Client: Station 71 - I-Train Trivia

Overview: This was an update to the Station 71 design that I created a while back to tie into a radio trivia campaign. So rather than just create the usual dull run of the mill submission, I decided to go crazy and lavish the page with something a little more visually stimulating...so I took inspiration from some of the ipod adverts, mixed with a couple of ideas that had been brewing in my mind (an explosion of energy and a way of visualising it) and created this ‘fire movement’ image.

Client: Klei Entertainment

Overview: Ooooh another dream client, Klei Entertainment! I was lucky enough to be contacted by Klei Entertainments Founder to see if I would be interested in re-designing their new site...I almost bit his arm off! I have been a big fan of Klei for a while, especially that of their artwork, pioneered by Jeff Agala , the director of Atomic Betty, so the chance to work with these guys was whole heartedly accepted!! The site had a very tight deadline and is testament to the teamwork of both Klei, Adam (my wonderfully talented developer and friend) and myself. I am also pleased to announce that the new site picked up a WDA too, awesome!!

Client: Caught Offside

Overview: Caught Offside, the web’s biggest football blog just got itself an all new makeover...and what great fun it was to do! Technically the second blog that I have re-designed, Kickette being the first, Caught Offside was another angle on the world of football (or soccer to the stateside readers ;) So nothing about WAG’s and everything about rumours, transfers and other ‘hot off the press’ football news. I wanted to give Caught Offside a real brand experience and create them something memorable that captured the passion of football and would separate it from the other football blogs on the web. My main source of inspiration for this was the rich and indulgent football promo’s on television when there is build up to a big game...cinematic, rich and powerful. The header explodes with all sorts of football paraphernalia and the wings are spread to reflect a victorious cheer!! Great fun!!

Client: Nabi Studios

Overview: Yey, more games based work and once again its a big thanks to Nabi Studio’s. Nabi Studio’s has a feature in this months issue of Edge and wanted a full page Toribash advert to sit alongside it. The ad had to be punchy, simple and clean and have enough impact to grab the reader. I kinda went a bit mad on this one and created loads of variations for Nabi to pick from, as I just couldn’t stop coming up with new ideas. The advantage to running your own agency...is that when you decide to throw in extra work...you can, its entirely up to you, awesome.

Client: Mango Studios

Overview: Mango Studio was a full project brief similar to Nabi Studios, branding and web design. Mango Studio is a cool little agency in Newcastle that works on all manner of projects, I recently worked with them on the Spheremania (see a few entries lower down this page) and they were a great company to work with, so it was with total pleasure that I took on their branding and site design. Great project. Check em out...

Client: Nabi Studios

Overview: As most of you will know, I’m obsessed with the video games industry, retro, contemporary, mainstream, you name it...but most of all, the Indie Games industry gets me really geared up and this was opportunity number 3, fantastic! Hampus Soderstrom of Nabi Studio’s, the hugely talented creators of Toribash and soon to be Glitch Racer, called me again to work on not only their new site, but the branding too, just what I could have hoped for :) The brand had to be something quite unique and friendly, not too ‘gamey’ not too corporate, but a good mix of both. The branding exercise was great fun and from here, we moved onto the site design. It was a pleasure to see a project through from the branding to the site, it felt very complete and the final package came together really well, take a look.

Client: Israel Idonije

Overview: Man, this was one awesome project, the official site of Israel Idonije, The I-Train, the Chicargo Bears defensive lineman. My motto, is to keep it varied, and boy was this a step away from the norm. I'm not the worlds biggest sportsman, but the idea of working on a site for a player from the NFL seemed so cool...and how right I was. This was more than just the usual site design too, it was a branding exercise, as Israel needed a new brand for the site. Station 71. It was great to work on something so fresh, something that had no existing brand, or current style guide associated to it, allowing me to create something new, from a completely blank canvas. Israel wanted something girtty, raw and that had impact, this was the outcome.

Client: Palms

Overview: Oh yeah, now this was great, a big glossy casino in Vegas, I mean come on, it doesn't get a whole lot cooler than that! This place is all about partying, glitz, Playboy Bunnies, money and bright lights. I wanted to make this as visually stimulating as possible, to try and convey the 24/7 party atmosphere of the casino. The top area was a 3D/flash piece, where as you selected a thumbnail from the right, the whole thing collapsed and revealed hundreds of images below whizzing past (further showing the none stop, all action nature of this casino and its buzzing night life) and then suddenly, the one you chose comes flying into focus and fills the space. Great fun!!!!

Client: Ferrari

Overview: What can I say here, this was a dream concept to work on!! Ferrari, Ferrari, really, what else can I say? Actually what I will say is that this concept was slick hybrid, using a silky flash piece to navigate the new car range and good old HTML, CSS, to build in the rest of the site, keeping up the SEO requirement. This actual concept for was a Ferrari dealer in LA. Niiiiiiiiice.

Client: Jeff Garcia

Overview: Awesome, NFL site number two, I am LOVING these jobs. This time, its for NFL four time Pro Bowl selection Jeff Garcia. This site needed to be slick, clean, fresh and dynamic to try and portray the essence of the position that Jeff plays in the game. This was quite a small project, but one that had a good amount of creative freedom which is always welcome :)

Client: Spheremania

Overview: Extreme sports eat your heart out! This was a really nice job to do, the site required a simple bit of engaging flash to attract the first time visitor in allowing them to find out exactly what Spereing is all about. Along with this the site needed to be light, open and simple to navigate to help associate the site with the bright, outdoors experience of Sphereing. Now get booking, this thing is crrrrazy :)

Client: Kickette

Overview: My motto is to keep it varied, never too much of any one thing. For that reason alone I jumped at the chance to re-design the Kickette site, what an excellent chance to design something rather different. This site is a gossip blog about the world of footballers and their WAG's, it has a huge international following and was a chance to stray away from my usual 'boy' focused work and to create something light and girlie. The brief was to make it feel personal, as if you were getting a glimpse into someone's personal diary, so I decided to scatter the page with lots of bits of pieces and to include lots of hand written elements, to further add to the diary feel. Great brief, great little job.

Client: Data Realms

Overview: Well, what can I say? Actually, I know what I can say, three words should cover it...Dream...Come...True!! This is pretty much my ideal project. Data Realms asked me to redesign their homepage and to throw in some sexy flash animation too, great. The subject matter is my all time favourite, gaming and even better, retro gaming. Data Realms specialise in old school, pixel graphic, good fun, Indie style gaming...what a subject to work on!! Tough and enjoyable brief...keep it pixel and retro, but make it contemporary...I loved every minute!!

Client: Toribash

Overview: This game rocks!!!!! I was approached by the creators of Toribash to re-design the homepage for Toribash.com which I agreed to whole heartedly!!! This is such a cool boutique game and great to see something out there with some real originality. The best bit about this job was the mix of clean white mixed with the total gore fest of splattered blood…definitely something I’d never played with before. The small flash piece was also great fun as it allowed me to play with some nice little video clips to create an action packed banner.

Client: Mount Kare - Gold Rush

Overview: This site was quite an honour to do, it’s a promotional site to cover Andi Flowers story about the Mount Kare Gold Rush and was a chance to create a site that felt real, texture rich and passionate. I can really recommend reading this book as it’s an amazing insight into what actually happened.

Client: ALI

Overview: ALI was another concept for a new online identity to allow users to view their range of case studies that showcased a handful of their clients, BMW being one of them.