Portfolio / 2026

FawzaanIbn Bilal

Experience Designer & Developing Web Developer

I design brand identities, interfaces, and print materials to a high standard. I'm building my development skills the same disciplined way - one real project at a time.

16

Project briefs

33

GitHub repos reviewed

4

Finished builds

7

Upcoming ideas

Brand identityEditorial layoutInterface conceptsUseful digital projects
01Point of view

Clear on what I do. Clear on what I'm learning.

A professional design standard, an open learning curve, and a deliberate way of working with both.

Every deliverable, from a logo to a flyer to an interface, should hold up in the real world, not only look good in a preview. I work toward that standard with care for clarity, structure, and finish.

My process begins with the brief, the audience, and research. I develop genuinely different routes before refining a direction, instead of slightly rearranging the same idea.

ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are useful for planning and drafting. The review, organization, final decisions, and finished work are mine.

I'm comfortable with HTML and CSS and with AI-assisted project work in React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Firebase. I am still building a stronger independent command of the fundamentals.

  1. 01

    Read the brief

    Start with the real need, audience, and definition of a useful result.

  2. 02

    Find a direction

    Research the subject and develop distinct concepts instead of shallow variations.

  3. 03

    Make the call

    Use AI for planning and drafting; keep the judgment, organization, and final decision human.

  4. 04

    Finish properly

    Refine the details until the work can hold up beyond a nice preview.

02Capabilities

Now and next are not the same thing.

Two lists, intentionally separated: the work I can speak to now and the areas I am building through real projects.

Current

What I work with

  • Graphic and AI-assisted design
  • Logo and visual-identity direction
  • Flyers, posters, invitations, and business documents
  • Web and app interface concepts
  • AI prompting and workflow planning
  • ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini as working tools
  • HTML and CSS
  • GitHub for version control and project organization
  • React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Firebase through project-based, AI-assisted work
  • Content organization and digital-product planning

In progress

What I'm building

  • JavaScript fundamentals
  • Stronger TypeScript and React skills
  • Full-stack development
  • Backend architecture
  • Databases and authentication
  • Testing and debugging
  • Deployment workflows
  • Writing more code without depending heavily on AI assistance
03Learning in practice

Build the skill, then build the next layer.

The goal is not to look experienced before I am. It is to keep choosing the next useful capability and proving it in the work.

01

Strengthen fundamentals

Build a firmer independent foundation in JavaScript, semantic HTML, CSS, and debugging.

02

Write more of the implementation

Use React and TypeScript with more understanding, gradually relying less on AI assistance for code.

03

Connect complete products

Practice authentication, data, testing, deployment, and backend architecture in the projects above.

04Project board

Finished, active, and upcoming work.

A clearer brief for the main builds, with status, stack, percentage, and four concrete points for each project.

Percentages are build-readiness estimates based on GitHub repos, local project notes, and verified work. They are not business traction, revenue, or client metrics.

Finished / Verified

Completed or substantially verifiable projects that can be discussed as working builds.

Complete100%

Portfolio Site

The public profile site that organizes the design, development, and product work into one truthful portfolio.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Vercel
  • Shows the Experience Designer positioning clearly.
  • Separates design ability from still-growing development skill.
  • Uses real project stages instead of inflated claims.
  • Live production domain is fawzib-dev.vercel.app.

GitHub: fawzaanprofile

Complete100%

MTWS Visitor Guide

A sendable visitor-guide website for the October conference with arrival, hotels, vending, activities, and map-friendly mobile pages.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Responsive maps
  • Finished as a practical static visitor resource.
  • Keeps official conference wording consistent.
  • Uses Apple and Google map links for mobile visitors.
  • Best fit for a lightweight public information site.

GitHub: mtws-dawah-

Complete100%

Pollution Hunter

A finished 2D educational browser game about cleaning Madinah, identifying pollution, and learning environmental facts.

  • Phaser 3
  • Vite
  • JavaScript
  • Local storage
  • Includes nine playable scenes and multiple game modes.
  • Stores high scores locally for replay value.
  • Uses responsive Phaser scaling for browser play.
  • Strongest finished development proof point.

GitHub: pollution-hunter

Complete95%

Paint Studio

A browser-based paint app with drawing tools, canvas controls, layers, local save, and PNG export.

  • Vite
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Canvas UI
  • Includes brush, eraser, shape, fill, text, and pan tools.
  • Supports zoom, layers, opacity, color swatches, and undo.
  • Exports artwork as PNG and saves locally.
  • A finished interactive tool, not just a landing page.

GitHub: Paint-app

Active Builds

Projects with real implementation underway, but with remaining QA, polish, or production work.

Active78%

Fawzi Designs Client Portal

A client onboarding, project tracking, file, invoice, status, and admin portal for Fawzi Designs.

