Since attending Work in the Web this week, I wanted to get started on my personal website while everything is fresh in my head. I have previously done some designs during last Summer, but I decided to give it another go from scratch. After realising how hard it is to build a good website I want to keep it simple. I can't stress this enough, I don't want to get carried away with an all singing, all dancing design because I will be building it! I would rather keep it simple and focus on getting the responsiveness correct, learn SASS well and build good typography.
Content
I want my content to include a short bio, the ways in which people can contact me and of course, my work. I decided to do this first, as Chris Murphy was saying in his talk it is important to have content first so that I know what I am designing for.
Contact
For contact details, I just want to include the social media icons that I use and update - Behance, Dribbble, Instagram and Twitter. I don't want to include my Facebook as that is personal for me and my friends. I also want my new email address on there.
Bio
In terms of the bio, I am already aware that I want something short otherwise I will never launch a website due to mulling over what to write. I do want to show my personality through it though, and show I am not just defined by graphic design - it is not my whole life, something I have realised this year.
I thought it would be good to have a sentence saying 'Hello, I'm Danielle, a' and have rotating terms to finish the sentence - creating a bit of interactivity and showing who I am as a person and what my interests are.
I thought of things like: graphic designer, web designer (obvisouly), peanut butter addict, fitness fanatic, student at LCA, habitant of Leeds, Northerner, listener of many Spotify playlists, early riser, frequent hiccuper, dog person, lover of print, creative, perfectionist etc. It just gives people of an insight to who I am and what I would be like to work with.
Work
I want to just show recent work that I actually like and shows of a range of my skills. I want to include the Flick app, Waterhub app, The Primate Project website, BEAR packaging project with Sarah, illustrations I have created, and possibly the christmas cards I screenprinted to show my printmaking/illustration skills.
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