29 | Freelancing IRL: Unveiling a Site Redesign

In this episode, Amy and James continue their ongoing discussion for redesigning James's personal site. Amy unveils a site redesign and together they talk through James's feedback and what the next iteration of his site design might look like.

This episode was recorded live, on Amy's Twitch stream. If you'd like to watch the original stream, you can find it here.

It's also worth noting that this is Part 3 of an ongoing conversation.

• The initial, discovery conversation is captured in Episode 18: Amy Gives James a Design Consult. 
• Amy presented the proposal in Episode 23. You can also watch that episode on YouTube.

Sponsors

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Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:50 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 2:34 Recapping the Conversation
  • Jack McDade
  • Wes Bos
• 7:19 Unveiling the Redesign
• 17:08 Sponsor: Vercel
• 18:14 Discussing James's Q Logo
• 19:10 Color
  • Contrast App
• 26:05 Thoughts about Developers and Design
• 27:17 Hard Lines vs Organic Lines
• 28:12 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 29:06 Branding Questions
• 31:28 Design Process
• 32:50 Amy's Pick: White Ink Pen
• 33:27 Amy's Plug: SelfTeach.me on Twitch
• 33:47 James's Pick: Fake Doctors, Real Friends Podcast
• 34:33 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube