Recently, I've become completely captivated by a portfolio website created by a developer named Jesse Zhou. He built a 3D interactive website with a cyberpunk ramen shop concept, and it's absolutely stunning. Truly, it's so beautiful. You can view his website here.
At first, I thought I was simply drawn to the 3D interactive concept itself. However, when I saw another person's website that was clearly inspired by his—almost a copy—and tried to replicate every element, I felt nothing. That's when I realized something crucial: what moves people isn't the grand fact of "what was done," but rather "how" it was done—the extremely detailed sense of beauty. It made me understand why one must be diligent and not cut corners.
After that, I came across a project called Sooah's Room Folio. You can check it out here. To be honest, this piece made me feel a deep sense of inferiority.
Kim Sooah...? Wait, is she Korean...?
Seoul National University...? Is she a SNU student?
Sophomore...? She's only a second-year student, and her design sense is this good even though she isn't a design major...?
Piano...? Is she interested in playing the piano, too?
Audio signal processing...? She has such great aesthetic sense, but her technical understanding is also that high...?
She's already done this many projects...? Is she also good at networking...?
Everything "she" is "now" is what I dream of achieving "someday" at my late stage in life. Suddenly, I felt like my own worth disappeared, and I became quite depressed. I searched hard to find out who this Kim Sooah was—this girl with both a cute aesthetic sense and a sharp technical one—but I couldn't find her.
Instead, I found a person named Andrew Woan. He says he loves "cute things," and it seems this freelance web developer and 3D artist is the real creator of that website. But in my heart, I still feel like the person named Kim Sooah must exist... I feel like there's a perfect female student somewhere in this world named Kim Sooah who's great at 3D design, plays the piano well, studies hard, and has a deep understanding of AI.
Anyway, after being enchanted by a series of 3D interactive website portfolios, I decided to take on a 3D project—something I thought I could never do or even dare to try. So I'm now learning Blender, and since Andrew Woan's teaching style is so good, I'm diligently following his tutorials.
I also have a unique concept in mind that I want to try, so I'll be creating my own 3D interactive website soon.