Ayaka

Ayaka is a Framer portfolio template for creative directors, designers, and other professionals who want a dark, typographic presence. The homepage opens with the creator's name set in a tall, clean sans serif against pure black, flanked by a job title and location on one side and a copyright year on the other. Scrolling reveals a brief introduction, an experience timeline laid out as a table with role, company, description, and year, a work section with a three-column grid of portrait-oriented project thumbnails labeled with titles and dates, an awards list, a journal grid, and a contact section. The palette is black, white, and occasional accent colors pulled from project images.

The template includes pages for about, experience, work, awards, and journal. The work section connects to individual project pages through the CMS, and the journal does the same for blog posts. The project detail page shows large images, metadata like date and client name, and space for case study text. Custom cursors, sticky scrolling, and overlays add polish. A 404 page, multiple form options, and layout templates are included, suggesting the structure is reusable across pages. We like the typographic confidence and the way the experience timeline doubles as a resume without feeling stiff.

On a 390px phone, the homepage stacks cleanly. The name lockup stays readable, and the menu collapses into a button. The project grid shifts to a single column, and the overall hierarchy holds.

Ayaka works best for design-led professionals who have strong imagery and want a portfolio that feels editorial rather than decorative. The dark background demands high-contrast photos or graphics, so check that your work reads clearly on black before committing. The demo shows six projects and six journal entries, enough to understand the structure but not enough to test how the grids behave at scale.