I have been trying very hard to work outside of my comfort zone lately by focusing on a few personal projects during any spare moments I can find. If you have been following me on jeremyjaymes.com you will have seen the recent poster project I sent off to print a week or so ago. The following project is something I am working on (also for my son). My plan from the start was to try and attack it by experimenting with a style completely out of the ordinary for me.
The main requirements for the site are simplicity and ease of use. It has to be easy to navigate and use as it will be used by a group of people that very much differ in both age and technical understanding. I need to make it easy for them to find content, understand what is in front of them and interact as they wish. Long story short, my older relatives need to easily watch a video, find previous videos and understand how to leave a comment. *Quite a bit more difficult than it might sound as we well know.
The only other requirement is that it be something my son would enjoy and find visually appealing were he just a bit older. The enjoyable part here is that I have full creative freedom in both design planning and aesthetic, one of the major factors that makes personal work so enjoyable. (in my opinion)
It’s in the very early stages of design but here is a peek. (Blurred of course for that top secret effect) While I have decided to move forward developing the site in WordPress given certain security requirements, namely the ability to have members only content, I originally considered creating it as a tumbler theme so this is something I may do additionally as a learning experience.
