Is this too cutesy?

Hi everyone. I'm a web designer and I've recently finished my
portfolio site. I was wondering if you could tell me if it is too
cutesy or appropriate, in an vector-artsy kind of way, for a guy.

I don't want to show it off just yet simply because my girlfriend has
already told me that it looks too cutesy and probably more suitable for
a little 12-year old girl's site. = (

http://www.davidkuo.net

And lo, David Kuo didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

> I don't want to show it off just yet simply because my girlfriend has
> already told me that it looks too cutesy and probably more suitable for
> a little 12-year old girl's site. = (
>
> http://www.davidkuo.net

I think it looks nice; very clean. However it does not fit within my
preferred viewport size, giving me both horizontal and vertical scrollbars.

I did not look at your code.

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"David Kuo" <chiweikuo@gmail.com> wrote in news:1121791515.093519.103780
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

> Hi everyone. I'm a web designer and I've recently finished my
> portfolio site. I was wondering if you could tell me if it is too
> cutesy or appropriate, in an vector-artsy kind of way, for a guy.
>
> I don't want to show it off just yet simply because my girlfriend has
> already told me that it looks too cutesy and probably more suitable for
> a little 12-year old girl's site. = (

Really ? I like it - The design is simple, not over bearing and not heavy
on over-detail.

Ironically enough, your domain WHOIS points to a New York address, yet the
site look is distinctly Canadian (Maple leafs) - Personally, I really
like that, but then again, I'm Canadian

One thing I would change, in your biography, the sentence:

"Ever since 1998, I've been interested in creating webpages."

Maybe it's just me, but saying that you design "web pages" for a living
seems overly simple - It's never about creating just a page any more, but
more of communications strategies, tools and public relations abilities.
Just my opinion, of course

Overall, though, I like the design. (Of course, as a perl programmer
without an aesthetic bone in his body, I *wish* could design something nice
like that - I do better with graphs, tables and data output


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In article <1121791515.093519.103780@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
chiweikuo@gmail.com says...
> Hi everyone. I'm a web designer and I've recently finished my
> portfolio site. I was wondering if you could tell me if it is too
> cutesy or appropriate, in an vector-artsy kind of way, for a guy.
>
> I don't want to show it off just yet simply because my girlfriend has
> already told me that it looks too cutesy and probably more suitable for
> a little 12-year old girl's site. = (
>
> http://www.davidkuo.net
>
>
nice... enjoyed it... not *cute* at all... a photo would finish it off
(for the human touch)

David Kuo wrote:
: I don't want to show it off just yet simply because my girlfriend has
: already told me that it looks too cutesy and probably more suitable
: for a little 12-year old girl's site. = (
:
: http://www.davidkuo.net

I don't think it is cutest. I rather like it. Of course I am partial to
blue.
It displays fine on my screen. I don't like the color changes though on
the other pages... orange and green? The black wasn't so bad but it
is still mildly distracting.

Good luck,
Heidi

Thank you all for your comments! I really appreciate them!

I think I might change it so that they all retain the blue background.
I guess orange and green really have nothing to do there unless I
completely alter the background.

And I should put a photo in. It does feel faceless.

after careful consideration, David Kuo wrote in alt.www.webmaster

> Hi everyone. I'm a web designer and I've recently finished my
> portfolio site. I was wondering if you could tell me if it is too
> cutesy or appropriate, in an vector-artsy kind of way, for a guy.
>
> I don't want to show it off just yet simply because my girlfriend has
> already told me that it looks too cutesy and probably more suitable for
> a little 12-year old girl's site. = (
>
> http://www.davidkuo.net
>

I don't think it's too 'cutesy' at all - rather, it is simple and informative.

One suggestion - http://validator.w3c.org


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