Potential website development.

Here's the development of how my website might look, the first one is how i was approaching it before, pretty lame really, and then we go into my new branding and design.

I prefer the side bar and having it expand if theres any information, like in the work banner. I think that reducing the font size from the first one to 12 pt which it is in the updated versions was a good idea, it looks more proffessional and less childish.
For the work it's self, I don't know whether to lay it out as presented or use thumbnails that pop out a seperate display window? I guess this is something to continue mucking around with over summer.

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