New StudioAKT portfolio- thoughts?!

We just launched StudioAKT's brand new portfolio site. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Also, if anything is broken or messed up, I’d appreciate the feedback.

http://www.studioakt.com

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   kyleisez said 4 months ago

   its kind of cluttered.. the sections should also have a thumbnail, this site is basically a massive group of text...

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   jsheldon said 4 months ago

   lovin it! great work!

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   godmachine said 4 months ago

   any price lists? I dont know much about design or web thingys- but shouldnt what you do and what you offer be at the forefront of the information? I could be and usually am - wrong.

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   LitoQ said 4 months ago

   kyleisez said: its kind of cluttered.. the sections should also have a thumbnail, this site is basically a massive group of text...

   +1, you could probly even get away with just spacing the elements a bit more. Everything looks all smushed to the left

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   jared said 4 months ago

   Godmachine said: any price lists?

   We don’t really publish price lists. We’ve definitely considered it before, though.

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   jared said 4 months ago

   Godmachine said: I dont know much about design or web thingys- but shouldnt what you do and what you offer be at the forefront of the information? I could be and usually am - wrong.

   There are a lot of ins and outs to web sites. Everyone wants something different, so we use the portfolio as just that- a portfolio of our work to use for reference. Whether its to our customers who have no idea what they want, or someone looking around to see who worked on the new Johnny Cupcakes site (and stumbling upon our work), either way- pricing is never the same between two projects.

   As a matter of fact, the only type of sites I can give flat rate pricing on, are band sites (for the most part). As we all know, once Myspace came around, the demand for those has drastically decreased.

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   jared said 4 months ago

   kyleisez said: its kind of cluttered.. the sections should also have a thumbnail, this site is basically a massive group of text...

   i owe you a shirt, i meant to come visit you on the second day of bamboozle.

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   a killer wombat said 4 months ago

   jared said:

   Godmachine said: I dont know much about design or web thingys- but shouldnt what you do and what you offer be at the forefront of the information? I could be and usually am - wrong.

   There are a lot of ins and outs to web sites. Everyone wants something different, so we use the portfolio as just that- a portfolio of our work to use for reference. Whether its to our customers who have no idea what they want, or someone looking around to see who worked on the new Johnny Cupcakes site (and stumbling upon our work), either way- pricing is never the same between two projects.

   As a matter of fact, the only type of sites I can give flat rate pricing on, are band sites (for the most part). As we all know, once Myspace came around, the demand for those has drastically decreased.

   ... yeah they did, and i second the quoting web projects. Its near impossible to quote two people the same price because every project is different and everyone wants something different.

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   jared said 4 months ago

   a killer wombat said:

   jared said:

   Godmachine said: I dont know much about design or web thingys- but shouldnt what you do and what you offer be at the forefront of the information? I could be and usually am - wrong.

   There are a lot of ins and outs to web sites. Everyone wants something different, so we use the portfolio as just that- a portfolio of our work to use for reference. Whether its to our customers who have no idea what they want, or someone looking around to see who worked on the new Johnny Cupcakes site (and stumbling upon our work), either way- pricing is never the same between two projects.

   As a matter of fact, the only type of sites I can give flat rate pricing on, are band sites (for the most part). As we all know, once Myspace came around, the demand for those has drastically decreased.

   ... yeah they did, and i second the quoting web projects. Its near impossible to quote two people the same price because every project is different and everyone wants something different.

   Not to mention- as a business, you really do yourself a disadvantage by posting rates online, in my opinion.

   The amount of people who don’t see a price list and take their business elsewhere is much lower than the amount of people who will submit for a quote anyways.

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    a killer wombat said 4 months ago

    ... exactly, we dont list our prices (well, we dont even have a site up yet, haha) But we like being able to talk with all our clients to really nail down exactly what they want. Its a great way to start the business relationship and hash out exactly what they need so that you can give them a much more accurate quote.

