I’m ultimately pretty happy with how my website turned out. While the task of making a website seemed daunting at first, the process went relatively smoothly, with a few hiccups here and there. I believe I was able to accomplish my main goal of making a website with both the unashamedly technological flavoring of the old internet, as well as the easily navigable simplicity of current web design.
I was able to make a unique and interesting layout that reflects my personality and love of digital tools, without making it incoherent or “too much”. I liked that I was able to carve out my own aesthetic and image. Additionally, it provided for great synergy between my classes, since I was able to feature my work from other classes on my portfolio page. I’m especially glad to have a home for SIM-TOM, which is a project I’m really proud of. I heavily referenced Jonathan Windsor’s site when considering content I wanted to include. Jonathan, being an iconic CDS alumni and also a good friend of mine, was a great resource when it comes to this stuff in general, so shout-outs to him.
As for my revisions, I’m decently happy with how those turned out. My image project was less of a revision and more of an elaboration, as it was mostly filling in the blanks and adding images when necessary, rather than modifying my existing ones, with the exception of the banner. This taught me the ins and outs of icon websites– specifically that iconmonstr is cool, while flaticon inexplicably doesn’t work on my computer.
The audio project was completely rerecorded, and approached with Professor Swerzenski’s feedback in mind– while using the higher-quality audio equipment wasn’t an option for us, unfortunately, we still were able to fine-tune some of the details and ultimately came up with a more listenable and cohesive final product, that’s more conversational and plays more towards our strengths as creators.
As for the video project, as mentioned on its blog post, we decided to forego fully revising it in favor of both other projects. While there was improvements to be made, particularly in the narration structure & the inclusion of more video clips, my website already features a robust video portfolio, and when coupled with certain technical difficulties, we decided it’d be best to focus our attention on our website. Even though it’s a tiny bit scuffed, ultimately I’m comfortable with considering what we have as our final product.
In summary, I’m happy with how my website turned out, as it provides me a nice and solid platform to continue adding content to during my time here. As both of my majors tend to involve making digital content, this site can easily be expanded over my time here, as a home for my best work– and it’s satisfying to see all of these different projects finally in synergy with each other.