I’ve always had some form of presence online since I began my trek into the field of web design. The trouble is my intentions for those sites have never been fully defined. I’d wander between portfolio and sketchbook displays, to journal entries that probably barely interested my family, much less the masses online.
Around the same time that I began studying at UB, blogging became popular and more accessible to the general public. Now here I am doing the same thing only I’m competing for an audience that is already very saturated with blogs. This has led me to refine my online goals.
I am a professional graphic designer and web developer. For all intensive purposes I am the Graphic Director and a partner at 360 Professional Services Group. Most of what I have learned about the industry has been self-taught. The closest thing I’ve had to a mentor was one professor at the University at Buffalo. The majority of my education was wasted on media studies that did not interest me, but were forced on me so that I could earn my degree.
Nonethless, having freelanced in the past and now being a part of a growing startup web development shop, I have accrued a great amount of experience with Photoshop, HTML, CSS, interface design, web standards, online trends and other related subjects that I’d love to share with you.
Expect future Photoshop tutorials and explanations into less commonly known features of the application. Expect CSS tutorials and instruction on how and why to implement it. Expect personal entries explaining the joys and frustrations I’ve come to know in the industry. I will share my experience as a relatively fresh designer with anyone else that finds themselves in the same situation or who would like to explore the field. I’ll probably ask just as many questions about the subject.
There may even be the occasional comment about video gaming, another passion of mine. This might include fan-fiction, comics, critiques and strategies.
Of course comments are always encouraging and appreciated. I’ll do my best to reply to any future feedback!
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Pete added these pithy words on Oct 09 07 at 4:00 pmI read every day, the only thing stopping me from leaving a comment is I have nothing either important or interesting to post, other than “oh cool” or “that’s awesome”. Once I reach some level of intellect that would have some bearing on the conversation, I will be sure and post. Until then I will continue to sit back and enjoy reading up on how things are going in your life. I enjoy the posts and the pictures. I get to read up on things I normally wouldn’t read, but again. I have nothing overly intelligent to add to the conversation at this point in time. Keep up the good work Ben.
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