
Freelance web designer/developer, illustrator, animator
Greater Philadelphia Area

Freelance web designer/developer, illustrator, animator
Greater Philadelphia Area
This is the hardest part! I do too many different kinds of things to easily sum up my objectives, work-wise. I suppose I should just cover all bases and say my objective is to take part in super-exciting and challenging projects, in any and all of my fields of expertise: web design and development, illustration, Flash animation, pixel art, character design, video game design, graphic design, etc. If it involves art and computers and creativity, I'm all over it.
Web design, Extensive knowledge of html and css, Information architecture, Web usability, asp and php (basic front-end stuff; server-side includes, etc.), Javascript (basic knowledge; rollovers, pop-ups, etc.), Rudimentary knowledge of vb script, jsp, etc.; SEO (search engine optimization), Proficient with Windows and Mac OS, Seven years' experience creating websites in the healthcare industry, Illustration (freehand and digital), Flash animation, Pixel art, Graphic/print design, Photo editing
(Internet industry)
February 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Web stuff: Designed graphical website interfaces, wrote html code and basic asp, javascript, jsp, and php; designed the information architecture of various sites, created Flash animations, performed regular maintenance and updates on sites, learned new software applications on the fly,
Illustration stuff: Created illustrations for various publications and websites, illustrated comics for various professional and personal projects, designed characters for video games and websites, etc.
(Public Company; Internet industry)
February 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Designed graphical website interfaces, wrote html code and basic asp, javascript, jsp, and php; created Flash animations and Flash video presentations, performed regular maintenance and updates on sites, learned new software applications on the fly, etc.
(Internet industry)
June 2000 — February 2005 (4 years 9 months)
Designed graphical website interfaces, wrote html code and basic asp, javascript, jsp, and php; designed the information architecture of various sites, created Flash animations, performed regular maintenance and updates on sites, learned new software applications on the fly, co-founded an HCI Taskforce, acted as client contact for some projects, mentored other web developers, etc.
(Internet industry)
May 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Designed graphical website interfaces, wrote html code, created Flash animations, designed logos, etc.
(Internet industry)
February 1997 — May 1999 (2 years 4 months)
Designed graphical website interfaces, wrote html code, created Flash animations, designed and illustrated mascot characters, etc.
I've had no formal education beyond highschool. I'm completely self-taught in all of my skillsets, and I've been a professional web designer/developer and illustrator for ten years. I'm still learning new stuff all the time.
web design and development, information architecture, SEO, Flash animation, illustration, comic book illustration, pixel art, video game design, Paris, Philadelphia, travel, animation, ghost stories, urban legends, mythology, folklore, French, hiking, running, camping, cello, banjo, guitar, piercings, tattoos, body modification, glam, Halloween, monsters, dinosaurs, sushi, chocolate, evolutionary biology, archeology, egyptology, horror movies, conspiracy theory, cryptozoology, human oddities, roadside attractions, self-publishing, serial killers, teratology, the mütter museum, unexplained phenomena, swearing