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Ali Imtiaz — Personal Portfolio Website
Designed and developed a premium, interactive portfolio website to showcase my software engineering work, technical expertise, professional experience, and projects.
The website was built with a strong focus on visual storytelling, performance, responsive design, and modern interaction design rather than following a traditional resume-style layout.
Key work:
1: Designed a premium editorial interface inspired by modern product websites.
2: Built a responsive portfolio experience for desktop and mobile.
3: Developed cinematic page transitions, scroll-based animations, parallax effects, interactive project visuals, custom cursor interactions, and animated backgrounds.
4: Created an interactive experience section featuring an animated galaxy, falling stars, shooting-star effects, and cursor-responsive star interactions.
5: Added layered textures, atmospheric lighting, subtle grain, moving grids, and depth effects while maintaining a restrained Black, White, and Navy visual system.
6: Built dedicated sections for projects, professional experience, certifications, technical skills, education, current focus, and contact information.
7: Integrated GitHub, LinkedIn, Contra, email, and project links.
Optimized the application for accessibility, responsive behavior, and reduced-motion preferences.
Tech Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, Git, GitHub, Vercel
Projects showcased: Wearo, AI Learning Hub, FilmGenie, and AuraCard.
The goal was to create a portfolio that feels like a polished digital product and personal brand rather than a static online resume.
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