Hello, here you can learn a little more about who I am and how I got started!
If you didn’t catch it before, I’m Holly Miller! A smalltown girl from Alabama. I am an upcoming graduate from Southern New Hampshire University working on a BA in Graphic Design, with a concentration in web design. It has been a longstanding dream of mine to be a graphic designer. I strive to create websites that are accessible for as many users as possible while maintaining brand consistency. I am also passionate about websites that are easy to use on multiple devices.
Some hobbies and interests include: playing video games with friends, creating digital art in Procreate, watching xianxia dramas, reading a book, and sewing. I can often be found doing one of these activities if time allows for it.
How did I get into graphic and web design?
I suppose it began while I was in high school. We had our first personal computer, and I often browsed websites and forums for my favorite anime and video game series. I discovered websites dedicated to characters from these series, and was very impressed with how creative and fun they were to use. I wanted to make one, too, for my favorite characters, so I started trying to make my own. Admittedly, I began by using templates or looking at what others were doing and copied them, then, I learned how to tweak the code to change it to what I wanted to do. Back then it was changing header stylings, body style, links with different colors on hover, changing the cursor, and using iframes to display content in a small scrollable frame. During my free time, I was almost always found playing around with some kind of website coding to customize my blogs or online journals.
That went on for a couple of years, before I had less time for coding and spent my free time doing other things. Fast forward to 2023, I decided it was time to further my career possibilities. I decided to pursue a degree in what I dreamt of when I was younger – web design. And here we are! It has been a tough journey, but I have learned so much throughout the program. I have learned about the design principles and best practices, multichannel marketing, accessibility standards, responsive web design, and so much more!
Goals & Personal Dream Project
A current personal dream project I have is to create my own blogging website from scratch. This is because I want to be able to fully customize the entire layout of the website and the blog content structure. To do this, not only do I have to create the visual design for the website, but I also need to learn how to do backend coding using MySQL and PHP. Before I jump into those, I am learning JavaScript first. This will also help me increase my value as a team member and employee. Ultimately, I would like to become a full stack developer.