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Hey everyone!
After a couple of months of work, I'm so excited to finally share something I've been pouring my heart into, my very first portfolio!
It's still a work in progress (in-depth case studies and more are on the way), but I couldn't wait any longer to share it with you and hear what you think.
If you know someone who might need what I do, I'd love a warm intro, I offer a 15% referral fee on any closed client. š
š shanny.design
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Thanks Nagaraj
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This one was a little different!
A traditional portfolio will not work for an artist whose work is still evolving. Instead, we built a digital exhibition ā a space where process, material, and perception are part of the experience, not just the finished piece.
Studio Investigations is designed to feel like moving through a body of work, not scrolling a website. Linear, editorial, one work at a time, with a CMS built to grow as her practice does.
Not every site needs to follow the same structure. Sometimes the experience should mirror the work itself.
Full case study below š
Check it out
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Very artistic and you can feel that "gallery" vibe, great work!
I almost ruined this one.
Just finished a concept site for a nature photography studio ā Aetherial View. First draft had everything I usually reach for. Clever scroll animations. A secondary nav. Hover micro-interactions. A bit of texture behind the hero.
Looked great in Figma. Felt awful next to the actual photographs.
A heron at golden hour doesn't need help from a parallax effect. It just needs to not be interrupted.
So I started removing things. The animations. The second nav. The texture. Half the type styles. Until the site basically got out of the way.
What's left: three nav items. An asymmetric grid that gives each shot room. Serif only where it earns attention ā pull quotes, section heads. Black background as a gallery wall.
The hardest part wasn't designing it. It was trusting that less would feel like enough.
For a portfolio site, that's usually the whole brief ā even when nobody says it out loud.
This looks clean and well thought out. How long did it take you to bring everything together?
the footer is insanely fun!
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