Brief Summary
Just thought I'd sign-up for the free account, I am way too busy to deck-out a portfolio, but I'll come up with something eventually.
I design logos, ads, websites, user interface experiences (UIX) & fonts.
The biggest trouble a web designer has is that he often relies on open source software, which is notorious for all sorts of security holes and has to be updated constantly. This isn't such a big deal if you only manage one site, but as a designer, a domainer and a brand expert, I manage quite a few. Quite honestly, it gets tiresome updating stuff all the time, and these security updates always happens when I am very busy with 101 other things that are also very important.
Hence, I rely more on my design code than other people's crappy jerry-rigged open source software.
This makes me more of a designer than a developer, though if providing a website for a client they would get a fully functional Content Management System (an un-named brand of CMS that will remain unbranded).
But truthfully, I am all about the brand. I love creating logos and I have even setup a few of my own websites to test brands now and again. I even design my own fonts for fun, as well as for logos. I love developing websites from a small 8 page presence into a professional, well established portfolio, social network or even an e-commerce powerhouse.
I also dabble in art. I particularly love to draw and paint, but these days I do most of that digitally. I often experiment with my own textures and amateur photography.
I care about family and community a great deal. My son is a great source of inspiration and motivation for me. If you come to know me, you will hear me bragging about him a great deal, he is a smart, talented, honest and good kid who is turning into a very worthful man.
Clients
I am no longer taking clients on willy-nilly.
I have found that clients who are not art educated invariably always pick the worst design without fail. No matter how I fight to steer them in the right direction for an awesome UI and a positive brand presence, the client will always ruin a project.
Because of that, I have no real portfolio to show, I am not proud of anything I have done for a client. Therefore, I will no longer take on any new clients unless I am granted dictorial full control over the project from start to end.
