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Started by the_lone_voice, July 13, 2007, 05:37:13 PM

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the_lone_voice

July 13, 2007, 05:37:13 PM
Illustrator/Web Designer available

My name is Jason Moser, I'm a freelance illustrator and web designer. I've worked for a number of companies in the comic book and  RPG industry. My portfolio can be viewed online at http://asylumink.net/design

My rates are flexible depending on the requirements of the job and your budget. I look forward to hearing from anyone that might be interested in my style.

Jason Moser
JMDesigns
contact@asylumink.net

TwoCrows

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July 17, 2007, 06:41:06 AM
Your site & examples look great. Loaded fast too.

Just picking your brain here...and I am currently shopping for web development bids.

How do you feel about Secure eCommerce on say an inventory of about 120 products including eBooks? eCommerce software on this one is a mystery at present; looked at Miva, Host has some software utilities, but anything picked needs to be compatible with a potential custom Warehouse Management System (read fancy smancy Inventory/Order Processing software).

If a guy wanted maybe five to seven sites of varying complexity built, no typing, pix, or adminstration needed (provided by client), would that earn a "bulk rate?" If a couple of those sites were on a tight deadline how would that hit the mint?

Regards, Brad

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Illustrator/Web Designer available

My name is Jason Moser, I'm a freelance illustrator and web designer. I've worked for a number of companies in the comic book and  RPG industry. My portfolio can be viewed online at http://asylumink.net/design

My rates are flexible depending on the requirements of the job and your budget. I look forward to hearing from anyone that might be interested in my style.

TwoCrows

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July 18, 2007, 07:57:01 PM
Quote from: the_lone_voice on July 13, 2007, 05:37:13 PM
Illustrator/Web Designer available...

Evidently this is more of an advertisement, than a seed of interaction.

The trouble with these sorts of situations is that they inevitably disappoint someone...either the advertiser, wondering why he didn't get more bites, or the hopeful client (such as myself) who may well be left with concerns regarding the advertiser's responsiveness.

Hmmm, I did view the portfolio at the listed site...but I chose to ask my questions here, rather than email. I did that for the benefit of the other Forgies who may have been nursing some of the same sorts of questions I raised...that's a sort of advertising too...

Regards, Brad

David Artman

#3
July 18, 2007, 09:35:58 PM
Hmmmm....

I'd stick to requesting illustration jobs, given a brief investigation of the site design:

* <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#003333" - There's text at the top of each page--can you read it? I can't.

* <font color="#000000"><font color="#003333" size="4">WEBDESIGN:</font></font> - Turn the font black... then dark, DARK blue... why? Black on black is, admittedly, hard to read; but DARK blue on black is no better (see above) and besides, the font is already DARK blue from the body tag. Maybe that's something Dreamweaver does to be exhaustively compatible with those 5 users on the planet whose browsers don't accept TEXT attribute in a BODY tag. Meanwhile, that's a page heading without an H tag--very non-standard.

I am sure someone will consider me a villain for critiquing an offering in Connections. But even with "flexible rates," one should know when one is considering a web designer who might make a bloated, non-standard site for you (never mind aesthetic decisions, which I hope would be up to the client).

Caveat emptor;
David
Designer - GLASS, Icehouse Games
Editor - Perfect, Passages

TwoCrows

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July 19, 2007, 01:41:14 PM
Quote from: David ArtmanHmmmm....

I'd stick to requesting illustration jobs, given a brief investigation of the site design:

* <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#003333" - There's text at the top of each page--can you read it? I can't.

* <font color="#000000"><font color="#003333" size="4">WEBDESIGN:</font></font> - Turn the font black... then dark, DARK blue... why? Black on black is, admittedly, hard to read; but DARK blue on black is no better (see above) and besides, the font is already DARK blue from the body tag.

In my experience, and admittedly that's comparatively limited, the inclusion of human unreadable text on a landing page is more often than not a method of tickling webcrawler bots, or search engines for one reason or another. I've seen some folks use it to secretly advertise one thing while presenting another, such as a camping center that for all intents an purposes appeared in text as nothing out of the ordinary. The human unreadable text however included words such as "orgy," "free love," "nudist," you get the picture.

Quote from: David ArtmanMaybe that's something Dreamweaver does to be exhaustively compatible with those 5 users on the planet whose browsers don't accept TEXT attribute in a BODY tag. Meanwhile, that's a page heading without an H tag--very non-standard.

I was actually in the techy industry for a while, and now rue the choice to never really apply myself to Weby Tech modalities.

Quote from: David ArtmanI am sure someone will consider me a villain for critiquing an offering in Connections. But even with "flexible rates," one should know when one is considering a web designer who might make a bloated, non-standard site for you (never mind aesthetic decisions, which I hope would be up to the client).

1303, "base or low-born rustic," from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. villain, from M.L. villanus "farmhand," from L. villa "country house" (see villa).

Meaning "character in a novel, play, etc. whose evil motives or actions help drive the plot" is from 1822. Villainous is recorded from c.1300, from O.Fr. vileneus; villainy (c.1225) is from O.Fr. vilanie.1

You seem anything but base, lowborn, or rustic. Perhaps you live on a farm?

I wouldn't be so worried about exhibiting the gift of a critical eye (the illustrious founders of The Forge seem prima facie exemplars of just such gifts) as I would in treading too closely to one of the social boundaries established to keep discussions here collegial, and congenial.

Quote from: David ArtmanCaveat emptor

Caveat Venditor

Regards, Brad

1Online Etymological Dictionary

David Artman

#5
July 19, 2007, 03:15:16 PM
Quote from: TwoCrows on July 19, 2007, 01:41:14 PMIn my experience, and admittedly that's comparatively limited, the inclusion of human unreadable text on a landing page is more often than not a method of tickling webcrawler bots, or search engines for one reason or another.

For clarity, this is not (apparently) meant to be hidden text. Viz, quote from "Web Design" page:

WEBDESIGN: Specializing in website "makeovers", JMDesigns can take your existing site and customize it's look and features. Sites from the ground up can be created as well.

Click images below for samples, click HERE for current rates.

Seems a shame to write all that promo text--including the click for current rates line (all one can see easily is "HERE" in red)--and then set it at a color that's around 10% luminosity (#003333 is 24 lum out of 240; black is 0, white is 240).

Anyhow, he looks like a pretty good illustrator, so I'd be going that route with him and saving the web design for another (prolly myself, frankly).
David
Designer - GLASS, Icehouse Games
Editor - Perfect, Passages
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