My focus on UX design emerged from my work as a designer working in a wide variety of media. I have designed books, put together short films, illustrated road-side posters and created Flash-based online games. This broad range of skills supports my UX work by providing me with a full awareness of the digital industry and enabling me to rapidly create mock-ups and prototypes.
Software proficiencies: Flash, InDesign, Axure, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint, QuickTime Player Pro
Coding proficiencies: ActionScript, HTML, CSS
See below for examples of my work.
Hello Luton – billboard poster
Billboard placed at road junctions around Luton to advertise Wardown Park Museum's Hello Luton - My New Home exhibition. Made using Photoshop and Illustrator.
Rabbylabbyl – a heartwarming animated story
Made in Flash.
Promotional illustration for CMHA oral history project
Illustration juxtaposing Chinese and British cultural icons. Made to promote the Chinese Mental Health Association's oral history project. Made in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Dragons & Teacups – book
An educational book about Chinese and British culture made for the Chinese Mental Health Association's oral history project. A collaborative project for which I performed multiple roles: designing the overall appearance, writing the final English text, managing contributions, illustrating the cover (above) and handling printing.
Guiltometer – work timer app
A simple work (or study) timer whose unique feature is a 'time balance'. Fail to achieve your target today and you'll create a time-deficit you'll have to make up for tomorrow. Exceed your target and you've created a time-surplus to enjoy later.
To use:
1. Set a target for today using the '+1hr' and '+10m' buttons.
2. Click the clock face when you start working.
3. Click it again when you stop working.
4. Check the balance to see how you're doing. A red balance shows you still have work to do. A green balance shows you've met or exceeded your target. The balance takes into account all your past targets and achievements, not just today's.
Additional features:
• If you forget to use Guiltometer you can use the '+1hr' and '+10m' buttons to manually update your 'achieved' hours.
• Use 'set future targets' to set weekly targets for the future. For example you can tel Guiltometer that, for the next 10 weeks, you'll aim to work 7 hours Monday to Friday, 2 hours on Saturdays and not at all on Sundays.
• If you forget to switch off the timer and accidentally add 10 'achieved' hours while you sleep, click 'undo last timer' to undo it.
• Angel faces mean you're doing well; devil faces mean you are descending into a pit of sloth and failure.
Ballistic Zone – game
An open-ended game for the Ballistic Zone Youth Club in Luton. The game was designed to be easily customizable so that it could be passed on to the youth club, allowing to create different scenarios and consequences. Made using Flash/ActionScript 2.0. Main artwork by Jimi Duong. Additional artwork by members of the youth club.
Skin - illustration
A portrait of the singer Skin, based on the reference photo shown to the right. This was a personal project made with a view to practicing creating traditional-style art using a graphics tablet. My aim was to enhance the mood and poise of the original photo through the use of vivid colour and detail. Made in Photoshop.
CityLife – game art
This was a brief from a freelance games programmer working on a city-building computer game. I created nearly all the artwork, from the interface to the buildings and the animated citizens.
International Co-operative Alliance – Flash site
A student project in which I redesigned the International Co-operative Alliance's website in Flash. The doves/rainbow concept is inspired by the existing International Co-operative Alliance logo.