finished, all comments welcome.

Tim is also available to take on projects for any unique artwork / designs / illustrations you may need for your next project / site.

He does not do websites just as it says on his site "specialises in digital / traditional illustration and graphic design for the many areas of the commercial art world, which includes Advertising, Publishing, Packaging, Branding and Multimedia etc.

Hope you will all have a look. Tim Beaumont Designs

cardin.smith · 7th March 2008, 12:14 PM

Very nice site, really love his designs and illustrations. The only recommendation which I would give to you, is to allow the users to see a higher resolutions version of some of his illustrations within the Portfolio section.

Vger · 7th March 2008, 04:26 PM

Well done, what an excellent looking website.

It must have been a joy to design the site because what really sells it is the artwork itself.

Vger

percepts · 7th March 2008, 08:47 PM

Nice looking site and I like his work.
The email address at the bottom of the page is unreadable and it would be nice if it were clickable to send email. Also on the contact page the email address could be clickable. You could do that using a mini flash movie so that you can use same font and sizing and not get caught by email spam bots.

TygerTyger · 8th March 2008, 07:32 AM

I disagree with that, a mailto link will get harvested and people without flash will miss out on the contact details. A clearer image would be good though. There appears to be some banding and pixellation on the header graphics as if they've been saved in low quality format, I'd like to see them sharp as an axe! It doesn't all fit on my screen (Firefox 2 @ 1024x768 giving me a horizontal scrollbar). You could consider doing the title links as plain text, t'would be much better for the old SEO.

Far as his work itself goes, what he does is incredibly striking and of marvellous standard but I'm not really feeling I'm getting any experience of it. There's no context (what were the examples done for? How about seeing them in their eventual native environment - on someone's wall or the project they were used for or wherever they go) and I can't look at them in greater detail/size which I was itching to do.

There's no interactivity, not even a contact form to use. It comes across as basically a locally distributed leaflet put onto screen. That's not a criticism of the design, which is smart and functional and I have no issue with, but I don't think he's doing himself any justice in selling himself or making use of the medium. It looks like top quality work from an experienced guy but I'm not getting much to go on.

atomet · 8th March 2008, 08:37 AM

like the design, but too many colurs i think

Lindyloo · 4th April 2008, 06:06 AM

He does amazing work and, sorry atomet but, colour is wonderful although I do agree with TygerTyger as I too felt I was missing out on so much more.
Some idea on price would be a good idea as, looking on what he does, it looks unaffordable but I could be wrong. Without any indication on price I would be unlikely to contact him.
Don't forget to put some meta tags in before you launch it to the engines.
LL

comedy79 · 6th June 2008, 11:28 PM

Congratulations. You've got the feel of the artwork in the design.

Also, of all the sites I've checked here this morning (I started at the top) it's the only one so far that validates at the W3C. Most of the others I've looked at don't even have DOCTYPE or character encoding statements. And too many of them blare music at me on entry. I go away from sites that play music or any other sound when I enter, and I don't go back.

ijl · 8th June 2008, 08:20 AM

I like the design and think it reflects the artwork well, however I agree with some of the earlier comments.
The footer text/graphic is showing an alt on hover as "tims_address_footer", I know it valuidates as html 4.01 transitional, but I have a feeling this is what screen readers would read out for the entire footer section. Simailarly the main navigation's alt text (or title markup) should reflect where the buttons lead.
I also think some more examples of where the work is used (real life examples or case studies) would be benificial in selling the ideas