You might have noticed I like simplicity, I don't have a "flashy site", I like things simple, it's easier on the eyes. Of course, I can do LOUD if I need to it's your call, after all it's your website. I have a couple of corny slogans I came up with "From your mind to On-Line" and "From your head to the Web".
Told you they were corny but it's really what I do. I like to think of it as a cooperation between you and me, you have a vision, what you want or would like your website to look like, and I help you bring that vision to the world using a little design and technical skills to make that happen.
Below are a couple of samples to highlight the "cooperative" approach to my work.
Soup Kitchen, Inc.Working on this site gave me the opportunity to work with Leslie Hinton, an amazing talented artist and designer; together we collaborated to bring Jamie Klein's vision of "Feeding the World, Two Cups at a Time" to the world.
Heart-Centered ProgramsThis is my wife's, Ellen, website; it really tested our relationship... But seriously, this was a labor of love, she had found this image template that she wanted for the site's background image and she was very clear about it.
The following are at various stages of production. In this stage of the design process some websites may already be live; this is entirely at the client's discretion. If the site is live, the link will take you to it. Otherwise, with the client's permission, I have provided local links, within my website. Some of these samples are projects that I've worked on and or experimented with and were just for fun.
Shadowland Foundation, Inc.live
Femme Fauxtaleslocal link
Simple Web Designslocal link
Take/13 Productionslocal link
The Parents Playhouselocal link
These were used for presentations but they can also be used as website interfaces.
There are SFX's with these samples, you may need to adjust the volume of your speakers.
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Film & Video
Image example of flash content, Film & Video. Clicking on the Text 'Dad' would animate the film strip and start the projector's sound effect. As the film strip rolled it would expand and turn to straighten itself out vertically, it would then stop rolling as one of the film strip's cells becomes the content window; the sound effect would then fade out.
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Polar Ice
image example of Flash content, Polar Ice. Clicking on the big round blue button would animate the link and begin its sound effects. The button would split in half, left and right, and disappear into the ground as a siren heralds the event. A Spaceship (flying saucer) would then rise from the silo and take off, up and across, towards the top right of the screen, with a buzzing and a humming and a swoosh. When it flies off screen a small object would appear at the same location which would then grow, zoom out towards us, becoming a contact form that would take up most of the screen. The form has three input fields and a Submit and Reset button. The form begins to self populate the fields as if an unseen someone was typing; begin typewriter SFX. While this is happening the Spaceship, in the background, returns to its silo. When the form has been filled in a pointer clicks on the Submit button, the form tells you that your message was sent and a 'Close Window' button appears which the pointer clicks on closing the form. The Spaceship then descends into the silo and the blue button rises and closes up.
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Spatial Encounter
Image example of Flash content, Spatial Encounter. Roll your mouse pointer over the top horizontal oval object. By clicking it you start the animation and SFX. A laser beam shoots down, on a slight right angle, creating a flash when it hits the ground that expands horizontally. From the center of the flash emerges an object which will expand and grow to become the content window. When fully opened on the top left will be a small oval and to the lower right a 'Close Window' button.
