The Side Project Project

What?

Complete one side project every month for a year, and do it all while [[!Learning in public]] and working full time.

• A look back on a year in side projects
• Behind the scenes on Instagram stories

The Projects

1. Aug 2018 - Here Be Monsters

• Creating a personal blog for my portfolio with static site generator Jekyll.
• See the result
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: Complete but unmaintained

2. Sep 2018 - The Third Dimension

• Learning the basics of Cinema 4D and 3D modelling with 3D for Designers.
• Result: A series of 3D artwork
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: Complete but in need of a refresh in skills

3. Oct 2018 - Fantasy UI

• Truly fantasy apps for everyone from dragons to princesses.
• Result: Check out the series of fantasy apps on Dribbble
  • Lairbnb
  • Tower Talk
  • Ghost.ly
  • Delve
  • • More
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE

4. Nov 2018 - Kick the Dust

• A collaborative exhibition for Ulster museum bringing heritage to life for young people as part of Reimagine Remake Replay.
• Result: Museum exhibition, a collection of laser cuts, and photos
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE

5. Dec 2018 - Frame by Frame

• Software-less animation and stop motion explorations of everything from monsters to window krakens and serving up Christmas dinner.
• Result: A series of short GIFs
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE

6. Jan 2019 - Adventures in text

• Creating What’s That Scratching at Your Sarcophagus, a microgame of interactive fiction.
• Play as a ghostly pharaoh awakened from your royal slumber by a tomb robber. Unable to interact directly with this vile desecrator of your sanctuary, you must experiment with weird and wacky items and traps to instil fear in the heart of the intruder.
• Play the game here
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE

7. Feb 2019 - Make Some Noise

• Dabbling in music making, theory, and modular synthesis.
• Used Ableton's amazing introduction to music, VCV Rack for modular synthesis, LinkedIn Learning courses for synthesis theory, and a variety of free apps like Launchpad.
• Listen to the (questionable) results on Soundcloud
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE

8. Mar 2019 - K-colour

• An Instagram of custom palettes celebrating the many colours of kpop.
• Check out all the palettes on Instagram
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: Complete but unmaintained

9. Apr 2019 - Paper Dreams

• A month of origami, paper engineering, and building an army of tiny paper dinos.
• Result: A plethora of paper creations (some of which ended up on my wall) and tiny dinosaurs.
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE

10. May 2019 - Dev Bones

• A HTML & CSS development start kit skeleton ready for you to put some flesh on these bones.
• Sharing all the tools and snippets I've used since teaching myself to code.
• Check out the details here and investigate the bones on GitHub
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE

11. Jun 2019 - Brainfart

• A newsletter of monthly learnings, ramblings, and brainfarts of a design student.
• Result: Several issues of Brainfart and a custom sign up page before it was turned into The Redacted Report.
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE but unmaintained. Transformed into newsletter for The Arcadia Report. --> Subscribe here

12. Jul 2019 - Reports from the Field

• A top secret dossier from a year in UX, recapping lessons learnt from a year working in the industry while completing 12 side projects in 12 months.
• Result: A completed report and top secret themed website with redacted portions. Unavailable due to NDA.
• Project kickoff
• Project recap
• Status: COMPLETE