I have been a web designer and programmer for over ten years in a university setting. My work combines skills in programming and technology with an artistic sensibility. This portfolio represents some of my more recent work in graphic design and web design.

This website illustrates a fictional setting for medieval fantasy writings. All of the graphics and text are my work, and the designs are intended to suggest the themes and ideas that are present within the setting.

Many of the themes indicate conflict, often between creativity and stagnation, suggested by the blending of color and gray tones. Although this site is entirely fanciful, I took care in its creation and design to give the feeling portrayed by the writings.

The RIG (Repository Implementations in Georgia) conference took place in the Fall of 2008. Besides being one of the participants, I designed the promotional materials and the associated web site. The final logo design is to the left.

The conference focused on the connections between different knowledge repositories across Georgia. As such, the logo was designed to suggest interconnectedness, and also to hint at the "wheel" metaphor suggested by the name "RIG," as in tractor trailer vehicles. This logo also conveys motion and action.

This is the first page of the handout for the RIG conference. It was also used for other promotional materials.

The VAT (Video Analysis Tool) project is an ongoing project at the University of Georgia. It involves the use of video technologies, classroom observation and the sharing of findings among educators. When contracted to redesign the logo, the most successful line of creative thought melded the concepts of video technology and iterative process (an integral part of the observation system). The logo itself suggests a camera lens, while the camera "shutter" uses a series of cyclic arrows to denote iterativity.

The splash page for the VAT system was designed to provide a straightforward entry point into the application, suggesting a technological feel to the site through a stylized circutry motif.

This screenshot illustrates a design for the inside of the VAT application, where collected videos are organized and shared among users. I designed the icon set used throughout the site for the second version of VAT.

This logo was designed for the Evidence-Based Decision Support website at the University of Georgia. This site, which is not currently active, was designed to illustrate an iterative system of teaching design, in which materials and curricula are improved through successive measures of evidence from a variety of sources. The "knot" design was meant to suggest the iterative method, showing how the cycles together formed a whole.

This logo was designed for the Georgia Teacher Success Model website at the University of Georgia. This site, which is not currently active, was designed to evaluate classroom observations through a series of defined "lenses". The logo uses overlaying transparent hexagonal shapes to suggest lenses, where the observations through these various lenses work together to enlighten.

A local Anderson, SC business contracted with me to create a new logo and website for their business. The owners wished to incorporate a sage tone in their website and logo, as it was prominent as a store color. The logo on the top left represents the logo that was chosen, which is based on a typical quilting pattern. As with other logos I've created, it was developed as a vector graphic, so that it would be scalable for a variety of purposes.

The version on the bottom left represents one of the other options. It used several typical quilting patterns and was also well received by the client.

The Quilt Shop of Anderson website incorporates a sage and cream color scheme, reflecting the prominent colors of the store, and uses small traditional quilting patterns to highlight headers for the different informational sections. Many of the images incorporate a tooltip script that allows them to be viewed at a larger size.

The site was designed using PHP technologies for ease of element reuse. Javascript was used sparingly to enhance the XHTML/CSS design.

In order to display fabrics for sale, I modified a simple gallery script for use on the site. This script takes in photographs provided by the client and provides the captioning and display.

The UGA Karate Club was in need of a redesigned website to represent their organization, and I was contracted for the task. The site uses a gridded design to provide a clear and logical arrangement of the information.

The logo, while based on their design, has been modified as a vector image for later scalability, and the font was adjusted for clarity. The black banner background is reminiscent of other UGA sites, as is the color scheme in general, and the banner is given a slight striped gradient, suggesting the texture of a martial arts belt.

The header graphic, which is only temporary, until final decisions are made by the client, is cropped and color adjusted from a photograph of a club member. Other features of the site include a lightbox-style display of testing materials, which have printable versions.

I am currently involved in the development of a site known as EdLeader Exchange. A logo was provided by the client, and these two headers were developed based on a metaphor, the train station. The train station provides a center for many individuals coming together and intersecting, the networks of tracks leading to many different destinations. This is the activity this application is being developed to foster. The photography was cropped and color adjusted from stock photography.

Although neither of these headers is used in the most recent versions of the application header, they represent alternative ideas I developed.