Context
- I have been looking for a good way to display my artist website for the last few years
- I suspect that my website will be useful when looking for jobs in the future and therefore want to get this right
- I thought that being able to code a website would help me create a unique website but that could also help my work stand out in the right way
- I realised that the level of code that I need to do this would require a lot more learning and learning front-end development is not my priority or interest at the moment
- In January I revised my website to try and simplify the layout and to communicate a ‘tech’ vibe
- I wanted to use simple HTML and CSS and no JavaScript
- The website homepage:
- I also created a rolling blog-style page for my work which spanned the last 4 years
- I quickly became dissatisfied with the way it looked and also worried about how it would function across different devices
- I decided to scrap the idea and use the built in WordPress access that my web hosting company provides
- I have decided that for the moment, I don’t have the time to dive deeper into front end design, UI and UX
Using WordPress to design my new website
- I decided to try and keep the design simple and also to reduce the amount of work that I show
- I re-wrote my artist statement, made some new work and created an About section
The Finished Website
- The website has been reformatted to a very simple layout
- It is now ready for me to populate it with a new portfolio of work