Blog No. 9

I reviewed four portfolios including Ethan Vaughan, Juliana Bruno, Cameryn Colavecchio, and Christian Castetter. More on the technical side, I felt their final portfolios were more organized; the tabs were seen without clicking anything, making it easier to navigate through the projects. Also their first and last names were on it which mine currently does not include. Being that without names we have no term of identifying who we are, adding it would be useful. Also, Ethan’s had some unedited template so it had the filler provided from Wix still on his final. This reminded me to delete excess text boxes or pages that did not improve my message or structure. Also adding to organization would be including small descriptions of the pages/projects which Juliana does. Unless you are in the class or read the whole project, a broader audience would be lost on my page so I will add a three sentence synopsis at the top of my pages. Moving on to the more aesthetic aspect of things, I believed the backgrounds and templates on the portfolios were impersonal, almost insipid. I do not mean to say my page is so artistically created- I barely have a functioning color scheme- but I felt like my portfolio portrays more than my project which is one aspect of my multi-faceted personality. Though not a previously chosen page, I clicked on one where the home screen was a picture of Chance the Rapper. I admired the fact that this person made the page more personal.