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simone callan
5,044 PointsCompleted web designer track :-) - ideas for own portfolio project
I'm so pleased - i've just finished the web designer track, I was thinking that now's the time to start putting some of it into practice and coming up with my own projects / portfolio. But where to start? grateful for any suggestions.
5 Answers
Kevin Niedermayr
3,072 PointsWell depends on if you have more visual (designs/screenshots) stuff to show or show projects with details. What are your plans? :)
jamie shankland
120 PointsI have a website that I need created for a new company, I'm new on here.. don't know if you want to give it a blast?
James Barnett
39,199 PointsMy suggestion is to make yourself a simple "business card" site. Who you are, what you do, other info you want others to know.
Something like this template ...
James Barnett
39,199 PointsHere's a great thread about ideas for a first website
simone callan
5,044 PointsThanks guys, and thanks for the offer Jamie but i think i will give James's suggestion a go for my first go.. That's an interesting template James has linked to - I'm curious to know if the white business card image on the grey background is all one background image. ( I suppose I'm going to have to spend the $10 to find out) - so to come up with something similar I guess i will need to find a background ground image with a business card in the middle or layer an image over a plain one. And come up with a logo.
James Barnett
39,199 Points> I suppose I'm going to have to spend the $10 to find out
One of the best ways to learn is to re-create a design yourself without looking at the code.
simone callan
5,044 PointsI see what you mean, but I'd already spent the £7.59! looking at it there are 30 images in each version of that template and some funky jquery plugins so that it doesn't display as one whole long page.
I don't have photo-shop or any design experience, but i suppose i need to come up with a psd of my own design to slice into images.