For this assignment we had to essentially revamp our index and utilize all of our knowledge gained over the time we've worked in e-Comm. We are calling it a portfolio because instead of just showing off recent projects, it will portray us with a bio and as someone who knows how to use code and make a website for potential clients.
When I started this project the first thing we needed to do was to come up with a new logo. I had some trouble with this and ended up rejecting idea after idea because none of them felt right. Eventually after spending way too long on it, I settled with this logo. It is an S with two Js next to it and it looks like an infinity sign. Ya know, because some day my websites will be shown in museums across the world for infinity!Once I finally had the logo, I had something on which I could base the rest of the site off of. I then started to make the home page. This took a while because I knew that if I could get that perfect it would work as a template for the rest of the pages. From there it was just a simple save as new file and then put in all the content.
This project definitely stretched my memory and I had to re-teach myself some of the details of the website. One of which was if you move the mouse over a project and the name appears. It had been close to two years since that project and I hadn't used it since. But after a short time of reviewing the process I was back at it again. I also realized that I need to manage my time better. I wasted too much time worrying about the logo and home page that I ended up doing not as great a job on some of the other parts of the site.
Looking back I do wish that I could have told myself not to focus on only certain things. I should have just gotten the whole of it done and then worry about the small details. After finishing the project it just seems silly that I focused on some of the less important things. But, ya win some and lose some, at least its a pretty nice site. I definitely would keep some of the design aspects if I had to do it again because they are spectacular.
The ideas and retrospective thoughts that I had during this project will hopefully be implemented in the next installment of my amazing artwork! *snobbish laughter* I will certainly be looking out and watching my time with the next one.
Well, I think that's it. Thanks for enduring another one of my posts.
Until next we meet,
Jake Smith
