Ivy Tan
The Portfolio
My Works
Fall Blog Design 2008 October 15th, 2008
My latest blog design created in October 2008 for my blog nanyate?! The illustrations were inspired by the gates to Japanese temples called Torii. It’s one of the fastest designs I’ve ever made. I took less than an hour for the illustrations, and less than a day to code the site. I doesn’t quite showcase my skills but it’s something that isn’t too shabby given my time constraints.
It works on all modern browsers. I’m currently developing a mobile version for this design.
Summer Blog Design 2008 July 13th, 2008
This is my blog’s design from April to September. It hasn’t achieved much in terms of recognition but it is one of the design that I am most proud of. It is the first time I had incorporate transparent PNGs to my designs thus completely eradicating a graphic header. The illustration of the flower was drawn on Photoshop using the vector pen tool.
One drawback with this design is Internet Explorer 6’s inability to read PNGs. PNG support is only available for the most modern browsers, and as such, this site isn’t as compatible as its predecessors.
Blog Design Spring 2008 July 13th, 2008
This is the second Wordpress theme designed for my current blog. This layout was an experiment for creating a one-column layout. Like its predecessor, everything was scripted according to web standards and optimized for search engine listing. It was this layout that won my blog an award from my web hosting company.
This layout was also the first time I had designed a fancy footer to compensate for the lack of a sidebar.
Blog Design 2007 July 13th, 2008
This is the first Wordpress theme I created for my current blog. The illustration of the pendant was based on a necklace I bought in Montreal. This is the first layout I created with full compatibility with all modern browsers. Many SEO techniques including valid coding and customized permalinks were used to ensure a high placement on Google and Yahoo!
The SEO optimization was a success! All new entries are placed on the first page of Google and received a pagerank of 4 very soon after its launch. The design was featured on many CSS galleries, the most notable being Design Meltdown. See full list here.
About
Ivy Tan is a web enthusiast with 11 years experience in web design and development. She recently graduated from University of Toronto with an Honors Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science. She is currently working as an in-house public relations officer in Singapore.