DB Artist Portfolio

Built a bespoke portfolio platform for fine artist Deimante Bruzguliene. The system combines a high-aesthetic React frontend (using Framer Motion for cinematic transitions) with a robust Laravel backend. It features a masonry-grid gallery with lightbox support, category filtering, and an admin dashboard that allows for real-time content editing and gallery management.

The challenge

The artist needed a platform that felt as premium as her oil paintings. The challenge was to balance high-resolution imagery with fast load times, and to provide an editing experience that didn't require technical knowledge (inline editing).

How I approached it

• →Aesthetic UX: Developed a cinematic hero carousel and masonry grid using Framer Motion and Radix UI to match the artist's elegant brand.
• →Bespoke CMS: Engineered an inline-editable interface using a custom ContentProvider, allowing the artist to click and edit text or swap images directly on the live site in admin mode.
• →Headless Backend: Built a specialized Laravel API to handle gallery data, contact submissions, and secure admin authentication with isolated SMTP mailers.
• →Image Optimization: Integrated Cloudinary and Vite's asset pipeline to ensure large-scale oil painting scans load instantly without sacrificing detail.