mikestickney.com

Ok, so when I started this site about 3 weeks ago, I set myself a deadline of March for the simple reason being, I HATE missing deadlines, so I knew I’d force myself to get it done. And since I hate missing deadlines, I actually worked quite a bit these last few weeks, and I am very happy to say I am ahead of schedule (again, sort of…). Tonight, I launched the last piece of this Web site puzzle which was my graphic and Web design portfolio.

So what do I mean by “sort of”? Well, I say “sort of” because I just put up a handful of design projects, definitely not the full scope of my graphic design portfolio, or all of my Web design and Flash development projects. (more…)

A few months ago, I had a job request to design a leaderboard (728×90) banner ad in Flash. Project went well, and I think I came up with a nice concept and design (view it here). The banner was well recieved by the client, and now they asked to carry over the same concept to other banner sizes, specifically a 120×600 skyscraper.

Obviously, these sizes are pretty much opposite of each other, so the problem is the concept really doesn’t work as well at other sizes, especially going from a horizontal to a vertical layout. (more…)

So this is it, my first blog. Took a little while to get it worked out, but lo and behold, it’s finally done. Now the really tough part: writing content for it!

Probably will be a little slow going for a while, have a lot of ideas just need to get them down on paper. Hopefully I will be able to start posting design tutorials and helpful resources here.

First time using WordPress, finding it pretty easy to do. Playing around in the CSS and customizing the theme to match the site has been a challenge, but definitely a good learning experience. Like I said, I have some more ideas, so hopefully I will get some more going and be able to work more with WordPress.

Check back soon to see what’s going on!

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