working on a new design for my personal site. trying to cut down on the cluttered look of the current one as much as possible. this is a constant thing. one day this site will be 1x1 pixel thumbnails with no text and portfolio pieces that will scale as big as your monitor will allow. i just want a simple way to navigate work, and lightbox is not it anymore. also, having unique URLs for each page will help linking to pieces and sending URLs to friends/artdirectors/enemies.
here are a couple screen caps of the design as it stands now.

professional work category. simple nav. simple titles & info.

personal work category. stopped after 3 pieces, so the thumbnails on the left are all in their comp placeholder state.
and also...

all i can show (because this is all i have done!) of a sister site that will be designed/launched after my own is finished. pretty excited about it.