  • Vite
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Firebase
  • Cloud Functions
  • Turns a client form into a structured portal flow.
  • Covers onboarding, tracking, messages, files, and invoices.
  • Uses Firebase Auth, Firestore, Storage, and Functions.
  • Needs live authenticated QA before being called production-ready.

GitHub: client-form-fawzi-designs-

In Development70%

Shared Benefits

A calm, private-first library for saving, organizing, searching, and sharing useful Islamic benefits.

  • Vite
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase
  • React Router
  • Organizes screenshots, videos, posts, documents, and notes.
  • Uses authenticated Firebase data instead of demo-only storage.
  • Includes search, upload, recommendations, and family-resource work.
  • Needs live cloud QA before public readiness claims.

GitHub: shared-benefit-

In Development55%

FourFold Notes

A personalized notes workspace for spaces, folders, notes, search, quick capture, pinned items, and AI-assisted note-title suggestions.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Firebase Auth
  • Cloud Firestore
  • Builds around four calm note spaces.
  • Supports user-owned folders, notes, search, pins, and quick capture.
  • Uses Firebase Auth and Firestore for real account data.
  • Next step is deeper polish and stronger AI organization tools.

GitHub: four-fold-notes-

In Development65%

Professional PDF Editor

A document editing app synced from v0 with PDF-focused UI, editor components, and Vercel deployment flow.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Radix UI
  • Vercel
  • Aims at practical document editing instead of a static PDF viewer.
  • Uses a component-heavy Next.js interface.
  • Good idea for students, teams, and admin document workflows.
  • Realistic scope depends on reliable PDF editing/export behavior.

GitHub: Professonal-PDF-editor-pro-

Early Development35%

Reviewllant

A mastery-based platform for academic, technology, language, and professional learning through courses, assessments, progress, and certifications.

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Firebase Admin
  • Prisma
  • PDF generation
  • Good idea for structured learning and certification paths.
  • Uses courses, assessments, dashboards, and generated documents.
  • Backend stack is more realistic for a real learning platform.
  • Needs narrower MVP scope before it can sell or scale.

GitHub: Reviewllant

Upcoming / Early

Ideas, blueprints, and early repos that still need a tighter MVP or first production pass.

Early Development18%

QuickPlate

A recipe discovery, meal-planning, shopping-list, and guided-cooking platform with a strict no-pork and no-alcohol food standard.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Prisma
  • Good idea because trust and ingredient safety are the core product.
  • Realistic MVP starts with the prohibited-ingredient filter first.
  • Standout feature: recipe safety audit trail and review queue.
  • Standout feature: pantry matching and guided cook mode.

GitHub: quickplate

Early Development30%

Draftly

A modern document editor concept for notes, documents, collaboration, organization, and AI-assisted writing.

  • JavaScript
  • Supabase
  • Vercel
  • AI tools
  • Good idea for writing, notes, and team document workflows.
  • Realistic MVP should focus on editor quality before collaboration.
  • Could stand out with clean document organization and AI drafting.
  • Needs a tighter build path before becoming a full productivity suite.

GitHub: Draftly

Planning12%

Handle One

A messaging and calling product plan with spaces, SMS/RCS direction, AI summaries, and Firebase-backed account setup.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase
  • Messaging APIs
  • Good idea because communication tools have clear daily utility.
  • Realistic MVP should start with account, contacts, spaces, and messages.
  • Voice, RCS, and carrier-level features are later-stage complexity.
  • Needs strict privacy and security planning from the first build phase.

Upcoming brief

Planned from local build steps, not a visible GitHub repo yet.

Upcoming5%

Winsland

An upcoming project placeholder that needs a clear brief before the stack, scope, and launch path can be stated honestly.

  • Brief needed
  • Likely Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Good idea cannot be judged until the audience and offer are clear.
  • Realistic first step is a one-page brief with target users and workflow.
  • Could stand out with a strong visual identity and focused core action.
  • Should stay in upcoming until there is a source brief or repository.

Upcoming brief

No GitHub repo found under the current account.

In Development65%

Ibn Baz Custom Clothing

A custom clothing storefront and thobe-builder concept with product options, request forms, and configuration handoff.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • API routes
  • Good idea because the configurator makes the clothing offer concrete.
  • Realistic MVP is a storefront plus supplier-aligned order request flow.
  • Standout feature: visual thobe builder with design-code handoff.
  • Needs production publishing and live order handling before launch.

Upcoming brief

Local build exists; no matching GitHub repo was found in this account.

Early Development20%

Umstead Explorer

A mobile park guide concept for Umstead with maps, routes, useful visitor information, admin content, and volunteering updates.

