To complete my CV, I had one last task to complete – adding my website. I had never done a website, so it was unclear where to start. This post will go through its process.
Research
Firstly, I had to understand how to aim for the website. I felt that broadening its contents o much would make the website navigation difficult. The content has to be as straightforward as possible. Sometimes when an artist calls themselves multidisciplinary, it could get confusing because it doesn’t specify what they do, apart from being multi. Many artists do this, but it is complicated to understand for me. It reminds me of how people used to be named many centuries ago (and still in some towns – in this town in Portugal, people are called by their features, so later, between them, they know whom someone is talking about)
I did the same exercise. What do I want to be known for? Raul, the Sound Designer. So, I shall focus my website on that.
My inspiration for my website focused on three other creative websites.
CHIARA LUZZANA
https://www.chiaraluzzana.com/blog/i-create-sound
This is one of my favourite websites that I found. It is very interactive, and it is all about sound. Chiara designed UI sound when moving the cursor through the website with Foley sounds. Also, the layout is very appealing and resonates a lot with the type of website I am looking for.
JEFF MOBERG
Jeff Moberg’s website is less interactive and more straightforward than Chiara’s. What makes Jeff’s website unique is its simplicity and straightforwardness. The main feature I enjoy the most about his website is the large-scale videos that are aesthetically appealing. One of the videos turns out to be his showreel. What I didn’t like was the style it was made out. I want my website to showcase a little bit of who I am, and I don’t identify with this very techy and straightforward design.
ANDREA COLOSIO
https://andreacolosiosound.com/en/
What I like about this website is the way the projects are showcased. What I don’t like is the way the text is designed. I think there’s too much text. If I had the resources to build a Website, I would go for one similar to Chiara’s. It was very inspiring, and I definitely sell the best Chiara.
My website
https://raultabusound.wixsite.com/meusite
This website took about 3 days to design in Wix. It is very much inspired by the personality of Chiara’s website, with a mixture of the other two. The website has 5 pages:
- Home
Here I decided to copy a bit of Jeff’s layout. I don’t have a showreel for now, so I used one of my art pieces, Falsa Memoria. It is set as an automatic player with no sound, but it draws the user’s attention to my other artistic side. Also, I like the fact that the home page is text free.
- Sound Design
This page is a WOP because I intend to build a subpage for each project. Here is all my filmography in sound design and music composition should go. I decided to lay it out by showcasing big-sized still pictures of the films I’ve worked on. I had to ask the respective directors for those files and other info, that being why the subpages are not yet created. There is so much work ahead of me to finish that page. For now, it will look like this.
- Artwork
Here is supposed to go all the art pieces I’ve done so far with subpages that try to explain a bit of them without falling on Andrea Colosio’s mistake of drowning it with text. I also added the respective multimedia for each work (SoundCloud and Vimeo). I intend to update the page by adding my Major Projects.
- About
One of the things I don’t like about this page is my picture. I lack good pictures of myself as an artist, and those that could be used are not good enough. A photoshoot is something that I look forward to doing in the future. Here goes my artist statement, a picture of choice and a link to my CV.
- Contact
Here go my contacts and way of contacting you directly through the website. It has a form that the user can fill out and send a message to me. I also have my Portuguese and Uk number and a link to my professional Instagram account.
What is next
- I need to take more pictures of myself.
- I need to create an excellent showreel to put on the homepage.
- I need to update the Sound Design page.
- I need to ask for more feedback from tutors.