Create a web page or microsite to showcase your work on your project so far. This web page or site could become the means by which you submit your Work in Progress Portfolio. You may wish to use your blog (critical research journal) to host this gallery but you are encouraged to explore other, more specialist, online platforms for this exercise. Most of these will have free or time-limited trial options, which you should make use of rather than paying for any services or functions.
So having explored a few possible platforms, including an extension to my existing commercial site I decided a very simple and clean option was needed and finally settled on Portfoliobox which started from a very minimal level and was easy to understand the build process from a visual perspective rather than abstract code.
At such an early stage its difficult to visualise how the final project will look and what kind of space it may require but I did have a good idea how I might need to display the elements of work in progress which I have now found adds to the viewing experience and may well be part of the final works.
The site is simple, one project image per page with its constituent parts which works really well on the horizontal scroll design.
I feel this format will accommodate the project as it grows and be an effective means of final delivery.
I have to say I’m really pleased and grateful for the insights shared during the week 8 webinar. Its so hard to make objective decisions in isolation so getting feedback in this way is so helpful. I think it also helps us to be able to take risks we may have avoided if left entirely in our own hands.
I was quite anxious about whether to display the element images but I’m so glad I did having listened to way viewers have looked at the images and how they used the text.