A 10/10 portfolio page of a young designer

Like, it's quite nice looking, and the design is clean. But I wish there were something on the page that made me say "oh ...how did he do that?" It could be something very subtle in the white background, or it could be some small game in one of the blog link / grid positions. The positions make for very dense reading, and are named in very technical ways. Which is okay, but some excitement and levity is what is called for.

As a veteran web designer since 1996 until now: I think the photo at top is very powerful, actually rather brilliant, and it is one thing I have never seen before as a personal website header. It's fresh, it projects a lot of confidence and personality, and that is 99% of your sales pitch.