web designers?

[martygreene]

Anyone have any suggestions for good web designers/web design groups? As much as I'd love to, I cannot make my own site as I just don't have the skills needed to make something professional, but I do need a portfolio site and soon.

I also can't afford the people I REALLY want, because- well, their client base includes such names as MTV, National Geographic, COSMO, Phish, They Might Be Giants, to name a few. They make smashing sites though.

So yeah, anyone have any suggestions? I know one person who does this for a living, however she predominantly makes flash sites, and I don't really want to use flash.

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yeah.. we do..

[bedlamboy.livejournal.com]

bradley is way better than me, and yet possibly affordable.

i make not so technically complicated websites, but they do look good. also i work for beer.

Re: yeah.. we do..

[martygreene.livejournal.com]

I don't really know him, so I'll have to find out more about him.

Here's what I posted on one of my message boards about what I'm looking for, along with a list of sites I find pretty for various reasons. Then maybe you can tell me if it's something you think you could do, or if I'm better off looking into other folk. -shrug-

I'm seeking a web designer to help me create a portfolio site for me. I am a costume designer, theatrical makeup artist/designer, and fine arts artist.

I am seeking a non-flash site which will work across all commonly used platforms (IE, Mozilla, Safari, etc.) which will reflect my artistic style while being professional and user-friendly.

I have a list of sites which I find pleasing from design aspects, color-scheme aspects, or usablility aspects, and have a fair idea what I would like to see in my site.

http://jennthornton.com/
http://www.spiderwick.com/ (flash, but I like the overall look)
http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/194/194.css&page=0
http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/180/180.css&page=1

Re: yeah.. we do..

[bedlamboy.livejournal.com]

well... i could definitely make you a jennthorton kind of site. her's is just a bunch of pretty gif files and straight-up tables.

i'm not that good at css yet. BUT i think what you are really after, when going to the spiderwick site.. is that you are just a big fan of filligree. this is fine. i'm a big fan of filligree. my 3rd favorite font is Dalliance.
http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=87

have you been to the Holly Black (the writer for spiderwick) site? blackholly.com? it's also fairly simple and straight-forward. it's pretty, but it gets the job done.

my advice. bradley is better than me. his website is http://adrenachrome.com/
however, bradley is often busy and bradley will probably charge you... but he might not charge you that much since your site would be fairly simple.

again, i charge beer.

Re: yeah.. we do..

[bedlamboy.livejournal.com]

well... i could definitely make you a jennthorton kind of site. her's is just a bunch of pretty gif files and straight-up tables.

i'm not that good at css yet. BUT i think what you are really after, when going to the spiderwick site.. is that you are just a big fan of filligree. this is fine. i'm a big fan of filligree. my 3rd favorite font is Dalliance.
http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=87

have you been to the Holly Black (the writer for spiderwick) site? blackholly.com? it's also fairly simple and straight-forward. it's pretty, but it gets the job done.

my advice. bradley is better than me. his website is http://adrenachrome.com/
however, bradley is often busy and bradley will probably charge you... but he might not charge you that much since your site would be fairly simple.

again, i charge beer.