Make a new portfolio website that better showcases my ability, personality, and artistry! + a blog section. proof by demonstration

My first portfolio website I made freshman year of undergrad to buff up my barren resume for an application to a robotics club.

I mocked it up in Figma, watched 3-4 Youtube tutorials on making a portfolio with just html/css, and did a lot of hard-coding of CSS, and veeeery minimal javascript for scrolling to sections. I like how it looks, but it’s a little plain/simple. It also doesn’t resize very well (I did do CSS for mobile but it’s definitely not following best practices).

Things I like about my original portfolio
  • green and pink color scheme
  • fun desktop window inspired box layouts
  • having simple artistic elements
  • all the important things on one page (minimize clicks!)
Things I don’t like:
  • doesn’t resize well
  • too simple
  • project images being separate from project description…
  • no blog!
  • no sections to showcase non tech works :p

I am inspired by the Websites I really like

goals

  • better learn core skills for frontend and Web Dev
  • add fun interactions with Motion js

in progress…

feature planning

  • home
  • about me
  • blog
  • art
  • garden

blog

  • manually add markdown files to render?

project showcase

  • preserve og format
  • carousel of images for each project

about me

  • fav books
    • programatically pull from goodreads..?
  • fav songs
    • pull from spotify?

styling

resources