Working on Portfolio

One of the hardest part for working on my portfolio is making decisions on exactly what I want and what I like!  I like so many things.  I like colour, but I have a tendency to pick things that have too many colours and things get distracting.  If I had my way, I think I'd pick colours tha a thirteen year old would pick until I'm a very old woman.  However, I might like those colours, but they don't say what I want them to say.  I want to be thought of as bright and fun and has a great personality, not someone that's thirteen.  I have to remember that even though I think colours could say one thing, they also could be saying another thing. I have to think about it from all angles.  Red can mean passion, but it also can mean death or anger from another perspective.  Changing what colours are against each other also changes what they say. Also, the amount of a certain colour and how it's positioned in the site changes how they are percieved.  It's one of those things that take time, and often asking others what it says to them helps quite a lot.  A website is something that's becomes very personal, and what it presents can change how people look at you and your work.  I know that's important, but I never fully realised how much thinking and changing and looking all this takes.  Sometimes it's just a bit of a shade change, and other times the whole colour itself needs to go.  It's one of those things that one needs to just sit and take the time to do.  Sometime have a beer and come back to it later.  Eventually, the right thing will come up.