Portfolio Website

Background

I came to the idea of making my own website when I was looking for designer and developer job. Most of the time in Japan, you have to write job application for every single each company you apply for which I a pretty tiring process. I think it would be better that you write whatever you want you potential employers to know about you on your website. Moreover, most designers have their own websites I actually already had my first version website, which I think suck. That’s why I decided to make a new one.

Problem with the first portfolio

The problem with the first portfolio is that

There are no stories behind them, I just put all of the designs in the website, few texts, no stories.
It doesn’t look so professional, due to the theme the layout and most importantly the url, I used heroku at that time becasue it's free
It is mostly static endnote responsive. I would like it to be more interactive. Some animations, for example.

Of course, there is a good point I like about this version too which is the fact that it is a single page application and the navigation is really intuitive.

Objective

In addition to the above problem of my first version website, the reasons I am redesigning my new website is

Firstly to showcase my design and developing skills.
Doing passive job searching.
Get hands-on experience for building proper website
Commit myself to finish a project thoroughly

Result

The result is obviously this website !

My Role

Basically everything. Design including visual design, user experience and coding.

First draft of the case studies page

current design of the case studies page

Reflection

Good points

This website includes case studies so employers know how I think
It looks kinda professional in my opinion

Bad points

I took a lot of time, like few weeks even though I planned to finish it in few days. I did this during my trips to Thailand, Myanmar, and Kansai area in japan
This website does look professional, however, it does really tell about my personality. I am a more fun person. I think a portfolio website should tell about that person personality too.
I did everything mixed. Like one day I would do the backend, I would change to front end even thoughI didn’t finish the backend yet. That is why I would like to learn more about the development workflow in a more systematic way

Technology

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Node (Express)
Git

Visit the github repository here