Lauren Staser Portfolio Site

For this project, I had the exciting opportunity to team up with an award-winning designer to create a captivating portfolio site. She crafted a beautiful, user-friendly design, and I brought it to life with thoughtful development. Together, we created a site that is not only visually stunning but also smooth and interactive. This collaboration was a perfect blend of creativity and technology, resulting in a portfolio that truly highlights her incredible work

About this project I built the site using Gatsby and integrated Contentful as the content management service. This setup enabled me to generate all the pages and templates while giving her complete control over the content. By using Contentful, she could easily manage and update the website without any coding, maintaining tight control over the site's content and ensuring everything stayed fresh and relevant.

The illustration page is by far the most interesting page, in regards to the code to build it. The images needed to fit within a fixed-width container without stretching or warping, and each row had to contain either one or two images. I designed an algorithm that perfectly sized the photos to fit seamlessly within each row while maintaining their original proportions. This solution ensured the mosaic looked stunning and professional, adding a unique visual element to the site

This project taught me the importance of communication and rapid development. I learned that quickly delivering a minimum viable product to the client is crucial when making changes or implementing new features. Many of the best elements of the site, and the parts I am most proud of, came from working closely together and merging our ideas. The collaborative process not only enhanced the site's quality but also highlighted the value of teamwork in achieving outstanding results.