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Comparing your work to better work than your own is a very important part of becoming a better designer or developer. But, often, instead of being positive and comparing ourselves in a way that would help us improve, we get demotivated and upset at how much better someone else's work is. All of this is amplified on websites like Awwwards, where you see the flashiest websites the internet has to offer, whose whole purpose is to look awesome.
Well, you really shouldn't compare your work to those websites. They exist in a vacuum - they don't care about solving real issues, such as how to get users to convert, how to make the website easy to use or even how to make it rank high in search engines. Often, work featured on these portfolio websites is work done with the explicit purpose of looking great in a portfolio. Or it is a portfolio. Either way, it's likely not created for a real client.
And if it is, it's very likely it's a brochure website, which is strictly informative, or a website that only features a single product or service. Complex functionalities don't mix well with flashy animations and a bad user experience. And the user experience is bad on most of those websites, even though they are very impressive. They load slow, they work slow, they often make scrolling feel much less intuitive and they are difficult to navigate.
None of which you want when working on web design projects for your clients. Your clients care about results, which means so should you. Awwwards should inspire you, but you shouldn't try to copy the animation heavy style most of the websites featured there share. It is just not practical. And you definitely should not let it define the quality of your own work.
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[@elondesignske]

Great insights. I thank God I found this channel. Keep them coming sir.

[@Reialesa]

That's incredibly kind of you, I appreciate it. Thank you for your support! 🙏

[@cacomartin]

guy! you are so smart! i’m happy to be a new follower

[@Reialesa]

And I'm really happy to have you as a follower! Thank you very much, I appreciate it. 🙌🙏

[@jairmarin]

Thanks for keeping it real! How often do you design a website with a set of information, and when it's ready to develop the code, everything will have to change? Your points are spot on, and I would love to do some, or all, of those animations, but it's just not practical at all.

[@Reialesa]

You're completely right! Clients sometimes change their mind even in the middle of development. And making cool stuff just for the sake of making cool stuff is much easier than trying to make bad content look cool. And now that you mentioned practicality, how many of these websites completely neglect the performance and the user experience on mobile phones? I'm very glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for your support! 🙌

[@gloriartsy]

I lost it at the chickens 🤣🐤

[@Reialesa]

Yeah, that caught me by surprise as well! 🤣🐣

[@CrimsonSlayer7]

Id love to learn some of these just to know how; and see where those skills may be applied. Emphasis on may

[@Reialesa]

I agree! Knowing how to build such complex websites is an incredible skill. Very valuable as well. And using some effects, especially effects as advanced as these, can really bring a website to life and make it stand out, positively, that much more. The key is not letting effects and animations take precedence over the content and user experience.

[@mrdoob]

I'm obviously biased, but I don't think this is good advice.