Background
Web Design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.
Client: MyTc
This is a coupon company focused on the Minneapolis, Twin Cities area. I analyzed the clients needs and wants while keeping usability standards in mind. I kept the design simple while focusing on the end user experience.
- Description: The general approach to this project was to make it easily update able by the client. By developing in Wordpress I kept the clients needs a primary focus. This was an exciting project for us to do, we were able to implement many of our new plug-ins and custom code to make this site fully functional for the client.
- Skills: Wordpress, HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, MYSQL.
- Website: www.mytcblog.com
Client: Joe Stephens
This is my portfolio site that I completed for graduation. I kept usability standards in mind, while allowing for some great tasteful effects.
- Description: The general approach to this project was to be clean and well planned out code. By developing standard coding practices, this project will be much easier to add additional features and reuse in the future. W3C validation is required.
- Skills: HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, MYSQL.
- Website: www.joeryanstephens.com
Client: Soul-Rockets
This is a blog site I made for me and my biker friends to post pictures, talk about riding and the events we go on. Minneapolis has many motorcycle enthusiasts and I wanted to document all of our experiences.
- Description: The general approach to this project was a clean and well planned Wordpress blog with a few custom plug-ins. I developed a custom log-in page and several tricky template enhancements.
- Skills: Wordpress, HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, MYSQL.
- Website: www.soul-rockets.com
Client: Dj Thrilom
This is my DJ Site that I created for clients to book me for events they have. I used Wordpress and many customized plug-ins to post and keep track of my downloads of my mixes.
- Description: By using Wordpress I was able to do many template enhancements and develop a few plug-ins that gave me multiple audio players and other key features that I was looking for in this site.
- Skills: HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, MYSQL.
- Website: www.thrilom.com
Client: Tracie Bea Photography
This is a site I helped out on for an online friend who needed help getting Wordpress going. After a my attempts she is now able to run and operate her own site entirely with minor support from me.
- Description: By using Wordpress I was able to do many template enhancements and developed a few interesting plug-ins that gave her a lot of control in her admin area.
- Skills: HTML, CSS, PHP, MYSQL.
- Website: www.traciebeaphotographie.com
Print design is 2-dimensional, with much attention paid to layout. It is obviously possible for the reader to turn the page, but substantial interplay between different spreads is rare. Typically, each view is a design unit created for a fixed size canvas - often a big canvas when designing newspapers or posters.
Client: Energy Caf
This is a logo and package design I did for a client going into the energy drink business. The target audience is any where from 16 to 88 years of age and all racing fans alike.
- Description: The general approach to this project was to produce a clean and sharpe logo. The logo had to look great at multiple sizes for the 2 oz bottle to a 3' x 5' banner.
- Skills: Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Download: energycaf.pdf
Client: Joe Stephens
This is my customized motorcycle tank pad I created to be printed on a tank pad. It looks great and have had many compliments on it. I plan to do several of these in the future.
- Description: The general approach to this project was to be creative and give my bike an overall theme for the next paint job, which I will be doing this winter. It will be Cadillac white, red and black.
- Skills: Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Download: tankpad.pdf
Client: Envy
This is my favorite flyer design I did for Envy night club. I love to create flyers for events it allows me to try new things and be creative. I also tend to impress the clients I do these for because of the time I take to make them one of a kind.
- Description: The general approach to this project was to keep it clean but to intice people to come to our night. We also wanted to get the attention of the people at Envy for future work.
- Skills: Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Download: indulgence.pdf
Logo's
Logo design identifies a company or product via the use of a mark, flag, symbol or signature. A logo does not sell the company directly nor rarely does it describe a business. Logo’s derive their meaning from the quality of the thing it symbolises, not the other way around.
Client: Pet Accolades
The general approach to this project was to go with an easily recognizable image that could be reproduced at many different sizes. The main goal was to get the fact that it is associated with service animals.
- Description: I started off drawing many ideas from paw prints to a blue cross blue shield cross to more elaborate concepts. When the client saw the shield concept I did she was very pleased and wanted me to finalize the idea and I came up with this.
- Skills: Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Website: petaccolades.org
Client: Mix Beat Productions
The general approach to this project was to go with a noticeable theme of a blender and have it be a clean eye catching logo that will be associated with Mix Beat.
- Description: I started off drawing the overall look of the blender and getting approval of that before starting the typography and adding the record to the logo.
- Skills: Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Download: mixbeat.pdf
Client: Sub Sonic Sound
The general approach to this project was to work with the owner and come up with a simple and fast logo creation that had to be done and ready for print in just one day.
- Description: This was a team project with the company because I had the owner send me some ideas and I found a set of brushes that I manipulated into exactly what he was looking for and it was done.
- Skills: Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Download: subsonic.pdf
Client: Joe Stephens
The general approach to this project was to go with a simple minimal but still make it noticible. I choose a Pheonix because of the strength behind the mythical creature and for what it means to me.
- Description: I began by freehanding many types of birds until I stumbled upon a great idea of keeping it minimal and kind of techy (if you will) I then developed the rest in Illustrator for my finished piece.
- Skills: Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Download: joeslogo.pdf
Inspiration
Recommended Reading
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Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition)
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