Setting my public facing presence

There was one thing that I've wanted to do for a while, and that is to create a website where I can document and display my work for all to see. There were various different ways in which I could do this. The two that I had to decide on were as follows:

Wordpress

Wordpress is a free to use service that allows one to create a website, the only issue with this approach is that its quite hard to use because of the coding involved.

Squarespace

Squarespace is a much easier to use due to all the coding being done for you so the customization is much more efficient and user friendly. the only issue being that it can be quite expensive.

I decided to go for Squarespace because of its versatile and easy to use tools. So I bought the domain: ElliotAnimation.com which cost me 20 pounds for a year and then 60 pounds a year for the use of their service. This was with a 50% discount for being a student.

Here is a link to my website

http://www.elliotanimation.com/

As you can see I am trying to keep a uniform look between all my advertising material which will keep any viewers knowing that they are looking at the right website/person.

There are numerous things I have planned for my website. I am going to have a section for all my finished aniamtions which will include a short description.

I am collaborating with a photographer I met at university to photograph all my stop motion models and sets in a really professional manor in order to display them all on my website with a detailed list and description of methods and materials used.

It really gets me excited whilst working on my website but the only issue is that I could spend countless hours tweaking small aspects of my website. But enjoy it none the less.

As you can see I have linked my showreel on the front page in order to keep my social media presence active across board with my Vimeo account whilst there are certain parts of my website under construction.