I know that many people who've done a website design for their own personal brands tend to say something like, "I am my worst client!" because of numerous unexpected revisions, perfectionism, constant changes made to it etc.
I guess I accidentally chose another path...
To me, working with myself as a client has been a pleasure. First of all, the deadline could be broken — no deadline at all! Sick leave? No problem honey, you can go have an extra cup of cocoa. Workaholic alter-ego is gonna sit in mental prison for a while.
Secondly, our taste matches. I literally got to catch everything I only thought about AND made it come true. Isn't it amazing? You think it — you got it!
To my greatest surprise, as a former perfectionist myself, I wasn't demanding at all. I understood that I must give myself freedom while having some constraints — by the way, they are stated in the full case, check it out here:
To those who have ever made designs for themselves, what type of client were you? Were you strict or, vice versa, let yourself be as creative as possible? Maybe you skipped a wireframe stage and went right to designs?..
One skincare identity across bottles, jars and tubes. I designed the wordmark, pink-and-cobalt packaging system, campaign applications and digital mockups, then brought the collection into motion.
A consistent visual language, with room for each product to feel individual.
A few days ago I posted a small motion teaser. Now the whole thing is live on my profile: 12 pages designed in Figma, a design system, and a homepage I built in HTML, CSS and JS with every interaction working.
12 pages in Figma plus a design system, then hand coding the homepage with every interaction working is a great way to show the concept holds up, Sofiia. Nice to see the teaser turn into the full project.