New Project: Jarrah Grove Retreat

06-02-2009

First off, apologies for not updating the blog very frequently. As you may or may not be aware, in late February I gave birth to my third child, Angus. He was premature and I fell behind on a few things, like blogging… so in the next few weeks I will be unveiling some new projects and writing some more articles.

Anyway, in collaboration with YourSite (a great CMS), I designed & HTML/CSSed this site for Jarrah Grove Retreat – a lovely new luxury chalet retreat in Margaret River. Be sure to check them out and tell them I sent you… we hope to get down when the baby is older :)

It is worth noting that I quite literally worked on this whilst in hospital. If anyone has ever doubted my commitment to my work, that’s proof, I guess :)

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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!

Project: Trista Lerit

02-11-2008

I know what you are going to say. It’s very…pink!

Part of being a designer, and particularly a web designer, is compromise, but is also ultimately delivering something that fits the client’s tastes that might not necessarily be your own :) . My initial reaction to the black/hot pink combo was lukewarm, but over time, I think we managed to make it work with a concept that fits Trista’s personality and photographic style. I think the result is a cute, effective and unique website!

Check it out at www.tristalerit.com

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I also developed a custom WordPress blog template, fully integrated with the main site, and it includes comments on the index page. This feature will be a part of the template I will be selling next month for $90US, so you also get a sneak preview of the features of that :)

You can check out the blog HERE.

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