About Me: I am a Web Designer, Web Developer, Graphic Designer, Musician, and a little bit of an Illustrator based right here in the Chicagoland area. I have 8 years of experience in Web Design and Development, and I specialize in Front-end Development, User Interface/Experience and Server side Development. Currently I am a consultant for Analysts in Motion working at Sears Holding Corporation as a Front-End Developer in Promotions on Sears.com and Kmart.com websites.
Available for Freelancing Opportunities.
I design on my old Powerbook in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, code and develop using TextMate on my MAC, Webuilder on a PC or Adobe Dreamweaver if I can't use the later, and hand coding in HTML/XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, and MySQL on a Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP stack (LAMP).
Here are some cool links that keeps me in tune with all of the new out there in the design world and some links that keeps me sane while I'm sitting in front of my laptop.
I absolutely love this site! It is the perfect mix of inspiration of graphic design, illustration, and development. All pack into this ever populated information site. One of the first to read on my news reader, every day if I get a chance.
The Cornucopia of inspiration, design, tutorials, you name it, it's here!!! Anytime I am at a design standpoint, this is the first place I come to. Soon afterwards, I am overcome with ideas! :)
This is a good site to check out. Almost like the right hand man to a developer. Tons of stuff to check out. Take notes, because you going to learn a ton. I just hope your brain is ready for the bombardment of information.
It is true when they say "Music sooths the savage beast", that may be true. I know it successfully keeps me sand and motivated, all at the same time! Currently, a lot of old school tunes makes me smile :). My tastes, it depends on the day. Check out my Profile on last and tell me what you think.
This project is a full redesign of the existing company's store site. I designed the graphics and look in Adobe Photoshop and developed this project in using a combination of XHTML/CSS 1-3, JavaScript using the JQuery library, PHP, and MySQL
Because of my departure from the company, it did not make it to a final live stage. For display purposes, I have upload it to my portfolio site.
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This site's mission is to inform the consumer about the facts of buying a new bed. No matter what size the consumers are shopping for, there is a lot to know before you step into a showroom floor.
This Informational site was designed in Adobe Photoshop and developed using XHTML/CSS 1-3, and Javascript with the JQuery library.
This project is a mock up of a potential online e-commerce store the Bedding Experts were interested in constructing. The design was made in Adobe Photoshop with heavy photo editing of the main picture.
The existing image was about half the size in width, stopping just to the left of the lamp towards the left side of the image. To make the image usable in a front page welcom picture, I reconstructed the rest of the wall and floor with all shadows and lighting effects from natural light in the room. This way the image is usable for sales pitches and advertisements because if the additional white space.
This site was mad to commemorate our wedding, and to give our guests information about the wedding, hotel information, RSVP, and check out pictures before and after the wedding.
Designed in Adobe Illustrator and constructed in to a one page JavaScript motivated web page using AJAX and PHP server-side scripting for the pictures of the wedding. I used Komodo Edit text editor to construct the code and scripting for this project.
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Promotional site for this promising author about some of her trials and tribulations in relationships. It's all about finding the one with the right fit with all situations.
Her site was designed in Adobe Illustrator and constructed using XHTML/CSS in Strict and Transistional standards, and PHP scripting for contact me and sharing stories pages. Komono Edit text editor was used to construct all code and scripts using this this project.
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This was a new logo for a fix and repair company focused towards purcussive instruments. From any old drum set to orcastrative instrument that were gems at one time, Grant Nebergall will fix them back to factory specifications. Anything from physical, cosmetic to machanical problems can be tended to.
Logo was constructed on Adobe Photoshop and his new website is currently being constructed around the design of this logo.
This logo was to introduce a very green outlook to a very familiar product. Imagine a bed that is about 90 percent green! From the 95 percent recycled coil system, to the skin of the bed made out of 100 percent bamboo fibers, it is a very green product that only available from the bedding experts.
The logo design was made in Adobe Illustrator and was adapted for print, and labels on each and every bed sold.