Good artists copy. Great artists steal.
— Pablo PicassoA work of art which did not
— Pablo Picasso
begin in emotion is not art.I Love Color.
— Damien Hirst
I Feel it Inside Me.
It Gives Me a Buzz.The Most Seductive Thing About Art
— Paul Cezanne
Is the Personality of the Artist Himself.Art evokes the mystery without
— Rene Magritte
which the world would not exist.
Good Swings Happen
Design / Photography / Wordpress
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about
Good Swings Happen Junior Golf Academy provides professionally managed golf programs for juniors in Southern California. I revamped their old iWeb site and turned it into an easy-to-navigate CMS site. I handled the entire process including photography, visual design, and Wordpress integration.
fun facts
My handicap improved by 5.78 after finishing the site.
Ogden Mustangs Official Site
HTML / CSS / Photography
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about
Ogden Mustangs are a Junior Hockey team based out of Ogden, Utah. I have previously built their former team site under the name of Bakersfield Junior Condors. The current site is built with HTML + CSS + JS and is currently undergoing Wordpress integration.
challenges
Communicating with the team remotely on updates and maintenance.
Ogden Mustangs Mobile
Design / HTML / CSS / jQuery
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about
Besides coding the team site, I also designed and coded a mobile site for the Ogden Mustangs. I coded the site using JQTouch which provides the best mobile web experience.
compatibility
The site is tested on all mobile platform including iOS, Android, and Blackberry
USC Roski School of Fine Arts
HTML / CSS / Movable Type
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about
One of my earliest web work. While I was in college, I worked at the IT office of USC art department. My daily responsibility was to code, design, and manage the CMS backend of the site built in Movable Type.
trivia
Because of this site I came up with my site name GaryMakesArt.
Honda.com
Visual Design
about
Designed 3 different page design for Accord, Fit, and Civic while working at an agency. The challenge was to put together something with nearly nothing. Intense Photoshop work plus high level of finish and precision. Every pixel counts
turnaround time
Spent a couple of days to design, with 3-5 revisions on each comp.
Bardo the Movie
Photography / Design / HTML / CSS
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about
Single page static site. Built to feature a fantasy trailer called "Bardo." I was primarily a set photographer and later asked to design the website. Worked on set for 4 days straight, 18-20 hours a day. Site was built 3 months later after the trailers were edited.
emotional attachment
This is my favorite project of all time.