Personal Sites
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- gsd
when designing your personal sites, how do you go about it? Is it all about making it look grand or are there ideas behind it? What are you after in your personal site?
- gsd0
well don't bloody respond then...
EH!?!
- thosethat0
well...
it's personal... ain't it..?
- SF20
I suppose it depends on what it is that you do.
I'm just starting my own, and having trouble coming up with ideas. Seems to be harder than designing for someone else.
- brooke0
Yes, designing for yourself is FAR more difficult than designing for a client.
Bottom line is, what do you want to show the world about yourself and your work?
- woodyBatts0
The concept of fluidity and encapsulation always permeates my personal site, other than having things look good I take extra care in my font choices, interaction and concept...when looking for work I look for someone who can appreciate these values, if not they can hire textStretcher.
- SF20
i like what you have at the moment. You just need to get proper hosting to get rid of those ugly banner ads.
- brooke0
*coughWoodysuckscough*
:)
- phatlee0
Mines been taking over a year to complete, and its nearly finished. I've just gone for something very simple, with the work being the main focus...
- SF20
The work should definitely be the focus.
I think the site itself should showcase as many of your skills in itself though. ie. usability & interface design, web standards etc. That is if you are a web designer, probably not so important for a graphic designer or a photographer, but still worth the effort.
- atomica0
Yeah you have to keep in mind your goals the whole way through, and yes - you will be extremely anal about it, and thats a good thing; unless your me and you're wanting to redesign while having too many client jobs to handle as well. The one I have up currently is over a year and a half old and it still gets the job done, but it's defintely shown its faults and thats what I want to overcome.... its sorted by my goals as well... personal, primary, and photojournal.... primary being job related, personal being blog related, and photo, well thats self-explanatory.... The new design will be pretty fresh and I'm going to try and amp up usability and make the sections feel seemless....
- XC010
i recently finished mine, I tried to make it focus on the work. i kept the design as minimal as i could so it wouldn't clash with the featured projects.
I designed it to also work as a folio i could talk a client through as a flash presentation on a laptop.
they were a few points i kept in mind.
- SF20
I'll come up with an idea for my site in the morning that i love, and before i can get home from work to try it out that night, i hate its guts.
Then i'll sit there watching tv till i fall asleep.
- woodyBatts0
Oh brooke i'm sensitive today!
butthead!
- sexypixel0
if its a site to land you freelance work, then it should be all about the work. no frills
- ********0
Key point there...function and audience.
A personal folio shouldn't be different to any other project...only in terms of it's idea and direction.
- kodap0
Keep it stimple, supid
- PixelDrama0
Yes, designing for yourself is FAR more difficult than designing for a client.
--------------------------brooke, ide have to disagree with you there. I feel that when your designing for yourself you can let yourself go creatively and theres no rules or barriers. anything goes. When your designing for a client.... you sometimes need to follow their guidelines, theres specs you need to follow... and you need to design to fit there company look and feel... which lets face it, can sometimes be very boring.
- gsd0
reason I asked is cause I'm gonna get proper hosting and redo the whole bastard thing - I keep getting bored of what I do, then I end up just knocking out to get it over and done with - it's a bloody nightmare being your own client, so to speak, I'm a right bastard! not easily pleased...
- smellvetica0
depends if you want a portfolio or experimental site..
i'd be carefull of dumping it all on the page (techniques, methods, media) let the work shine for itself. the beauty is usually in the simplicity.
i'd probably keep personal/professional separate.
- PixelDrama0
although... i do sometimes have a problem where, when im designing for my personal site... half way through the comp phase i get bored of it, and scrap the entire thing and start new...... :/ ..point taken.