    (i know you know this stuff, haha, but just for anyone breaking into the web design world that might actually be on a tee site)

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    jared said 4 months ago

    a killer wombat said: ... exactly, we dont list our prices (well, we dont even have a site up yet, haha) But we like being able to talk with all our clients to really nail down exactly what they want. Its a great way to start the business relationship and hash out exactly what they need so that you can give them a much more accurate quote. (i know you know this stuff, haha, but just for anyone breaking into the web design world that might actually be on a tee site)

    I don’t think any of the designers on this site would prefer posting $150 t-shirt design prices on their web site and risk the $200-300 average that could rake in if they custom quoted each client.

    I remember when we used to charge pennies for band sites back in the day. Our quality of work has gone WAY up, so we’re able to charge more. Not to mention the volume we handle and our team’s efficiency has improved.

    It’s a very fun industry to be involved in. I love this job!

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    a killer wombat said 4 months ago

    jared said: It’s a very fun industry to be involved in. I love this job!

    As do I, haha, don’t get me wrong I love doing tshirt design but I love projects that you can watch grow and evolve... hence why I try and do more web design / album art than anything else. I like seeing it take time to grow.

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    jared said 4 months ago

    a killer wombat said:

    jared said: It’s a very fun industry to be involved in. I love this job!

    As do I, haha, don’t get me wrong I love doing tshirt design but I love projects that you can watch grow and evolve... hence why I try and do more web design / album art than anything else. I like seeing it take time to grow.

    We get waves of merchandise design coming through StudioAKT. The majority of our time (and labor) is spent on programming larger-scale web sites. Design is the fastest part of our entire model.

    It’s cool, though.

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    Reliique said 4 months ago

    nice site! I wonder what is your average price for web site, not too big not too complicated (So i dont write stupid emails :D). Thx!

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    jared said 4 months ago

    Reliique said: nice site! I wonder what is your average price for web site, not too big not too complicated (So i dont write stupid emails :D). Thx!

    Send me an email to: jared at studioakt dot com and we’ll see what we can do for you.

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    Simply Complicated said 4 months ago

    i want a myspace from you guys :)

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    a killer wombat said 4 months ago

    ... you should see the new one were putting up for family force 5, mmmm mmmmm. If you could somehow make a mini giraffe like 4 feet tall it would be the equivalent to that.

    (sorry jared, didnt mean to jack your thread... I just like talking about web design)

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    jared said 4 months ago

    treydeuce said: i want a myspace from you guys :)

    shoot me an email to jared at studioakt dot com

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    beth said 4 months ago

    I think you or Alex might be getting a call from a potential job out here...be nice to em!

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    skull with hair said 4 months ago

    its hecka deuce point ooooooh. good shit.

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    quakerninja said 4 months ago

    cool can you send me a quote for a mypace pimping I don’t have the funds now, but it’s something I’ve needed to have done for a while now.
    quakerninja@hotmail.com

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    LuckyStripes said 4 months ago

    Yeah! Represent, love the design work guys! It looks great!

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    conor said 4 months ago

    Needs breathing room! It’s cluttered, and it’s my fault!

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    jared said 4 months ago

    beth said: I think you or Alex might be getting a call from a potential job out here...be nice to em!

    psh, ya right.

    skull with hair said: its hecka deuce point ooooooh. good shit.

    i am still waiting for you to come to our office wearing the lime green speedo thing.

    quakerninja said: cool can you send me a quote for a mypace pimping I don’t have the funds now, but it’s something I’ve needed to have done for a while now. quakerninja@hotmail.com

    i’ll send it off tomorrow.

    LuckyStripes said: Yeah! Represent, love the design work guys! It looks great!

    yeah, i really love your site and myspace. came out great!

    conor said: Needs breathing room! It’s cluttered, and it’s my fault!

    oh, shut up.

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    thebutcher said 4 months ago

    looks good. if only customer service was better in another department :-/

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    jared said 4 months ago

    thomcat said: looks good. if only customer service was better in another department :-/

    Not sure what’s going on... email me jared at aktenterprises dot com and i’ll see it gets taken care of asap, though!

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    thebutcher said 4 months ago

    thanks dude you rule

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    Jon Kruse said 4 months ago

    My critique

    Hierarchy

    most of it is the same weight.

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