Portfolio Design

For the actual creation of the portfolio website I decided to use Wix.com – a free drag and drop style website maker that allows the user to create galleries of images and import movies among other features. I thought at first that I might use a free template so I mucked around a bit with that to get to grips with what I could do with my site before starting again on pencil and paper to get a simple plan made of how it would be laid out.

The composition, layout and content I considered very carefully as the phrase ‘’three button rule’’ was used in the introduction to the brief – essentially meaning that the visitor must be able to get to what they want to see in three button clicks. By dividing my pages up into Environment Art, Character Art, Projects and Contacts each section is clearly labelled and the galleries of images are laid out to abide by the ‘L’ composition to make the pages each look aesthetically pleasing, with a decorative design in the bottom left.

Projects page design

Final Version

When it came to constructing the pages themselves in Wix, I created or altered existing artwork to make the pages as I went. I also utilised a dark grey, light grey and a gold colour in order to create theme between the pages with a strong title at the top (my name and role). The Result is a little different from my page plan but I think it still retains the clarity, content and core composition. I still have to create my show reel so haven’t published the site yet but I will post a finished link when it is finished.