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Back to School!

1/August/2008

I stumbled upon a few quizzes on the W3Schools website while reading up on JavaScript. Not being hugely confident in taking exams, I decided to take the plunge anyway and test my knowledge of CSS, XHTML and PHP with 20 questions. Check out my results below...

CSS

18 out of 20 - 90%
Time: 3:32

XHTML

17 out of 20 - 85%
Time: 3:29

PHP

18 out of 20 - 90%
Time: 2:59

Still a bit of learning to be done I think, but overall not bad scoring!

Fiction > Fact

3/July/2008

Here are a few design ideas for some fictional brands...

Bear me in mind

Apple Shampoo

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3 boxes...

30/June/2008

I've been working on my branding for DYC. The full title being Double Yellow Clothing, dealing mostly in urban streetwear/skatewear and following a design that intends to reflect this culture.

I had created a few interesting design ideas based around the double yellow lines (something that I feel ties in quite well). The only issue was in what context to use the graphics. I decided to go off-line for a moment and create some boxes! These could be mass produced and used as promotional items sitting in shop or being edited to accompany a brand.

DYC Guy

DYC Victim

DYC Boxes

Please excuse the crudity of my camera-phone :P

E-mail Campaign: Exclusive Offer for University Students

07/June/2008

I created a promotional e-mail campaign for students of Hull University as well as the customer base for my own website.

Student Promotion

The purpose of the email was to give prospective customers (students) a £5-off voucher when they register. It also coincided with the spring/summer 08 collection of King Apparel clothing, and this is what lead the theme of the mailer.

PROFILE

Matt Saunders

I am a web designer based in Hull. Currently looking for a full-time design role in either Manchester or Leeds, my core skils are:

I also have a working knowledge and/or experience of the following:

PHP/MySQL
AJAX
3D Graphics
Copywriting
AdWords/AdSense