AS Designs Portfolio Website

Welcome to my portfolio website  and final class project!  

Oh what fun I had navigating and designing my own website, AS Designs.  This was my first time using Wix, and I enjoyed learning and utilizing the many features that are available to assist you in developing a streamlined and interactive portfolio website.  I attempted to use a couple different templates and settled on a more plain but effective template to showcase my work.  The template that I used had blog posts that utilized AI to ask strategic questions to write a post for you.  The posts were neat, but I decided to put the link to my blog on my portfolio website.

I developed a clean, simple logo with a tagline (Imagine.  Create.  Design) and added it to the header along with the tabs to take the user to the available pages:  Home / About / Portfolio / Blog / Contact.  The search bar and social media links (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) were also added to the header.  The main page had an area to add my art portfolio to scroll through and a brief overview of AS Designs and my portfolio.  I added all my finished class work to my portfolio page.  Unfortunately, I don't have any artwork outside of this class to add to my portfolio.  I debated on adding my sketches with my finished work to add a little more depth to my portfolio.  The "About Me" page was fun to create and share my creative learning experience and journey into the world of art and design utilizing Photoshop.  

I felt that my website was visually appealing and easy to navigate.  I look forward to your feedback.

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