Briana Leigh Studio (@brianaleighstudio)

if you’ve ever stared at your homepage wondering how you’re supposed to fit all of you into one screen… this is for you ✧ I wrote a gentle guide on one of the most important (and misunderstood) parts of a website: the above-the-fold section. the full article is now live in The Studio Library 🤍…

How I designed a complete Shopify website for a fictional ceramic studio ✦ Moth & Vessel began with fog, willow branches, moth wings, weathered stone, and one question: How can an online shop feel like an imagined world without becoming difficult to browse? I created four ceramic collections…

a hand-coded interactive website for the strange little worlds I’m building online ✦ this is the Experiences page on my studio website, designed and developed from scratch as a home for future interactive stories, games, and digital worlds meant to be explored. The Pine Hollow Files, my upcoming…

𖦹 designing a Y2K medieval Framer portfolio website, one little spell at a time after stepping away for a couple of weeks, I came back to the hero with a clearer vision: a softer glowing image, floating foil moons and stars, and a looped sparkle effect that makes the whole hero section feel much…

𖦹 starting a requested y2k medieval portfolio website template in framer this one is inspired by manuscripts, medieval fairytales, storybook castles, gold accents, floral borders, and a little early-2000s fantasy magic part 1 is the pinterest concept board, canva moodboard, font direction, color…

single-page portfolios are so underrated because when they’re structured well, they feel less like a compressed website and more like a tiny guided world for your work. not every creator portfolio needs five separate pages, a complicated menu, or a dramatic amount of scrolling. sometimes your…

for anyone whose portfolio has been sitting unfinished because it doesn’t feel like them yet 🤍 this is a woodland-inspired Canva portfolio website template made for creatives, freelancers, students, and multi-passionate people who want a portfolio that feels personal, polished, and fun. save this…

𖦹 final part of the woodland-inspired framer portfolio website template today I finished the offers section, testimonials, process, free resource, newsletter, FAQ, contact section, footer, and published the full site this one was all about making a portfolio feel whimsical and atmospheric, but…

𖦹 building a woodland-inspired portfolio website template in framer this part is all about turning the moodboard into real responsive website sections: hero design, trust signals, start here cards, featured work, and an about section with copy-readiness already built in I wanted this portfolio to…

building my brand direction for Briana Leigh Studio ✧ as a multi-passionate creator, I don’t want my main brand to compete with the offers, digital products, and interactive builds I’m creating. so today’s digital studio diary is about creating a brand kit that feels cohesive, neutral, flexible…

𖦹 building a whimsical woodland-inspired portfolio website in framer this week starting with the concept board, moodboard, color palette, fonts, and rough homepage structure before designing the actual sections this one is for creatives who want a website that feels atmospheric and personal, but…

There’s nothing like turning a moodboard into a product to make you realize your taste can become an asset. The siren-inspired Canva portfolio template is officially live 🐚 Made for creators, freelancers, and multi-passionate people who want a creative portfolio that feels polished, personal, and…

building my creative business from scratch means figuring out the boring-but-important setup too 👩🏻‍💻 today’s digital studio diary: choosing between using my legal name, filing a DBA / fictitious name, or starting an LLC for Briana Leigh Studio. not legal advice, just documenting the real steps of…

first design live and complete 🐚🤍 a siren-inspired Canva portfolio template for creators who want their website to feel soft, polished, and personal. ✧ link in bio ✧ shop.brianaleighstudio.com #canvawebsite #portfoliotemplate #creativeportfolio #websitetemplate #brianaleighstudio

The siren-inspired Canva portfolio is officially live 🐚 Day 3 of turning a moodboard into an actual usable website template, and today I finished the shop, services, contact section, final details, links, buttons, metadata, favicon, and domain. I made this for creators, freelancers, and…

Your homepage should not make people solve a puzzle ✧ Before someone scrolls, they should understand three things: ✧ Who you are ✧ What you do ✧ Why they should keep looking Aesthetic matters, but clarity is what makes someone stay. If you want a simple homepage checklist for what to put above…

Welcome to Digital Studio Diaries: the series where I build Briana Leigh Studio from scratch and show you the parts that usually get skipped. The naming, offers, domains, website platforms, content pillars, SEO basics, digital products, async systems, and everything I’m learning while building a…

A pretty website can get attention, but the copy is what makes people stay 🐚 Day 2 of turning a siren-inspired moodboard into an actual usable portfolio, and today I focused on the two sections that carry the first impression: the hero section and the about section. Because if someone lands on…

your website platform is where your site actually gets built and managed 👩🏻‍💻 wix / squarespace = beginner-friendly business websites canva = simple landing pages + quick visual templates framer = modern, design-focused websites shopify = online stores custom code = fully custom ideas…

day 1 of turning ideas into actual websites 🐚 starting my new signature series where every week, I design a new portfolio website in a completely different style. first up: siren inspired. today was all about the moodboard, brand direction, colors, fonts, textures, and rough section plan before…

domains are not as scary as they look (I promise) ✧ a domain is basically your website’s address, not the website itself. so if you’ve ever felt confused about buying a domain, connecting it to a site, or why your website builder gives you a weird default link first, this is the breakdown: domain…

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I’m building a murder mystery site (from scratch), and you’re coming with me 🕵🏻‍♀️ Hey everyone, it’s been a minute! Life unfortunately got in the way of this passion project so I apologize for the delay. For those of you who are still here and interested in this murder mystery site, thank you so…

save so you can come back to this later 🤍 #digitalproduct #webdesign #templates #sucess #pinterestaesthetic

✧ trusting the algorithm ✧

I’ve always loved dark academic, manuscript-inspired designs. Being able to make what I love come true in web design feels like a dream. I made this Canva portfolio website for anyone like me, who wants their online presence to feel memorable, whimsical, and impossible to mistake for anyone…

made with @Canva 🤍

for the digital creatives with 10+ interests and no idea how to fit them into one portfolio 💿 made this playful @Canva portfolio template for creators, students, freelancers, UGC beginners, and digital creatives who want an online presence that feels personal, yet professional at the same time. ✧…

I’m building a murder mystery site, and you’re coming with me 🕵🏻‍♀️ Today we created a fully-functioning case folder, and implemented our encrypted police database (password locked) 🔍 In Part 4, we’ll style and add all the evidence pieces to the scenes. Then we’ll make custom run scenarios for the…