About Me
My name is Erika Volodko and I am a versatile computing professional.
I'm Erika Volodko, a versatile computing professional and freelance designer with a wide range of skills. From delivering engaging lectures on web development to coordinating projects and working as a UX/UI Frontend Developer in the Medical Sector, I've also explored graphic design and web development for beauty salons and QA game testing. With experience in various roles and a passion for design, I'm ready to bring a fresh perspective and creative flair to your projects. Let's collaborate and make something extraordinary!
Things I enjoy
So many things to see and to learn...
A nice cup of tea to relax the mind.
Solving puzzles and learning.
Drawing, arts and crafts and all creative.
Capturing the beauty all around.
Projects
Web Design
Some examples of my web development and design work.
Total Solutions
Complete website redesign and management. Project had to be completed on a tight schedule. Added custom code that allows to add large amounts of jobs that automatically reformat.
South Dublin Music
Website design on a freelance contract basis for South Dublin Music School.
Beauty One
Website redesign for Beauty One luxury beauty salon. All website graphics designed in Canva specifically for this project.
The Hair Shop UK
Website redesign for The Hair Shop UK e-commerce store based in England. There were two parts to this project, the online shop as well as a single page salon page.
Kopper Hair Salon
Website design for an Irish hair salon. All website graphics designed in Canva specifically for this project.
The Hair Box
Website redesign for The Hairbox salon that were looking for a classic black and white look. All website graphics designed in Canva specifically for this project.
AKB Aesthetics
Website redesign for AKB Aesthetics services based in England. All website graphics designed in Canva specifically for this project.
Vibe Hair Salon
Website design for Vibe Hair Salon new website using Canva made assets that are consistent with the company's branding.
DermView
A complete redesign of the DermView website with Wix builder. All graphics were custom-made for this project.
Dorset College Dublin
Collaboration with Dorset College in re-designing and updating their official website.
Niji
Website design for an online "kawaii" item shop. All website graphics designed in Canva specifically for this project.
UI Design
UI high-fidelity wireframes.
Davey Davey
Davey Davey is a high end boutique salon based in Dublin. They have requested for a complete re-design of their website for which two designs were made and sent out to them. During the client call, they have specified that the design has to be unique and follow their premium black and gold colour scheme. The first design follows a more sleek and modern design while the second is slightly more standard in it’s layout.
Software: Figma
Beauty One
Beauty One is a luxury beauty salon. Before the salon opened their premises, they requested a design for their new website without providing much information on the prices nor information about the salon. There were two designs made for the client. From these designs, the client decided to have them both mixed together during the development stage.
Software: Figma
Kopper Hair Salon
Kopper Hair Salon was an interesting project to work on as the owner is actually an Irish influencer that documented the overall process. As an influencer, the owner wanted a more “quirky” look to the design that reflects the easy going atmosphere of the salon. As a large profile client, there were three designs made for the possible look of the website with neon pink colour prominent across the design.
Software: Figma
Dublin Bus
As a course assignment for Fundamentals of User Experience Design class, the task was to improve an existing product’s user experience. For this purpose, the Dublin Bus website was chosen due to it’s outdated design and extremely difficult usage. A more modern approach was implemented with a new and sleek design. Influences were taken from different sources for competitor companies during the research stages.
Software: Figma
Game Design
Personal game development projects.
When Night Comes
As a final year undergraduate project, I developed When Night Comes which is an original concept game created using the Unity Game engine. The game investigates four different Artificial Intelligence scripting techniques including Machine Learning, Finite State Machine, Behaviour Tree and the NavMesh component provided by the Unity game engine.
Software: Unity 3D
Tyler's Quest
Small browser game developed with Phaser 2D game framework. Development written in Javascript. Phaser uses both a Canvas and WebGL renderer internally and can automatically swap between them based on browser support.
Software: Phaser Framework
The Descent
I worked on the The Descent alongside another programmer Mindaugas Navickas for my third year undergraduate project. It is a narrative driven, interactive game. The game was developed using the JavaScript and C# scripting language inside the Unity games-engine. The 3D environment and models were built sourced from different in-engine assets or were custom-made in Adobe Photoshop.
Software: Unity 3D
The Wonderer
Worked on a small WebGL project. The project is low poly and all of the level design is done by placing each object manually. Developed in Unity using C# and the AI uses Behavior Trees to animate and move across the level.
Software: Unity 3D