feat: added hero section to homepage

app/page.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+ import HeroSection from "@/components/HeroSection";
 export default function Home() {
   return (
     <main className="flex min-h-screen flex-col items-center justify-between p-24 text-text-primary">
       {/* START OF THE HOME SECTION */}
       <section id="home" className="min-h-screen w-full flex flex-col items-center">
         {/* Home code goes here */}
         <h2>Home</h2>
+        <HeroSection />
+        {/* HeroSection code goes here */}
       </section>
 
       {/* START OF THE ABOUT SECTION */}

components/HeroSection.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { FaInstagram, FaLinkedin, FaDiscord } from "react-icons/fa";
+
+export default function HeroSection() {
+  return (
+    <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-8 items-center p-8 md:p-16 bg-black text-white w-full min-h-screen">
+
+      {/* Left Column: Heading, Subheading, Button, and Icons */}
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-6 max-w-xl">
+        <h1 className="text-4xl md:text-6xl font-extrabold tracking-tight">
+          Graphics Programming Knights
+        </h1>
+        <p className="text-lg md:text-xl text-gray-400">
+          University of Central Florida&apos;s Computer Graphics RSO
+        </p>
+
+        {/* Button and Icons Row */}
+        <div className="flex flex-row items-center gap-5 mt-2">
+          <a 
+            href="https://discord.gg/XwDHkT3fRa" 
+            target="_blank" 
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            className="flex items-center gap-2 bg-purple-600 hover:bg-purple-700 px-6 py-3 rounded-full text-white font-medium transition-colors"
+          >
+            Join Us
+            <FaDiscord size={20} />
+          </a>
+
+          {/* Icons Row */}
+          <div className="flex flex-row items-center gap-4 text-gray-400">
+            <a 
+              href="https://www.instagram.com/gpknights_" 
+              target="_blank" 
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              className="hover:text-white transition-colors"
+            >
+              <FaInstagram className="w-6 h-6" />
+            </a>
+            <a 
+              href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/graphic-programming-knights/" 
+              target="_blank" 
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              className="hover:text-white transition-colors"
+            >
+              <FaLinkedin className="w-6 h-6" />
+            </a>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Right Column: Placeholder for ASCII render */}
+      <div className="flex justify-center items-center w-full h-full min-h-[screen-size]">
+        {/* ASCII render goes here -- see T6 */}
+        <span className="text-gray-600 italic">[ASCII Render Placeholder]</span>
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+  );
+}