Professional Practice Progress continues

This is a continuation of the questionnaire. In this section, there was questions about our ideal job post, our design dreams somehow. Luckily, I had a plan on how to achieve what I dream of, cuz I had to give some steps on how I want to achieve this dream haha.

This is my first time working on the website portfolio. This is the site map, which after review, I actually have to enhance and simplify. I am actually planning to have a home screen, which will act as a portal to the actual portfolio.

These were the websites I took references from. They are very simple yet they have some extremely conceptual and visual animations. They also all have a very interesting welcome page.

The very first one has a very 'in your face animation' yet it is still quite simple. The next one on the left just after the first one is extremely simple. It consists only of a single scrollable design but it has some interesting animations to make it appealing.

The last one is another one that I want to point out since it has a very liquid-like scroll effect. This in a way makes it appeal quite emotional in a way. Therefore it might be a good reference for me since I'm focusing on empathy.

I actually wanted to point something out from Jessica Walsh's Website. There is an extremely good consistency on the website in term of the visual aspect of it. Furthermore, the most important highlight for me here is how everyone within the studio dresses the same way for the photoshoot.

Firstly, I believe having an image of the designer or designers tend to create a sense of trust among them and their clients. Moreover, the way she achieved it is so professional and neat while still be visually pleasing and somewhat matches the identity of the website itself.

Here's some other interesting websites I found, including those I included here as a gif:

https://andwalsh.com/info/

https://www.mikekus.com/

https://www.ariesmoross.com/

http://robinmastromarino.com/

https://activetheory.net/home

http://10x17.co/

https://studioouam.com/en

https://toyfight.co/

https://www.wenxinwendyju.com/

https://www.sharonradisch.com/

https://www.clarityincrazy.com/cbd

https://www.ingoldwetrust-paris.fr/

This is a tiny sketch I made on how I assume my website would look like.

I wanted to add some animation but not too much to ensure that the client/recruiter understand that I am firstly a Graphic Designer and that my knowledge in production is slightly lower. I still wanted to add some emphasis on the production part since I'm hoping to find a job in an advertising firm, thus, I might have to work on Videos quite often.

I tried finding concepts that relate to my values, and at this point I got, toys/lego, books and movies since I'm focusing a lot on storytelling. since empathy is yet another important aspect of my values, I wanted to focus on a grey TV-inspired theme to make it a bit more dramatic and emotional.

I thought of adding some typographic that will play around with the idea of the emotions but which will sort of identifying my standpoint on the design field more than on the production field.

I thought that the Grey TV-inspired theme depict more what I want to achieve. I was turned off by the idea of the Book since, despite it can be made very neatly it may not express the field I'm looking forward to accurately. Additionally, the idea of the toy, well I was turned off by it, since I found another brand that uses this type of identity. I know I can make it more unique and different as there's but still, it doesn't feel like me.