r/design_critiques

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Looking for honest feedback on my developer portfolio

Hi everyone!

I'm a Computer Science (AI) student and full-stack developer, and I've been working on improving my portfolio. I'd really appreciate any honest feedback on the design, user experience, responsiveness, projects, performance, or anything else you notice.

Portfolio:https://christophermathai.vercel.app/

Some questions I have:

Does the overall design feel modern and professional?

Are my projects presented clearly?

Is the navigation intuitive?

Are there any sections that feel unnecessary or missing?

Would this portfolio make a good impression for internships or junior developer roles?

Please don't hold back—constructive criticism is exactly what I'm looking for. If something doesn't work or could be improved, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks in advance for taking the time to review it!

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u/Adventurous-Date9971 — 6 hours ago
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Would you wear this? Honest feedback before I launch my streetwear brand. Hey everyone, I'm working on a streetwear brand and this is one of my upcoming oversized T-shirt designs.

A few questions:

Would you actually buy or wear something like this?

What would you realistically pay for it?

Does the graphic feel premium or too generic?

What would you change to make it look more like a high-end streetwear piece?

Please be brutally honest. I'd rather hear the hard truth now than after launching.

Thanks

u/AcademicYam677 — 18 hours ago
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List your project and I will provide you a comprehensive feedback. No fluff...

I will review your side project and give you a comprehensive of what i think you should do next

Working on something?

Stuck somewhere, need help with something, or you don't know what to do next?

Share your project with a bit of details, which phase and problems you are facing.

I will comment back with my review.

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u/Most-Ordinary6001 — 1 day ago
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My dad built this

My dad and my mom built something called LifeChapter, and I wanted to share it here in case it resonates with anyone.
It’s a personal journaling and family legacy platform where you can document your life story over time, build a timeline from your earliest memories to today, save photos and important documents, and preserve stories from family members. You can also create a “Time Capsule” to leave something meaningful for someone to open in the future.
A lot of it is focused on keeping memories from getting lost — whether that’s your own life, your parents’, grandparents’, or even just things you’ve always meant to write down but never got around to.
They’re offering a 30-day free trial (no credit card needed) right now while they’re getting it off the ground and looking for feedback.
If you’re into family history, journaling, or just want a simple way to preserve memories, it might be worth checking out.

https://lifechapter.io

Either way, I appreciate you taking a look and supporting a small family project.

u/blazerfan23 — 18 hours ago

Second attempt at a sports poster. Feedback appreciated!

Following the theme of trying to learn some design in the sport space. I'm self taught and fundamentally still very much a beginner.

I've tried to create a graffiti style of poster. Keen for any constructive criticism!

u/ShadowTiiger — 1 day ago

Graphic Design Portfolio Review

Hi, I would love to share my link to my website and get feedback! As a mid-weight designer I feel I need to show "everything" while I am still waiting on some key highlight projects. I am currently applying to new roles but having troubles getting an interview so I would love some feedback. Thank you!

My Portfolio

u/Conscious-Fun-2525 — 23 hours ago
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Need some feedback on agency website

Hi guys, I have been working on building this agency website and I am trying to boost conversion through it. Currently it feels a bit too AI. Would love some suggestions and feedback on this. https://www.samas.digital

Thanks 💖

u/Past_Variation_117 — 1 day ago
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Here are some updated versions for my coffee shop, name voyd The inspiration will be VOID represent stillness and space in a chaotic touristic city and Floyd derived from Pink Floyd. Am a big fan of Pink Floyd. What do you think guys?

u/Solid_Storage5871 — 1 day ago
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Looking for honest feedback on my website audit tool (Velrix)

Velrix is a tool that helps website owners identify where visitors may be hesitating, getting confused, or dropping off.

Over the last week I've made a lot of changes based on user behaviour, including:

• Simplifying the homepage
• Reducing onboarding friction
• Improving the mobile experience
• Showing value before requiring signup
• Making the audit process clearer

I'm now at the point where I've looked at it so many times that I'm probably blind to the obvious problems.

I'd love honest feedback on:

• First impressions
• Clarity of the value proposition
• Whether you'd actually try the audit
• Anything confusing or frustrating
• Mobile experience (especially)

Don't hold back — brutal feedback is welcome.

--> [Velrix.app](http://Velrix.app)

u/ActuaryExpert6215 — 1 day ago
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Roast my marketplace landing page

Hi everyone,

I've spent the last year rebuilding a marketplace from the ground up, and before we invest more into marketing, I'd love some brutally honest design feedback.

Website: https://racoon.gg

I'd really appreciate your thoughts on:

  • First impression (within the first 5 seconds)
  • Visual hierarchy
  • Typography
  • Colors and branding
  • Trustworthiness
  • Call-to-actions
  • Overall polish
  • Anything that feels dated or out of place

Please don't hold back. If something looks amateur or confusing, I'd rather know now than after we've spent money driving traffic.

