Am I doing too much on my portfolio?
Hey guys, I thought it would be a really cool idea to make my portfolio kind of like Figma since I work in it a lot as a ui dev. I just don't know if it would be too much for a portfolio. I wanted to kind of have some bubble underneath the heading that like shows the css selectors, and when you hold alt over an item it shows the css properties or something
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I will say... it will get attention people tend to like working clones of things as websites lol
I've see people rave about others doing like windows desktops etc as their folios.
Personally I don't like it but I wouldn't knock you if it was yours
lol I was thinking that too like 'is this too unoriginal' but like, I think it encapsulates my experience / what i do everyday really well
if done well it will be well received
yea i was trying to find other designs on dribbble and other sites but they're just too much man haha
they're either cringey awwwards sites or just boring
mostly boring lol
same ol layouts all over
You can see why I did mine how I did... 😂
I do kinda lean on older layouts that had big headers though (back in my day the trend)
i think big headers are kinda cool too i just cant get them to look right lol
I could also just skip the sidebar thing and just have similar functionality of figma where like you hold alt on something and it shows the distance / margin
have some little chat bubble or thing in the bottom that says 'hold alt to show x,y,z' type of thing too
ofc wouldnt work on mobile would be a desktop only thing
I'd either go all in or not
so yes sidebar
or two
I say go big or go home. If your sole purpose of doing this is for job applications, I’m not sure recruiters will care because they’re kind of shallow sadly. But more power to you if you can think out of the box
Oh yea I don't think it'll matter too much but hopefully if even one person sees it and likes it then it gives me an interview maybe
If not it'll be fun, my current portfolio is really bland https://vincecorradetti.com
Don’t say aspiring designer
You’re limiting yourself
You are a designer
Same with your new one, I’d change it to “nerd with experience building…” remove “a few years of”
probably going to build this out as is
that was fun
Is this a common thing ? Do you have some examples you could link?
I don't but you can just look up Windows portofolios
or something
It became more common so I'm sure there is one in like every framework now LOL
from win95 and up
Recruiters will barely look at your site
i ask because ive spent weeks implementing exactly this.... its still a work in progress but i had never seen it anywhere and thought it was a unique idea.
there have been a few projects that emulate the windows 95 look and feel
and even have playable versions of games on it
https://www.windows93.net/ <-- here is an example
this one is more of a "joke" but serious thought was put into it
That’s pretty neat
My project mostly uses an oS as a “skin” so the theme toggle is to toggle bw apple and windows 11 , but haven’t gone too deep in making everything match ; just trying to make everything work 😆
GitHub
GitHub - KasperiP/windows11-portfolio: Windows 11 inspired portfoli...
Windows 11 inspired portfolio website. . Contribute to KasperiP/windows11-portfolio development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
GitHub - srinibasbiswal/Portfolio_OS_Theme: A portfolio website bas...
A portfolio website based on the theme of Windows 10. - srinibasbiswal/Portfolio_OS_Theme
GitHub
GitHub - DonChiaQE/win95: Windows 95 Portfolio built with Vue.js
Windows 95 Portfolio built with Vue.js. Contribute to DonChiaQE/win95 development by creating an account on GitHub.
There are lots of em
again from 95 on up 🥲
idk if I've ever seen a Windows 8 one tho
Tiles would be rad really
ahhhh what was that one... There was one that was stupid well done and ya it had like 30 libs they used from games to note apps
i am trying to remember it too
Yeah maybe if you make FigPals an actual feature you could sell it lol
It's not really designing stuff (wish it was) moreso just going in there and looking at the design and spacing, colors, etc 😂 and I didn't even know anything about FigPals! I'll look into it 👀
And site is massive WIP, definitely need to get mobile set up after I get the functionality of the 'FigmaBar' finished :P
Fixed mobile!
I love how its a windows thing but then the owner has a pfp with Tim Cook in it