So, I think I am satisfied with how this website is starting to look. It was actually a wordpress theme that I gutted out and spent hours trying to figure out how custom page templates worked. I have never worked with php files before so it was definitely a good learning experience. I just wonder if I would have to change it all over again if and when I decide to change the theme?

Well for now I want to keep it, but if I run into a lot of websites using the same theme I would probably change it. The hardest part was to get the simpleviewer to work for my portfolio. I am so happy that I got it! Google is your friend when you know nothing haha.