ABOUT ME

A peak into my creative workspace

Design, development, curiosity, and a lot of experimenting. This is roughly what happens when you turn my head into an interface.

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Portret van Susan Aben
Hi, ik ben Susan ♡
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Hi! My name is Susan Aben.

A creative designer & developer with a love for digital experiences that are not only beautiful, but also significant.

I prefer to be positioned exactly between design and code: imagining what something looks like, how it moves, and then figuring out how I can actually build it.

Curiosity is actually the common thread. If I find something interesting, I want to understand how it works - and usually also try to make it myself.

Currently, I am primarily working on a stronger technical foundation, better code quality, and clearly explaining the choices I make.

skills/

Design

  • UI / UX Vaardigheidsniveau: 88 procent
  • Visual design Vaardigheidsniveau: 86 procent
  • Illustration Vaardigheidsniveau: 72 procent
  • Branding Vaardigheidsniveau: 67 procent

Development

  • HTML / CSS Vaardigheidsniveau: 92 procent
  • JavaScript Vaardigheidsniveau: 73 procent
  • WordPress Vaardigheidsniveau: 58 procent
  • PHP Vaardigheidsniveau: 63 procent
  • Git Vaardigheidsniveau: 68 procent

Creative extras

  • Pixel art Vaardigheidsniveau: 78 procent
  • Interactive concepts Vaardigheidsniveau: 84 procent
  • Creative coding Vaardigheidsniveau: 63 procent

currently-learning/

Where my attention is primarily focused at the moment:

CURRENT FOCUS

Interview prep

Deepen my technical foundation and learn to explain my choices clearly.

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • JavaScript
  • Git
  • SCSS
  • Responsive
IMPROVING

Code quality & feedback

Not just writing code that works, but code that is logical, readable, and understandable to others.

  • GitHub
  • Readability
  • Structure
  • Feedback
  • Problem solving

outside-the-browser/

Diva de kat

Diva ♡

Mijn grote knuffel en creative buddy.

Opal de kat

Opal ♡

Nieuwste aanwinst en bron van chaos (en inspiratie).

Pixel art voorbeeld

Pixel art

Small worlds, big posibilities.

Illustratie voorbeeld

Illustration

Stories imagined.

Tiny games voorbeeld

Tiny games

Play, experiment and bring ideas to life.

experience/

Real-world web projects

Designing and building websites for real organizations, initiatives, and projects.

WordPress · PHP · JavaScript · CSS

Design + frontend

From visual direction and UI to responsive interfaces and interactive details.

UI/UX · visual design · responsive · motion

From brief to build

Understanding wishes, structuring, designing, building, processing feedback, and further improving.

communication · iteration · problem solving