Visitors' Site Redesign
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A 90's print ad-inspired, destination marketing full redesign and partial content refresh for a small North Carolina beach town's visitor information website.
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Figma, Branding, Mobile-first design, Bootstrap, Custom CSS, Vanilla JavaScript, Animation
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Recreating a 90's print advertising aesthetic for this project was a blast. My mom worked in destination marketing on Hilton Head Island, where I'm from, throughout my childhood. I used to sit for hours, flipping through the racks of brochures that lined her office's lobby, staring in wonder as graphic designers drafted sun-drenched ads by hand. I was enamoured with their giant caddies of fancy markers and honestly think the experience is why I decided to study studio art.
I wrote all the copy for this project myself, and created a small component library afterward. I look forward to riffing on this design again when the right client comes along.
ASP.NET Core MVC Tutorial App
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A full-stack ASP.NET Core app, built to practice my .NET and MVC architecture skills. With razor layouts, defined areas and dynamic routing, this project was an exciting challenge.
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ASP.NET Core MVC, dynamic routing, razor views, areas with nested layouts, custom CSS, Bootstrap, client-side search feature with auto-complete.
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This project was a helpful exercise to reinforce my .NET and MVC knowledge. It also gave me an opportunity to design something super clean, that focuses as much as possible on letting the content shine.
Dain's PlaceCustom sitefor a local pub
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Completely custom website for a local bar and restaurant. From writing copy to creating media assets, I had a blast building this from absolute scratch. I gave Astro a whirl to see what all the hype was about, and was impressed by it's flexibility, speed, templating options, and that I could sprinkle in JS or other frameworks here and there without weighing things down. I'll definitely be using Astro for my next build - another restaurant's new site, but this time with CMS integration!
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Astro, Open Props, vanilla JS and a sprinkling of React.
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