Design
I spent many years as a designer before I became a software developer. I bring a great deal of design and user experience expertise to every software development project that I am a part of.
Website - Man Month Software
Concept, Design, Development - Personal
Business concept, information architecture, website design, copy, and development. While serving as an independent software developer, I came up with the idea for a new business and created a website to represent it.
Website - Pear Studios
Concept, Design, Development - Personal
Business concept, information architecture, website design, content, and development. This is the company site of my now retired multimedia design and production company.
Vector Illustration Library
Design, Development, Management - Microsoft
Prototyped, designed, developed initial illustrations, chose production artists, and managed production of a massive vector illustration library. This library is used exclusively within Training & Certification's animated and illustrated content.
The use of this library has expanded into Microsoft's web based media and eLearning content due to its high quality and small file size.
Animation
Design, Production - Microsoft
Following a pre-existing script, I designed and developed every aspect of this animation for Microsoft internal training.
At 20 megabytes, this animation was intended for intranet usage. It will take a few minutes for the movie to load and play after clicking on the following link:
Sattelite Illustration
Concept, Modeling, Rendering - Pear Studios
I pitched the concept and worked with a creative team to develop the idea of a deep space sattelite as a metaphor for adventure and exploration.
I modeled, textured, and rendered all elements within this scene.
Architectural Rendering
Modeling, Rendering - Pear Studios
An architect wanted an attractive rendering of a proposed house plan using only the model's blueprints.
I modeled, textured, and rendered this house on the accelerated schedule of a single day.
Crane Rendering
Modeling, Rendering - Pear Studios
I was called upon to visualize a newly prototyped crane in its proposed working environment. I modeled the crane using product blueprints and rendered a series of stills and animations.
Frightened Chicken Video
Lighting, Compositing - TK Productions
I served as lighting director during the shoot of a live chicken. Using 3D animation and compositing techniques I had the chicken's eyes popping out of its head for a broadcast commercial.
Animation Interface
Design - Pear Studios
I was asked to create the design for an animation interface skin for a media player. Following the instruction of a lead designer I rapidly developed an easy to use animation interface skin.