/webdesign.html Your portfolio is visually disorganized. Try to get a preview of golden dimensions. The preview is difficult to appreciate if tailored according to the mouse pointer. I prefer a modal slideshow. That will give you time to load one or more images of better quality.
-I think it looks more like a News website.
-this image http://www.michaeldesigncompany.com/images/slider.jpg looks like an advertisement banner. (and what's the point of loading a bigger image and then scale it with css? It would be fine if you're site would be responsive, but it's not..this leads me to the next point)
-make it responsive
Overall, I think the graphic design looks messy..try to go for a cleaner layout
A website's colour scheme is one of those things that you need to get right in order for it to look visually eye-catching, on your website you use;
Light red - #8A0314
Dark Red - #14000C
Light Blue - #42B4D4
Lightish Grey - #9A9A9A
Dark Blue - #0E3977
Black - #000000
White - #FFFFFF
Bright Orange - #AD3E00
There is such an array of colours, that it's hard to to keep a consistent flow. As @JoniGiuro said, the banner does look like an advertisement banner, it doesn't really look professional at all and definitly will not attract clients.
I also don't get the whole "Let's have a different colour/banner image on every page the user clicks on" thing. I don't know how long that must have taken you to make all them different banners like this one http://www.michaeldesigncompany.com/images/contactus_banner.jpg
Your best bet is to just keep it simple, maybe a h2 tag that's in a nice font with maybe a background colour and some top and bottom padding, just something that's clean and consistent.
I think it's in your best interest that you maybe look at some colour schemes, maybe 3-4 different colours and see which ones compliment each other nicely. Look here for more information about them. And also work on a design that's simple, not only will it make for easier development but also less leg-work for you.
I hope you get something going, keep us updated and good luck.
Several of the sites (www.svfins.com, www.rockstarwhite.com, www.dressxclusive.com) in your portfolio are branded at the bottom by other web design companies, and I don't know how friendly your email address is going to come off: savemoney.cash@gmail.com (feels scammy).
Also, because your company uses your name, and the testimonials refer to you alone, it feels disingenuous to use the royal we.
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Michael Ladd Owner
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Your portfolio is visually disorganized. Try to get a preview of golden dimensions. The preview is difficult to appreciate if tailored according to the mouse pointer. I prefer a modal slideshow. That will give you time to load one or more images of better quality.
-I think it looks more like a News website. -this image http://www.michaeldesigncompany.com/images/slider.jpg looks like an advertisement banner. (and what's the point of loading a bigger image and then scale it with css? It would be fine if you're site would be responsive, but it's not..this leads me to the next point) -make it responsive
Overall, I think the graphic design looks messy..try to go for a cleaner layout
Hey @Michael75065
A website's colour scheme is one of those things that you need to get right in order for it to look visually eye-catching, on your website you use;
Light red - #8A0314 Dark Red - #14000C Light Blue - #42B4D4 Lightish Grey - #9A9A9A Dark Blue - #0E3977 Black - #000000 White - #FFFFFF Bright Orange - #AD3E00
There is such an array of colours, that it's hard to to keep a consistent flow. As @JoniGiuro said, the banner does look like an advertisement banner, it doesn't really look professional at all and definitly will not attract clients.
I also don't get the whole "Let's have a different colour/banner image on every page the user clicks on" thing. I don't know how long that must have taken you to make all them different banners like this one http://www.michaeldesigncompany.com/images/contactus_banner.jpg
Your best bet is to just keep it simple, maybe a h2 tag that's in a nice font with maybe a background colour and some top and bottom padding, just something that's clean and consistent.
I think it's in your best interest that you maybe look at some colour schemes, maybe 3-4 different colours and see which ones compliment each other nicely. Look here for more information about them. And also work on a design that's simple, not only will it make for easier development but also less leg-work for you.
I hope you get something going, keep us updated and good luck.
Several of the sites (www.svfins.com, www.rockstarwhite.com, www.dressxclusive.com) in your portfolio are branded at the bottom by other web design companies, and I don't know how friendly your email address is going to come off: savemoney.cash@gmail.com (feels scammy).
Also, because your company uses your name, and the testimonials refer to you alone, it feels disingenuous to use the royal we.