Web Design

When I started basic web design back in 1996 I spent most of my time just creating pretty interfaces because that’s all I knew but then most websites were managed by hand. These templates were built using Photoshop + HTML + Javascript + CSS (which came a little later). They are here for archival purposes only (descriptions mostly intact from way back as well).

First Encounter With Flash

Blue Sparkle

This was my first experience with Macromedia Flash. It has customizable flash backgrounds, vector animation and 8mm effect which has been popular for a long time. The spider vector graphic was done in Macromedia Freehand and animated in Flash.

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Full Screen Flash

Total Flash Experience
Second and probably last flash project. Onion skin effect when loading title, morphs, sounds and action scripting along with some customization controls.

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Blue Sparkle

Blue Sparkle
Never made it past the photoshop canvas. Curves, transparency, gradients shadows to create louvres, pastel backgrounds and highlights on foreground menu.

Blue

Professional Blue
Just after I had discovered the scan line effect. Abused the effect in every design element but managed to get a handle on CSS which was relatively new at the time (circa 2000). It had CSS rollovers which was a real shocker for someone used to JavaScript.

Menu Bars and Dividers
Most were made while experimenting with Photoshop effects.

Red and Orange

Orange and Red
I used this a variant of this design on my own site for quite a while.

Sporty Yellow

Sporty Yellow
One of the more complex designs with JavaScript + CSS popout menus, grid background, newly found z-index to overlay text on menu labels and cross-browser design issues.