Thanks for taking the time to help!

u/Minejelle — 2 days ago

I've learned the software, but now I'm stuck. What should I design to actually improve?

Hi everyone,

I'm a 20-year-old graphic design student, and I've been learning graphic design for about a year now. During this time, I've become comfortable with the basics of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and CorelDRAW. I understand the tools and can recreate designs, but now I feel like I've hit a wall.

My biggest question is:

What should I design next?

I don't want to spend all my time watching tutorials anymore. I want to create real projects that improve my skills and help me build a strong portfolio, but I'm not sure where to start or how professionals continue improving after learning the software.

Some things I'm struggling with:

  1. How do you practice graphic design once you've learned the basics?

  2. What kinds of projects helped you improve the fastest?

  3. How do you come up with design ideas instead of copying tutorials?

  4. What should a beginner portfolio include if I want to apply for internships or junior graphic design jobs?

  5. Are there any daily or weekly exercises that made a big difference in your growth?

  6. What skills separate an average designer from a great one?

I'm interested in areas like branding, posters, social media design, packaging, magazines, photo manipulation, retouching, and digital illustration, but I don't know how to structure my learning from here.

I'd really appreciate advice from designers who have been through this stage. If you could go back to your first year of learning, what would you focus on?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Scary_Bunch6703 — 2 days ago

Looking for brutally honest portfolio feedback from designers and hiring managers

I’m trying to improve my portfolio and would really appreciate honest, specific feedback.
Please don’t just say it “looks junior” or “isn’t good.” I’d love to know why you feel that way. What specifically is holding it back?
Some things I’m especially interested in:
Which projects are strongest and weakest?
Does the presentation feel professional?
What would you remove or completely rework?
If you were hiring for a junior designer, what would make you hesitate?
Some projects were created entirely by me, while others were developed with AI as part of my workflow. I’m mainly looking for feedback on the quality of the final work, the concepts, and the presentation.
I’ll put my portfolio in the comments to avoid Reddit’s spam filter.
Thanks in advance—I genuinely want constructive criticism and I’m open to hearing the hard truths as long as they’re explained.

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u/Cute_Ad_2839 — 3 days ago

Newcomer brand agency - looking for feedback

Running a small AI art direction studio and currently building my portfolio. This set is my take on the Gucci by Tom Ford era.

For me that era has a very specific grammar - it's not just "dark luxury." It's the contrast, the skin, the way shadow works almost like a structural element. Sensual but precise. So I tried to reverse-engineer that before touching any tool - references, textures, the emotional temperature, and built the prompt last.

Curious if it actually reads as that specific moment or just falls into generic luxury territory. Be honest, that's the only useful feedback.

Also open to tools, references I might be missing, what you'd do differently

u/AmbassadorSimilar554 — 3 days ago
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I got engaged, hated every wedding-planning app, so I built my own with flutter. Roast it.

I got engaged last year! And naturally I went to tech to figure out how to organize the chaos leading up to the wedding.

Everything I tried either wanted a monthly subscription for a thing that happens once, suffocated me with vendor ads, or had a seating chart so bad I actually enjoyed making a diagram with ink again. So instead of planning for the wedding, I went into making an app to plan my wedding — you know, logic.

It’s called Vows HQ — a shared workspace for all the wedding madness

✅ Tasks & budget

👥 Guest list + RSVPs

🪑 Drag-and-drop seating chart (even 3D rendering!)

⏱️ Day-of timeline

💌 A public wedding website with RSVP built in — so you’re not funneling everyone through The Knot

There’s also a cute little AI advisor called “Lovebird” (I know, original) that looks at where you’re at and tells you what to actually do next. It’ll even draft your vendor emails — because typing “hi, do you have our date available?” for the 40th time made me want to lie down.

The nerdy bit: I’m not a real developer, I do this after work after seeing my patients. It’s Flutter web + Firebase, with the Claude API running the advisor and the email drafting. The seating chart nearly broke me — it’s one shared doc two people can drag tables around in at the same time, and getting their edits to merge instead of stomp on each other took embarrassingly long. There’s also a little 3D walkthrough of the reception room that’s completely unnecessary and my favorite part — you get to jump around on the tables 😏**.**

What I’d love from you: tear it apart. Especially the onboarding and the website builder — tell me where you got confused, bored, or where it felt like too much.

It’s live at vowshq.com if you want to poke at it.

🎁 First 100 couples get everything free forever — no card, no subscription. My little gift to the world, since weddings somehow get more insane (and expensive) every year.

Happy to answer whatever about how it’s built!

u/tnguyen2791 — 2 days ago

I want some help with my new designs

So I have some new designs I want you guys to rate and tell me the potential of it, so that I can improvise it if needed, I can send you the designs in the dm, I'd really appreciate your participation

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u/animeshchauhan087 — 2 days ago