New Project: Gary Kordan

01-14-2009

My friend Gary has a pretty cool life. He is an Art Director/Production Designer for some cool shows, including Mind of Mencia, The Root of All Evil (we are FINALLY getting it here – erm – now that it’s finished. Yay for Australian television…) & Temptation. He is also a producer (Lisa Loeb’s “#1 Single”, and a documentary about the last days of Ike Turner, which is still in production). He is also married to Justine. As if his life isn’t rockin’ enough, he hangs out with rock stars, comedians & other Hollywood types, and I get to live vicariously through him and pretend that I don’t live…well… here. Apparently saying you know someone who knows someone famous counts. :)

He has some amazing stories, and have been excited for him to share some behind-the-scenes stories… so this one is a must for your RSS reader now that its ready to go.

Gary, I hope you enjoy your new blog, and I look forward to the gossip & voyeuristic pleasures you will provide to the internet.

For those that are interested, this is a custom Wordpress theme.

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2 New Projects: NK & Anna Rose and Aksent Photography

08-13-2008

I have been so busy of late, so my blogging duties have been somewhat neglected. There has been a state election called and I am working on the campaign, so have been working pretty solidly on that, plus putting my nose to the grindstone on a fair few other projects too, which should be unveiled in the next couple of weeks.

I have also been working on a redesign for the LinkArtist main site and blog, and was planning to launch on July 15, but like mechanics drive shitty cars, and carpenters have a list of jobs to do around their house, I have not found the time to be able to prioritise it. We are also working on a really exciting new project that will be launching soon, so …. watch this space I guess!

If you are feeling neglected by me at the moment, I apologise, elections only come around every 4 years (in theory at least) so I’ll be back on board and replying more reliably to emails in the next week to 2 weeks.

NK & Anna Rose

Jen and Tasj are 2 of Perth’s most talented photographers, and they are my friends and clients (in fact, I take the credit for introducing them – well sorta!), so it makes sense that they have decided to pair up and create their own studio. They wanted a site that was really white, no faffy bits, and I think we managed to come up with a logo and overall site concept that fits their style.

As always, there are still a few tweaks to be made, but overall I am happy with it.

Check them out at nkannarose.com.au

Aksent Photography

Kirsty approached me to create her a custom blog design, with a custom Flash slideshow. I just LOVE what Next-Gen gallery adds to Wordpress. After some customisation, we got the player to do what we wanted. Yay for Flash challenges!

Check it out at aksentphotographyblog.com

New Project: Cindy Yen Photography

06-22-2008

Cindy Yen has been a dream client. She came to me through the extremely talented Ellen Petty, who designed her logo and business cards. Despite some delays on my end, Cindy showed tremendous patience, and a great understanding and appreciation for design.

This is another site powered by Wordpress, which is valid XHTML/CSS and all that good kind of stuff :) It also uses the fantastic NextGen Gallery, which, in my humble opinion, should be used in every single Wordpress install.

Best of luck with your new site, Cindy!

New Project: Cahoots

06-02-2008

I have been neglecting both of my blogs a bit lately, because I have just been so busy that I haven’t had time to do anything other than work, sleep and (occasionally) parent.

I have a queue of work right now, and the very first (almost) finished project to come out of my head down, bum up couple of months is the redesign of Cahoots’ website.

Redesign of Cahoots

Cahoots have a great product. They produce hard bound photo books from your digital (or scanned) images, and have great software that is really easy to use. They have a number of options, which depend on how involved you would like to be in the process – from downloading the software yourself, designing and sending the finished product through, to having a book maker produce the design and book for you. They also run workshops, which I think is a great idea for people who want to get started but are not really sure how. They also have some great opportunities for Mums who want to work from home and have a knack for design, so be sure to check them out!

This project was delivered in pretty much record time, and I am proud of the result (which, for me is a pretty big ask seeing as I am highly critical of my work!). I worked with Cahoots’ existing branding and style guide to create a fun, practical and clean design that utilises a lot of really cool features, including a Flash flipping book (after all, they sell real books and we needed to get that across), some neat javascript features, and some really cool work with the Joomla templating system.

There are still some of those inevitable "smoothing out" things to do after going live, but be sure to check it out here:

Click here to visit Cahoots

Project: NK Photography – Wordpress as a CMS

03-04-2008

This project has been an absolute pleasure from start to finish.

I had a good feeling about Tasj from the very first time we met, and it resulted in a project that I am really, really proud of, and I hope brings Tasj more wonderful clients that appreciate her beautiful photography!

As an aside, there really is nothing that makes me happier, than having clients that just… trust me… to do what I think is right for them and their business. It is a tremendous honour, and not something I take lightly. Trust in your designer not only helps the project move a whole lot quicker and MUCH more smoothly, but it also means that your designer will walk to the ends of the earth for you :) Which is why its so important to find a designer that GETS you.

I learned a lot about my own creative process with this project, and realised that half of the battle is visualising the right solution. The actual designing and coding is just one part of it, but a lot of the time spent on a project is going into a sort of contemplation period, where I think about the client, look at their work, get a sense of what they’re about, and producing a site that not only differentiates them on the web, but also makes them feel genuinely invested and excited about the result. I think this is a part that many people take for granted, or somehow think that a design should be knocked together in Photoshop in 4 hours max… its much, much more than that — and I am getting much more confident in knowing that my vision, 9 times out of 10, pans out :)

Anyway, Tasj has been the catalyst for this realisation, that I am actually really good at what I do, and I LOVE pushing myself to do better each time. And that’s pretty awesome, coming from the laziest person on the planet! ;)

This site is powered 100% by Wordpress (the geeks will appreciate it), with Tasj having fully updateable galleries, integration between her site content and her blog, and some nifty little tricks thrown in for good measure (refresh the home page a few times and you’ll see that the background image changes every time :) )

Anyway, its been an absolute pleasure working with Tasj, and we wish her well, and look forward to her glowing testimonial ;)

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Check out the page HERE.

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