I have been designing and building websites since 2000, and I’ve been continually updating my skills throughout that time. I build primarily with HTML and CSS and ensure every site I make is compatible across all the major browsers and visible on iDevices. I use jQuery and CSS3 when appropriate to achieve Flash-like effects in a mobile-friendly, forward-compatible way.

For my complete professional history and resumé, please visit my LinkedIn page.

FreeVegasClubPasses.com

I recently had the pleasure of designing a custom theme for a local Las Vegas nightclub promoter. The site contained a massive database of information about various clubs, services, and local information, but the information was poorly organized for visitors and difficult to maintain and update. I was able to not only update the look of the site, but also to prioritize the information and utilize the unique back-end strengths of WordPress for content organization and logical, automatic display.

FreeVegasClubPasses Home Page (Aug. 2011)

FreeVegasClubPasses Resources Page (Aug 2011)

FreeVegasClubPasses Club List (Aug 2011)

Promiscuous Pregame

I designed and built this custom WordPress theme for a party website, Promiscuous Pregame. The site was a rush, and was live 48 hours after I accepted the job.

Promiscuous Pregame (Aug. 2011)

Valley Tank Testing

Design and development of this PHP-driven site was a partnership between myself and Dustin Coffey of CASS Solutions, with Mr. Coffey as the project lead. Our goal was to update the look of Valley Tank Testing’s existing website, which was originally built in 2004. Although accepted by the company and completed, as of this writing the site is not live.

Valley Tank Testing (2011)

Tutoring in Marin

I built this WordPress theme for a tutor in Marin County, CA. She specializes in teaching dyslexic children, so I wanted to make sure the site was as dyslexia-friendly as possible. The background is off-white and the text is a very dark gray to reduce the high contrast which makes many websites strain the eyes. I chose fonts with high x-heights and clear letter distinctions to make the text as easy to read as possible. The client provided the images and most of the text throughout the site, though I wrote the home page content and provided editing services.

Tutoring in Marin Homepage

Impetuous Style

This simple, clean WordPress theme was designed for a fashion blog. All elements were to be kept minimal to highlight the images in the posts. Cufon was implemented to allow for custom font usage in the post titles and widgets. (Rights to the photographs in the image below remain with Impetuous Style.)

Impetuous Style Fashion Blog

AmericanGrLLC’s eBay Storefront

This eBay seller sells carnival food machines and wanted a design to complement the “fair food” atmosphere. We eventually settled on a category-based home page to make maintenance as easy as possible from her end.

AmericanGr's eBay Storefront

WilliamKammer.com

A very simple HTML/CSS landing page for William’s personal website. He provided the text and photo, and I made the social networking graphics.

Pensacola Leaders

This was the site I worked on while interning for Coco Design, a boutique Web design company. The site is designed to bring together businesspeople around the Pensacola, FL area. I designed a new logo, and designed and built the site. I used jQuery to present the member list and create the lightbox pop-up form on the same page. I no longer have any connection with the site, but most of it remains as I left it.

Pensacola Leaders Homepage

ShardsOfBlue Spore Fanpage

I designed and built my Spore fanpage while playing and creating content for the Electronic Arts title, Spore. At that time, I was also a volunteer forum moderator on the official forums which serviced thousands daily.

ShardsOfBlue Spore Fanpage

Wyrm Shoppe Blog

On Wyrm Shoppe, I am learning to leverage various affiliate and advertising platforms through WordPress and am building up a community around common interest. I create all graphics and write all the articles. Future plans are to create an e-commerce hub on the domain.

The Wyrm Shoppe Blog

Logo Design Work

Logo for the Valley Tank Results Access Center, where Valley Tank customers can check the results of their fuel stations' government compliance tests. The logo needed to use the Valley Tank icon (left) while being unique to the Results Access Center.

Logo for Home Health Dictionary, a medical mispronounciation resource. This logo is no longer in use.

Logo for the ficional Family Veterinary Pet Care Clinic. In the brief, the clinic was strongly focused on its Arizona location.

Branding for the "Az Anytiny" system, an asset I created for the Second Life game. This logo appeared in many colors and iterations across in-game products.

Advertising Posters for Second Life Virtual Products

I created dozens of in-game assets for the commerce-driven virtual world platform, Second Life, as well as the promotional materials to sell those assets to players. Each poster needed to convey all the information about a product which would be necessary for making a decision to purchase, while still appearing attractive and accessible. The experience I gained with advertising and communication with my target audiences, as well as the growth in my Photoshop skills at that time, were more valuable than I originally expected.

This in-world asset had to impart a lot of complex information in a very limited space.

These shoes were available to be worn in-game by certain avatars.

This set included textures and models for creating paint brushes in the game.