About me
I've been interested in art as far back as I can remember. All the way through school I spent most of my time drawing whatever was in my head and happens still, although my interests have developed since those simple days so my time is shared amongst other activites.
Design
My interest in Graphic and Web design sprouted only recently in the last couple of years. I've always enjoyed looking at things, packaging, magazines, billboards etc, and trying to explain why I like a particular design. It was always very basic judgements about colour and layout but through reading books and blogs, I have a greater understanding of the intricacies of design. Learning about hierarchy, typography, grid layout etc, came quite easy to me, but I still have much to explore and learn. Although I'm new to offline design, I have the knowledge to succeed and won't stop until I do.
My style is definitely in constant state of evolution, but I love mixing material and handmade objects with digital. When done right, the effect can be very beautiful. I've put this into practice with my own site design and also on other projects. You can see my completed work on my portfolio page.
Web development
I've been working on the web now for almost 5 years. I got my break by chance in the local pub when I met the CEO of my company. I got a job initially doing general work around the office and never really did much work relating to producing websites, however, during the time period I worked, I caught the bug and began learning HTML. Back in those days I wasn't aware of the existence of people like Jeffrey Zeldman or Andy Clarke, so my coding was extremely bad by todays standards.
Thankfully, I caught on pretty early about this stuff called Web Standards and CSS and started to immerse myself in this constantly changing world of learning. I found it very easy to learn and write CSS and before I knew it I was providing most of the front end code for some major clients
I constantly strive to improve my skills and knowledge to make the work I do on the web as clean and simple as possible. I can design with the web in mind and have developed my skills to the point where I can now drum up basic, flexible layouts in a very short amount of time.
