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That guy sure is cocky, considering his profile consists of run of the mill/average website designs. Half of his portfolio looks like it could be from templatem

That guy sure is cocky, considering his profile consists of run of the mill/average website designs. Half of his portfolio looks like it could be from templatemonster.

petervandijck 15y ago
Agreed the examples are mediocre. I don't mind the attitude at all though.
- DanBlake 15y ago
  The attitude is fine and refreshing- But please, be able to back it up :) If you can, it makes it all worth while. If not, you come off in the wrong way.
  - jcc80 15y ago
    The mistake you make is thinking this guy has something to prove to you, me, us...if his clients are happy with their sites that is all that matters. If he buys templates and customizes them and his clients are happy, who are we to mock him? Does it make us feel superior?
mkrecny 15y ago
Personally, I'd describe it as a healthy serving of a type of British humor!
sjs382 15y ago
I recognize the one in the 4th column, 3nd row from themeforest.net
- sjs382 15y ago
  Found it! Here it is on his site: http://i.imgur.com/9rFCs.png http://i.imgur.com/9rFCs.png And here it is on themeforest.net: http://themeforest.net/item/business-solutions/152308 http://themeforest.net/item/business-solutions/152308
  - Mz 15y ago
    Props! (Wonders if this feat can be replicated for the woman with the orange background and no text...nah, probably not.)
    - sp332 15y ago
      Looks like a recoloring of a photo of Rachael Leigh Cook. This search result is only good for 72 hours but http://www.tineye.com/search/8177b52b0e52f8b05e164b65ed2428f4fe39820f/ http://www.tineye.com/search/8177b52b0e52f8b05e164b65ed2428f... Some of the links from the search page are NSFW. If that's dead just paste the URL of the image you want to search for (http://www.alittlebitofsomething.co.uk/images/folio_rlc.gif http://www.alittlebitofsomething.co.uk/images/folio_rlc.gif) into http://www.tineye.com/ http://www.tineye.com/ .
      - Mz 15y ago
        Thanks!
      - mirkules 15y ago
        It also looks like all the other sites follow the exact same HTML conventions and styling. Some are done in PHP and some in ASP (...) Since you found "birdrating.com" on themeforest, and since they all follow similar conventions, it's plausible that the others come from themeforest as well. http://www.theoldcheesefactory.com/ http://www.theoldcheesefactory.com/ http://birdrating.com/ http://birdrating.com/ http://www.demilles.co.uk/ http://www.demilles.co.uk/ http://buildingdispute.com/ http://buildingdispute.com/ http://altek-al.com/ http://altek-al.com/
- wisty 15y ago
  At ~$2000 / site (which may be negotiable), I doubt he's doing them all from scratch. It seems he does the graphics, text, and setup. He might be more run-of-the-mill than brilliant. But then, he probably knows a lot more than his client, and he's trying to drive that point in.
  - Mz 15y ago
    On the other hand, he says he's like the guy who does finish work on the underside of a cabinet and indicates this is why he's not exactly happy with his financial situation. (I am not a hacker, so I can only infer based on his remarks, not judge what he's posted in terms of a portfolio.)
sliverstorm 15y ago
Being cocky is one way to try and sell yourself if you don't have a particularly impressive portfolio yet. Considering everyone has to start from square one at some point, I hardly blame alternative tactics to "Look at these sites I designed, aren't they awesome?". Not everyone can have designed... whatever sites you think are good.

That guy sure is cocky, considering his profile consists of run of the mill/average website designs. Half of his portfolio looks like it could be from templatemonster.

petervandijck 15y ago

Agreed the examples are mediocre. I don't mind the attitude at all though.

DanBlake 15y ago
The attitude is fine and refreshing- But please, be able to back it up :) If you can, it makes it all worth while. If not, you come off in the wrong way.
- jcc80 15y ago
  The mistake you make is thinking this guy has something to prove to you, me, us...if his clients are happy with their sites that is all that matters. If he buys templates and customizes them and his clients are happy, who are we to mock him? Does it make us feel superior?

mkrecny 15y ago

Personally, I'd describe it as a healthy serving of a type of British humor!

sjs382 15y ago

I recognize the one in the 4th column, 3nd row from themeforest.net

sjs382 15y ago
Found it! Here it is on his site: http://i.imgur.com/9rFCs.png http://i.imgur.com/9rFCs.png And here it is on themeforest.net: http://themeforest.net/item/business-solutions/152308 http://themeforest.net/item/business-solutions/152308
- Mz 15y ago
  Props! (Wonders if this feat can be replicated for the woman with the orange background and no text...nah, probably not.)
  - sp332 15y ago
    Looks like a recoloring of a photo of Rachael Leigh Cook. This search result is only good for 72 hours but http://www.tineye.com/search/8177b52b0e52f8b05e164b65ed2428f4fe39820f/ http://www.tineye.com/search/8177b52b0e52f8b05e164b65ed2428f... Some of the links from the search page are NSFW. If that's dead just paste the URL of the image you want to search for (http://www.alittlebitofsomething.co.uk/images/folio_rlc.gif http://www.alittlebitofsomething.co.uk/images/folio_rlc.gif) into http://www.tineye.com/ http://www.tineye.com/ .
    - Mz 15y ago
      Thanks!
    - mirkules 15y ago
      It also looks like all the other sites follow the exact same HTML conventions and styling. Some are done in PHP and some in ASP (...) Since you found "birdrating.com" on themeforest, and since they all follow similar conventions, it's plausible that the others come from themeforest as well. http://www.theoldcheesefactory.com/ http://www.theoldcheesefactory.com/ http://birdrating.com/ http://birdrating.com/ http://www.demilles.co.uk/ http://www.demilles.co.uk/ http://buildingdispute.com/ http://buildingdispute.com/ http://altek-al.com/ http://altek-al.com/
wisty 15y ago
At ~$2000 / site (which may be negotiable), I doubt he's doing them all from scratch. It seems he does the graphics, text, and setup. He might be more run-of-the-mill than brilliant. But then, he probably knows a lot more than his client, and he's trying to drive that point in.
- Mz 15y ago
  On the other hand, he says he's like the guy who does finish work on the underside of a cabinet and indicates this is why he's not exactly happy with his financial situation. (I am not a hacker, so I can only infer based on his remarks, not judge what he's posted in terms of a portfolio.)

sliverstorm 15y ago

Being cocky is one way to try and sell yourself if you don't have a particularly impressive portfolio yet. Considering everyone has to start from square one at some point, I hardly blame alternative tactics to "Look at these sites I designed, aren't they awesome?". Not everyone can have designed... whatever sites you think are good.