I suck

Just wanted to let you know. Everything I do is crap. I'm trying to do pankpages IV and I think I'm about ready to scrap this latest design idea too. I'm on my 5th design scheme and it all sucks. I hate web design...

I liked what you had so far when you showed it to me, pank. Why did you scrap that one? It looked good to me. Everyone gets frustrated and stuck sometimes. Keep your chin up guy. You'll think of something that aspiring artists everywhere will rip and steal and claim as their own soon enough! Just wait it out.

you don't suck..
if you suck, teamps would have been scraped like photoshopclub.com

if you'd suck, you probably quit the web like AlexDG

i take this post as your venting...

Inspiration isn't an infinite well. As with all other artists, you'll either come up with something you like, or not. Not much more to be said about it really.

Yes I'm venting but sort of mean it in a way. It's all been done. I need to do something that will make people go WOW cool. That's my goal. To try to do something that has not been seen a zillion times. I guess I can show you guys the link. I don't know. Odds are I won't use this but who knows... I just think it's time to step up or try to step up to the next level. You see sites like 2A, estudio, and just go wow.

Anyway I'm just bitching. Sometimes it helps to bitch. I'm not feeling sorry for myself but you guys are good listeners ;)

http://www.pankpages.com/p4/beta1.htm
Yep, all been done before. Little crappy actionscript thingies that follow the mouse, bla, bla. Nothing original. I'm off to try again...

If Pank sucks.............I REALLYREALLYREALLY SUCK!
/ note to self*


You are "one of" if not "the" best, Ive every had the pleasure of being associated with. Like deker said, keep it up, people will be ripping your new design in no time at all.

From my own experiences Pank, I think you are probably just being overly hard on yourself.

I kinda like everything but the spikey things to the left.... their orientation seems to take me away from the content area.

Yeah, you're right pank. That does suck. For some reason it looked a lot better when it was just a photoshop mock-up. I think my imagination is better than your Flash skills! But don't cry, guy. I still love you.

Yes, the follow the mouse thing is dumb. It seems jumpy, and the little liney things just don't follow it correctly.

I think it may look a little better once you have the content windows filled in. Right now it looks kind of empty.

Your little spinny globe thing is pretty cool though.

Don't give up man. Everyone goes thru hard times in their creativity. It's like a speed bump. You'll be over it soon enough. You just need to slow down! Don't rush the process too much or it will rattle the **** out of your car! Just wait for inspiration to hit, and then do something truly amazing and "new"!

<3, Dek

I say if you're gonna do a flash site and want something unique or something that can't be topped, you won't ever be pleased enough.

There's just too much time/money that some people plonk into some web designs and especially to some flash designers. Many of whom make their livelihoods doing flash stuff all day.

If I were you. I'd animate only what I thought needed animated. Don't go overboard if you don't want to, and don't think that what you've done isn't unique enough.

Put your site out. And when you want to put out another one, do so. Don't think of it as an upgrade that is required to be better than the last. Only an evolution of design thought that may be better or worse than the ones you've done before it.

Don't veer too far away into originality, if there is such a place in web design. Make something too different and everybody gets all hypercritical on your ass. "Add exploding polygons! Your navigation is to big! What the hell is up with your color scheme?! Eeeew!"

Ah, that's better... That is what I needed. Bad news... Color scheme will be same or similar...