ideas.md

Here are few ideas regarding the portfolio website:

• http://www.letstravelsomewhere.com/ (I like the arrow down button for display of pages idea, it gives a story telling vibe.) Humans understand more in terms of stories. -Yuval Noah Harari

• https://onomatet.com/ (This is rather simple yet modern looking website with geometrical vibe.) Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

• https://www.thegoodkind.co/ (Simple and soothing design for communicating through pictures. Pictures are a great way to engage users)

Some more ideas:

• https://kulbachny.com/
• https://www.steven-hanley.com/
• http://robinmastromarino.com/
• http://www.etiennegodiard.com/about/

Vision for the portfolio website:

• Minimalistic approach (less is more)
• Box and grid design (Systemtic display of imformation)
• Soothing and earthy colors (Soft color palette)
• User centric approach (good accessibility and interactivity)

Add ons:

• Light and dark mode
• Internationalization
• Calender for appointment
• Video background
• Parallex effect
• Frosted glass look (glassmorphism)
• Comfortable colors (works as both light and dark theme)

Here is the codesandbox link for insta like stories for mobile view: https://codesandbox.io/s/insta-stories-utr65?file=/src/Page2.js

Minimalistic, simple and soothing looking website is the goal for portfolio website.

Things I liked in above templates:

• Colors
  https://www.hello-collective.com/
  http://www.etiennegodiard.com/about/
  https://onomatet.com/
  https://symbolset.com/

• Loading animation
  https://onomatet.com/

• Scroll, Animation
  https://www.steven-hanley.com/
  https://www.thegoodkind.co/
  http://visualartists.com/
  https://kuon.space/#top
  https://okakin.jp/ (Japan kanji)
  https://www.krownthemes.com/

• Minimalistic design
  https://onomatet.com/
  http://www.etiennegodiard.com/about/
  https://designyourlife.com.au/
  https://www.sanga-ryokan.com/ (split design: Text on left, Video/Image slideshow on the right)
  https://kuon.space/#top (parallax effects)

• Responsiveness
  https://onomatet.com/
  https://www.steven-hanley.com/

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• Use emojis instead of texts for contacts, about etc (or swap text with emoji on hover) like Love-death-robot netflix series
• Use mdx presentation style, four arrow keys (or four directional swipes) for four views: About, Work, Contact, Blog
• Have a dev-mode, which shows realtime lighthouse stats of the site?
• Hire someone to create Adobe After Effects emoji animation like Love, Death and Robot and convert them to svg animation using lottie
• A kyoto-style Japanese theme? with Kimono prints etc.

Here's few more ideas to the table:

• https://buzzworthystudio.com/
• https://studiothomas.co.uk/
• https://hayk.design/#/