Stephen Skelly, Web and Graphic Design
// Painting the web with colour
I'm Stephen Skelly a web designer/developer and graphic designer.
I have just finished university graduating with a degree in Internet Computing from the University of Hull (Scarborough Campus). Now that I have finished studying I am looking for employment in the web design and development industry.
This site is to work as an online portfolio to show off my design and development skills to potential employers and possible future clients.
Please feel free to browse my site and look at my work. I have started a blog that will document the projects that I am currently working on, I also plan on blogging about the research I am undertaking into designing for web on mobile devices. This is an area of great interest to me and I hope you will find my writing into this area interesting and informative.
I would be very grateful of any comments or feedback on my site and/or my work. So please feel free to send me your comments and suggestions. Just see my contact page to find out how.
My CV is also available to download in multiple formats from the download section of my contact page.
Thanks for visiting!
Stephen.
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I have been taking on web projects for over 5 years now and have built up quite a portfolio of work. In this time I have gained an extensive knowledge of HTML and CSS as well as having a capable and growing knowledge on technologies such as PHP and JavaScript. I also have a good understanding of Flash and have excellent knowledge of programs such as dreamweaver and the rest of the Adobe Creative Studio suite. This page shows a small selection of the projects that i have undertaken.
All the sites that i create are built to comply with the W3C web standards for accessibly and are created using valid xhtml and CSS styling. My sites are built to be cross browser compatible and even built to cater for users with screen readers and text only browsers.
My latest work looks into designing website's that are compatible with mobile browsers and creating sites that are fully functional in such browsers. Some examples of such work will be featured below and blog's will be available on my work into this area.
Web Sites
The majority of web projects that i take on are web sites, clients can be provided with full web design, development and hosting packages to cater specifically for the clients needs. I work closely with clients to ensure that the site that is being created caters for their specific needs to ensure 100% customer satisfaction.
Some examples of my work are listed below.
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KowalskiArt.com
KowalskiArt.com is the portfolio site of the contemporary artist Nick Kowalski. It is my latest completed project.The site was designed to be professional looking, individual and simple to navigate. The main purpose of the site is to exhibit the artists work to potential buyers and fellow artists.
The site had to have a look and feel that instantly gives the user an idea or the style and feel of the work that Nick produces and also give users the oppertunity to give thier opinions on his works and sign up to recieve future updates from the artist.
The site is built using full HTML, CSS for content and styling and PHP and MySql i used for the user comments and mailing list. Flash is also used for the slideshow/gallery used on the page.
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FestivalDiary.co.uk
FestivalDiary.co.uk is my current personal web project expected for beta release in the spring 2009.Festival Diary will provide a extensive list of festivals where people can set up their own blog's of their festival experience that they can share with friends and family and the rest of the world that are not at the festival.
The site is built using full HTML, CSS for content and styling and PHP and MySql is being used to provide the functionality for the site.
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Surge Soundsystem - Awaiting public release
SurgeSoundsystem is a site built to advertise the web presence of a sound system and DJ equipment rental company. It works as a one page E-Brochure for the company providing information and pricing on the services they offer. Like with all my sites the layout has been designed using HTML and CSS and complies to web standards. it uses some javascript and flash elements to provide the functionally that the user requested
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LeeGilbertOfficial.com
LeeGilbert Official is a site built to promote the release of the Singer/ Songwriter Lee Gilbert's debut album which is exclusively available from iTunes. For this site i was working within very strict guidelines set by Lee and worked closely with him to produce the end result that he desired.
The Site is built entirely in HTML and CSS which has all been validated to meet W3C web Standards. It uses some advanced CSS to create a tooltip effect and also contains a flash photo gallery.
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Bacchus-Scarborough.co.uk
This site was designed as a brochure site to advertise the club Bacchus in Scarborough.The club is split into 2 floors separated by a spiral staircase, I tried to incorporate this into the site design to try and give the site a similar charm to the club and added the recognisable branding of the gold bacchus logo.
The site is built using HTML and CSS but also has an intro page built in flash.
I have been designing posters for many years now originally i started designing posters in college for gigs and events that i had organised. Over time my client base has increased and i have been commissioned by people to design posters for their events as well as continuing to do all my own design for my own band and event promotions.
As well as posters i have created office stationary such as letter headed paper and business cards with clients including Blackpool Sixth Form College, who i designed letter headed paper for their Business Studies department.
I also have contacts with some very good printing companies and can provide my clients with quality, affordable printing options for their designs.
Some examples of my design work are below.
For any more examples of my work please feel free to email me.
If you would like to contact me for any reason including for quotes on freelance work, please feel free to get in touch using any of the means of contact listed below.
Downloads
If you would like to add my contact details to your address book please download my vCard. If you would like to view my CV it is available here to download also.
Please send all email enquiries to:
i will do my best to reply to all emails within 24 hours.
Phone
I can be contacted by phone on the number below:
Post
Anybody wishing to contact me by post, please email or phone me first to acquire my current location.