My Portfolio Website

Here is my portfolio website.  I have made this responsive so it is easily accessible from smartphone, tablet and desktop view.  I have included what I think to be my best work to date within what I want to concentrate on.  As I've said before, I want my portfolio to be right in front of you as soon as the site is accessed as this is what people are visiting for!  I haven't always liked the idea of having to navigate through project titles to actually see the visuals and artwork.  I have said before I just like it there in one click.  Once you see the artwork, you can click on them to find out more about them such as the name of the project, what it was for and so on.  At the top of my page, I have my name followed by 'Design'.  I haven't called this 'Daniel Ellis Artwork' or something as I am still un-sure of my direction.  I have made the font simple, but does looked lost in the shots here.  I have followed this up by saying 'I am Daniel Ellis and I love creating digital art work.  Click on the projects below to find out more about them'.  This is ultimately expanded in my about page.  I felt 3 elements were important here though.  Who I am and what I do and followed up by what is below and how to find out more about them.  The most important information.  I wanted my site to deliver the most important information the quickest, to have my portfolio there as soon as the site is accessed.   

As you can see here I have used my most recent work at the top, my Above and Beyond project.  I am very happy with this project and since its my final one, I wanted to include it.  I have the burger icon (dropdown menu) in the upper right of the page for easy navigation.  From this you can choose the homepage, about me and contact.  My background is a dull but also neutral washed out blue.  As I can see from my re search on designer portfolios, most people use white as a background as its plain and simple and acts professional.  I wanted the same results as this but maybe in a different colour so I chose blue.  This theme also has white clouds in it when the view of the site is at larger scales.

My 'About me' page is a brief outline of where Ive studied, what I enjoy doing, where my strengths lay.  I like to think I can keep this fairly short so if anyone likes the sound of me they can easily contact me through my other page.  I feel like if I go on to much this can get a little boring and dull as from a clients view, they may not have all the time in the world to read pages about somebody they don't know.  So less is definitely more in this case.  As you can see at the bottom I have my social links which are Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

  

The last shot in smartphone view is above and is my contact page.  I have included a field of Name, e-mail, subject and message for anyone looking to contact me via my site.  I have also included my phone number as I think the more information your willing to give in terms of contact info, this is returned in work almost.  I have a paper airplane above the fields for contact as this is like a letter.  I thought it would be cool to put an icon in here.  Its playful and matches the rest of my theme and clouds.   

Above here is my site in tablet view on the homepage.  One of my personal projects is on show here. I have a 'show more' link just underneath as well.

This is my site from full screen view.  As I've said, the title does looked washed out on here but when viewed I think this fits well.  I have included what I consider my best work.  I have from left to right, Above and Beyond, Oasis, book cover (The wind in the willows), personal projects of a face and strawberry, Propaganda and personal projects.  As you can see my style isn't entirely focuses as I feel I have haven't found my oath or direct route on illustrator or Photoshop as of yet but this work gives a good all round taste of it.

The bottom of my homepage.

This is my about me page in desktop view.  As you can see the background is fully viewable of the clouds and just like my contact page I have added an icon of a classic paint brush.  I think it fits what the age is about.

My contact page in desktop view has the same background as the other pages and includes the graphic icon of a paper plane.  This looks good with the background as the illusion of it flying through the sky is quirky.  There is a lot of space around the main information which could of been used in a way but less is more for more and I feel this works.  

Judging by what I found in looking at professional portfolios,  I am happy with the decisions I made when making this site and feel its main functions are there and the navigation is easy and consistent.