Making Something I'm Finally Proud Of

I've been working on my neocities website for a long, long time. I've tinkered with that damn site longer than this blog has even existed. I've had probably 5 different redesigns, ranging from a really basic site to look like the 90s, to a site that had an art direction I lacked the skill to keep up with. This whole time, I've been trying to find something that says "me". Something that actually feels like a big part of my identity. My last design was kinda neat, but I wasn't super passionate about it and the art direction was something I had no chance of keeping up. So I went to work. Well, I've finally did it! My site finally feels like an actual showcase of who I am and what I enjoy. You may be looking at this site and might be wondering what is up with this design? My last design was kinda minimalist, and took heavy inspiration from the Sly Cooper series. This design is... something else. For some it may look familiar, especially if you grew up in gaming circles in the 2000s. I…