Web Design Portfolio

Nicholas Creative Media

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Photoshop CS2, sIFR 3, Lightbox, Javascript

Summary:

Worked with Nicholas of Nicholas Creative Media to create a design that would well represent himself and his business. Currently in the development process. The largest difficulty was designing it to look similar on different browsers: Firefox, IE 6, IE 7

Colored gURL

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Photoshop CS2

Summary:

Colored gURL is a media and design business run by Mrs. Magarita Berry. This company targets an audience of primarily female minorities. Mrs. Berry primarily wanted a graphic comp. The body of work represents a comp of exactly where everything was going to be laid out. The final product was delivered and coded into xhtml. This particular layout utilized flexible widths and modular columns which pushed the traditional limits of the three column layout.

New Virtual University Web Page

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Dreamweaver 7

Summary:

I was directed to edit and format content found on the previous version of Virtual University's Website. The content was then moved to a typo3 CMS system. I had the duty of fixing any html problem or graphical problem that may occur. The graphic design and programming were done by my supervisors.

Holy MoLee Photography

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, PHP, Photoshop CS2, Smugmug.com

Summary:

Taking on a new startup, Ehren Moler and I decided to start their own photography business venture. Needing a web presence to fuel and energize clients, Chris devises a method in which would integrate their photography workflow with the help of the web. In addition, they need to boost sales by finding a convenient way to display images in a unique means in order to diverge and stand out from the other photographers.

Using a web 2.0 app, Smugmug, clients can now see their proofs instantaneously as well as recieve their digital files. In terms of design, the design

Kings Restaurant

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, PHP, sIFR, Photoshop CS2

Summary:

Kings Restaurant needed a brand new brand identity as well as web presence. I worked on a consistent usage of various design elements to bring the necessary friendly personality that they wanted to percieve to its loyal clients. With the recent expansion to Spokane, this restaurant wanted to emphasize their delicious Chinese food making simple information readily available.

The main areas of much needed improvement was information management. Using consistent typographical heirachy and lots of clean white space it gave King's Restaurant that necessary spice element. Using Mike Davidson's sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement), it makes it a simple solution to typography and the web.

msupaphi.com

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Photoshop CS

MySottovoce.net

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, PHP, Photoshop

Pi Alpha Phi - UCSC

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Photoshop CS

Qltd.com Rebuild

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Photoshop, Javascript , sIFR

Summary:

While interning for Q Ltd. in the summer of 2004, they wanted me to take the initiative to update and document a newer semantical version of the Q Ltd. website. The result utilized new emerging techniques applied by semantical gurus of Alistapart.com. Every element and detail of the website had to remain the same.

Aspire

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Photoshop CS,

The Summer Formal

Tools Used:

XHTML/CSS, Photoshop CS

Summary:

As one of my third paid freelance projects, this is one that was for a friend's band. This local and at the time burgeoning East Lansing band wanted a hip and edgy feel to it as well as utilizing graphical elements to convey its band name and identity. Use of graphical elements showing movement and repetition of figures give that visual punch; combined with a style of antiquity that the band so desired.

In terms of the process, this design utilized quick and dirty i-frames to allow modular pages.