A recipe for a flavourful portfolio made with love

The best recipes include the finest ingredients one can find, are cooked with care, and are tasted and refined over time. To create Jermainewill.ca I aimed to make a portfolio that was well organized, filled with great content, easy to view on any device, full of flavour, and included my own taste, personality, and professional journey. This is how I made this portfolio from start to finish.

¼ Cup of Typography

Headlines

Urbanist

Urbanist is a low-contrast, geometric sans-serif inspired by Modernist typography and design. The project was launched by Corey Hu in 2020 with 9 weights and accompanying italics. Conceived from elementary shapes, Urbanist’s neutrality makes it a versatile display font for print and digital mediums. It is currently available as a variable font with a weight axis.

Body

Inter

Inter started out in late 2016 as an experiment to build a perfectly pixel-fitting font at a specific small size (11px.) The idea was that by crafting a font in a particular way, with a particular coordinate system (Units Per EM), and for a particular target rasterization size (11), it would be possible to get the best of both sharpness and readability.

An artboard of the typographic styles used across this site, including logo, headings, body copy, hierarchy, usage, and web font sizes.

A Splash of Colour

Pair ingredients together to create a blend that complements the sweet lavender and lilac notes.

An image of the colours used across this site. Pure white, Baby Powder, Lavender Web, French

½ Cup of Content Strategy

108 Cups of High Caffiene Tea 

Add Iteration to Taste

This is actually my 5th portfolio!

2015 Portfolio

I wanted to be a: ???

Musical mindset at the time 🎼: Lite Weight – Anderson Paak

2017 Portfolio

I wanted to be an: Art Director/Creative Director

Musical mindset at the time 🎼: ESP – N.E.R.D.

2018 Portfolio

I wanted to be an: Art Director

*Was later corrupted into a UX portfolio

Musical mindset at the time 🎼: Your Teeth in My Neck – Kali Uchis

2019 Portfolio

I wanted to be a: UX Designer and Researcher

Musical mindset at the time 🎼: U Say – Goldlink

A Pinch of Je ne Sais Quoi

A little personality adds a lot of flavour. Sprinkle generously!