A very quick note before we get going
I do not work for free.
So, to the ‘about me’ bit...
I'm a freelance designer, illustrator and animation maker. But not the visiting kind. I have my own kit, software, broadband and electricity and this means I don't come and drink your coffee and occupy desk space unless you want to pay my travel expenses. My main areas of experience are in producing product visuals (using 3D modelling, photoshop, illustrator or a mix of all three) as well as vector logos and brand elements, bespoke lettering and logotypes, illustration and design work for print and screen, photoshop retouching (who doesn't these days) and animation in flash or 3D and rendered to video. All this in CMYK, RGB or spot colours. More recently I've worked on a few interactive flash* projects, but this is an area I'm still gaining experience in. I do help people put together websites (or at least I have done a few times) but usually I put them in touch with the best people I know who can help, website design is more than just a few pretty pictures so I don't claim this skill so much these days, but I'm happy to be involved as part of a team if you feel my skills are useful to you. I am not a professional photographer nor am I a video editor, which is why these areas of my work are not exceptional. I get by if I need to.
...also worth a mention
I deliver my work by FTP, email and those old fashioned shiny disc things. I like people, and talking about stuff, but I'd rather crack on with work than discuss why Mandy and Paul have fallen out, so I don't work in-(your)-house because its a distraction from getting the job done. I can of course visit to say hello once in a while if you like that sort of thing.
Stuff I've been up to...
I'm now putting my 'chat' onto a VOX blog in case you really want to read about what I'm up to in a so-called 'live sense', rather than what I do for a living in general.
Entertaining 'armchair travel' Thodys American Adventures writing by Peter Thody, why not spend five minutes in America.
Redwoods to Seattle - The North West Coast
"Carole is fascinated by the ‘idea’ of bears but terrified about the possibility of actually bumping into one ... an hour or so later, after unloading our provisions into the bear-proof box and diverting her attention from the sign warning that a bear had been seen on site recently, we were sitting by the Smith River." Read it all ...