Anneleen Vaes

Category: Webdesign

  • My first website

    My first website

    Throwback to 2010, when I was getting my master’s in audiovisual arts. Back then, I was tasked with coding & designing my first website. Let’s just say I’ve grown a lot since then…

    While I had dabbled in web design and development when I was still majoring in marketing, this assignment was on a whole other level. From coming up with a concept that highlights my personality and designing something around that to writing copy and finally coding the website. Seems pretty basic right now, but these were truely the first steps I took into concepting, design, coding and copywriting.

    While I do find it quite cringeworthy (Those pics! That copy! That design!), there are a few similarities with my current style. My love of dark colors and the grunge style and my wit in writing to name a few. Anyways, I do feel like I’ve come a long way since then.

  • Redesigning my portfolio

    Redesigning my portfolio

    Every month I like to challenge myself with a creative assignment to up my game. This month I took on the task of redesigning my website.

    Hard to imagine, but I’ve had the same layout on my website since I launched it back in 2018. So definitely time for a change! In the past my website focused on all the projects I worked on throughout the years, but for this redesign I wanted to emphasize my own personality, as that’s what really makes me stand out from the crowd.

    I did this by adding multiple elements on my homepage. First of, I implemented an ‘about me’-section at the top of the page. Secondly, I added a block with fun facts about me. I also wanted to focus a bit more on my photography, hence why I added a gallery with some of my best work.

    Not that the job is done by any means, as I still want to update the post and page templates. So definitely check this article again to discover the new updates I did to the website.

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  • MllsDeMode

    MllsDeMode

    On March 21 2011 Ingrid, Anja and I started the beauty, fashion & lifestyle blog Mademoiselles De Mode. Initially, Mlls De Mode was a hobby, but it was also an ideal opportunity to practice our webdesign skills.

    We started the blog from scratch and did everything ourselves: graphic design, content creation and coding. It’s also very educational in terms of communication and marketing. The correct tone of voice, effective communication, an eye for usability and promotion via social media are obviously important factors.

    In 2014 we celebrated the third anniversary of our blog. We’re also very proud to say that we have been featured in a few magazines, like Flair and Steps City Magazine. Furthermore, we have been ambassadors for beauty brand 2B and had the honour to be festival reporters for Belfius in the summer of 2013. We also blogged for Veritas’ Café Créatif and were chosen as blog of the month by StyleUnited in January 2014. In conclusion, we never expected that MllsDeMode would be so successful as it is at the moment.

    Below some of my favorite articles I wrote and photographed:

    In July 2018 we wrote our last article for MllsDeMode. This gave me the time to focus on my love for food photography & content creation with my Instagram Anneleen FotografEET.