Ask HN: Idea critique required.

First off, it's wrong to call this a "startup" because thats not what I want this to become.

Im starting a small scale service, to help me understand design better. It's one of those things, "You don't understand what hypothermia is until you're actually facing it" (Reference from the movie The Guardian)

It's essentially a design/code service. I make custom-designed portfolio's and landing pages.

So here's how its supposed to run: People can sign up, and enter their name, email, age, occupation, and a 100-word description of themselves. Then, I select the one that seems most interesting, and design a portfolio/landing page for that person. I design it, and code it. So yea, Invite-only.

This is not free. Neither is it too costly, because making money isn't my motive. The price can be anywhere between $20 to $40 for each portfolio (including the coding)

Is this the best way to go about learning how design works? I'm looking for something small scale and not too flamboyant.

Shoot me an email with your opinion here: mail at arsalanbashir dot com.

Thanks, cheers!