  • Expo
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • Expo Router
  • Good idea for visitors who need trails, maps, and simple park guidance.
  • Realistic MVP should start with project setup, map views, and core content.
  • Standout feature: admin blog and volunteering work updates.
  • Needs mobile QA and Expo deployment setup before public testing.

Upcoming brief

Local Expo setup exists; no matching GitHub repo was found in this account.

Early Development25%

DeenShelf

A digital Islamic bookshelf concept with organized resources, parent controls, and a spec-aligned landing page foundation.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Good idea because the resource library has a focused audience.
  • Realistic MVP should prove the browsing and organization model first.
  • Standout feature: parent controls and clean resource sections.
  • Needs repository publishing and deeper product screens after the landing page.

Upcoming brief

Local project notes exist; no matching GitHub repo was found in this account.

GitHub inventory

All repos accounted for.

Older starters and experiments stay compact here, while the strongest product work gets the detailed cards above.

fawzaanprofile

Current portfolio site.

100%
TypeScript

shared-benefit-

Private-first benefits library.

70%
TypeScript

quickplate

Recipe and meal-planning blueprint.

18%
TypeScript

client-form-fawzi-designs-

Fawzi Designs client portal.

78%
TypeScript

four-fold-notes-

Personal notes workspace.

55%
TypeScript

fawzib-dev

GitHub profile config repo.

100%
Profile

mtws-dawah-

MTWS visitor-guide record.

100%
Markdown

Paint-app

Browser paint studio.

95%
TypeScript

Reviewllant

Learning platform prototype.

35%
HTML / Node

Tea-Tree-Web

Static business website.

60%
HTML

Draftly

Document editor concept.

30%
JavaScript

pollution-hunter

Finished Phaser browser game.

100%
JavaScript

Professonal-PDF-editor-pro-

PDF editor prototype.

65%
TypeScript

fbilal-dev

Hybrid platform blueprint.

20%
TypeScript

my-next-app

Empty Next.js starter.

5%
Starter

fbilalbio

Older bio/profile site.

55%
TypeScript

v0-pixel-scope-project-

v0 prototype repo.

30%
TypeScript

studious-meme-ping-pong-game

Ping-pong game repo.

20%
Starter

Readme-

Readme/reference repo.

10%
Markdown

scratch-salafi-journey

Learning journey prototype.

20%
TypeScript

G5-Science-Exam-Study-Gud

Grade 5 science study guide.

20%
Markdown

Math-Exam-System-

Math exam system prototype.

25%
TypeScript

teatree-lawn

Tea Tree lawn site.

60%
HTML

PDF-Link-Converter-

PDF link converter concept.

35%
TypeScript

mailora-secure-inbox

Secure inbox prototype.

25%
TypeScript

swift-doc-link

Document-link tool concept.

30%
TypeScript

nova-calc-buddy-ai

AI calculator helper.

30%
TypeScript

link-seer-ranker

Link ranking prototype.

25%
TypeScript

nova-math-wizard

Math assistant concept.

30%
TypeScript

Nova-Math-

Public math app repo.

30%
TypeScript

gpt-calculator-ai

AI calculator concept.

35%
Starter

astro-sanity-starter

Astro/Sanity starter.

15%
TypeScript

Test

Empty test repository.

0%
Empty

Good idea

A project can sound strong when the audience, pain point, and workflow are clear.

Realistic idea

A project becomes realistic when the MVP is narrow enough to build and test.

Public proof

Only completed, deployed, or verified builds should be presented as finished.

05Finished build

Play can still be useful.

A finished browser game is the clearest proof point in my current development portfolio.

Complete100%

Pollution Hunter

A cleaner Madinah, one scene at a time.

A 2D educational browser game where players identify pollution, protect natural objects, complete clean-up jobs, earn points, and learn environmental facts through gameplay.

  • Phaser 3
  • Vite
  • Vanilla JavaScript

Verified features

  • Nine playable scenes
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Score and rank system
  • Pause and resume controls
  • Clean-up job mode
  • Environmental fact popups
  • Responsive browser gameplay
  • Local high-score storage
06Design work

Structure makes a design feel considered.

Strong hierarchy, deliberate spacing, readable type, aligned systems, and color used for purpose — not decoration.

01

Logo concepts and refinement

02

Flyers and posters

03

Invitations and promotional graphics

04

Brand templates

05

Business documents

06

Web and mobile interface concepts

07

AI-assisted visual assets

08

Presentation and content layout

Portfolio gallery

Only real work makes the cut.

A curated image gallery will be added as selected work is approved for public release. It will never be filled with mock clients, stock examples, or fabricated case studies.

07 / Get in touch

Let's build something useful.

I am open to design projects, beginner-friendly development opportunities, collaborations, internships, and chances to keep learning through real work.