Evaluation of Alex Dukal's site

The guy's an illustrator so his site has to:
Show his work, be interesting and personal.
It doees both these things really well!
The graphic design (CSS) is designed around Alex's work, with a book layout and just enough pixels used to give the site background its ragged, rich vibe.
I love the way his portfolio page is laid out to suggest we are looking at the works in a book or even his journal.
The layout is a simples portfolio template with the 5 typical vategories been
- Home - An illustration of Alex's work and A News and Flicker category.
- Profile - Small illustrations that become larger with a click
- Blog - regularly updated with links to his Portfolio, Flicker, Shop, Netvibes and Facebook (menu bar disappears when on his blog page so the only way to head back to the home page is by clicking the internet back button.)
_ About - A short book layout about hiscareer and achivements and links to his blog.
- Contact - listed on this page is his Home, Email and MSN addresses, as well as a quick link to his email.
I really like the simple layout to his website one which i would like to use in my own. To see his site for yourself click Alex Dukal