My first attempt in years

[markwsmith]

Please take a peek at my site and let me know what you think.

www.marksmithart.com

I know that the page sizes are an issue, and I'm working on it.
Learning ( relearning ) as I go.
I hope to add flash, maybe director, and when I figure out how to do it...streaming video.
Comments are welcome.

Mark

[quick5pnt0]

I think it's great. It's very original, and the artwork is incredible. Are those cars in the wheels sections drawings or photographs. Some look like drawings, but some of them like the big block camaro is incredible.

[markwsmith]

thanks!
the cars are illustrations! and thats one helluva compliment!
airbrushed in photoshop.
mark

[Marko Peric]

That is a pretty cool looking site. I'm assuming it was built using Photoshop and/or ImageReady with a lot of slices? By and large, apart from the size issues, it looks great.

On the front page, you might want to ditch the counter, it really detracts from the look of the page, and you can find out a lot more from webstats than you can from a counter. Also, there is a visual glitch on the front page, the MAIN_04.gif appears to be loading a couple of pixels down from where it should be.

On the menu page, nice use of image maps. I kept looking to see if any of the doodles on the yellow 'paper' were clickable, and was a bit disappointed that none were. Very impressive art, I have to say.

[markwsmith]

Thanks!
You're correct. Photoshop and image ready. Been using PS for years...just started
messing around with Image ready.

You're the 2nd person to mention the alignment problem.
I'll have to triple check it.
it looks good in my browser tests ( IE, Netscape, Safari )
I'll try to fix it while I'm resizing it in Dreamweaver.

Maybe YOU know of an easier way to resize the pages...other than reworking
from scratch?

[Marko Peric]

Sorry, not really, no. I have used PS for a while, but my experience with ImageReady is somewhat limited. I don't really like the html it produces.