Portfolio Project
Hand-Coded Responsive Website
A temporary personal portfolio site that demonstrates my CSS, HTML & Javascript coding abilities.
CLIENT
Lauren Aldrich (Myself)
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Artist and budding graphic designer who is interested in promoting her skills to those in need of a graphic designer.
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CLIENT NEEDS
At the time that I created this website, I was lacking a personal website to showcase my latest graphic design work, though I had a site for my painting work of yesteryear.
The time had not come for me to build my official, full portfolio site, but I needed a way to show my graphic design work online to let the world know that I was not only a painter anymore.
Additionally, I needed to showcase my new web coding abilities.
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SOLUTION
I utilized my understanding of HTML, CSS and Javascript to create a functioning, live, responsive site.
It is a simple, single-page scrolling website offering selections of my work, grouped by category.
Each section features thumbnails of my work which launch a lightbox gallery, play a YouTube video, or link to an interface prototype when clicked.
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In addition, I utilized my knowledge of page layout, Gestalt principles, information hierarchy, and UI/UX design patterns to create this site.
I embedded Google search engine optimization code so that if my name is searched, this website showing my graphic design work will pop up, rather than just my painting website.
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To finish it off, I added a touch of my personal branding, which is evident in the typography and color choices found in the site.
