Website Artist Blog: Paul Keeley

Paul Keeley, is currently an Associate Creative Director with MRM Worldwide. Keeley is experienced in the digital field having worked 15 years in the industry. MRM Worldwide is known for helping clients build their brands by conceiving and creating programs and platforms to attract, engage, and acquire customers. As Associate Creative Director, Keeley works closely with clients to advertise their products/brands with new and creative web designs. 

I specifically like his own portfolio website. His website is fairly simple, with a basic dark color scheme, but the website is easy to read and navigate. I understand it is important to incorporate some aspects of your artwork into your website, but since my project is geared toward a portfolio website, I'm more focused on making my site easy to navigate, rather than too artistic. 

Besides the color scheme, the widgets/template he uses (near the top) really interests me and is something i plan on incorporating into my portfolio. I feel scrolling can get somewhat monotonous especially if you have a fair amount of information (and loss users attention in your site). Instead Kelley uses a template to separate his information into individual links. ( Facebook, flicker, linked in, resume, contact info). This keeps users interested in his work allowing people to click from link to link through his different social media accounts. 

I hope to use this same idea I'm my portfolio website. I Plan on having an more horizontal website with some general background information about myself and include either a widget/template like Keeleys or incorporate a horizontal scroll or swipe design. Within each template ill include a link to my individual portfolio pieces ( Films, Artwork in class, Photography, Blog, resume, Contact info, ect).