Caleb Opp Photography Website -Finally!

After a long time, I was able to finish this project for my friend Caleb Opp. Caleb is a talented photographer who has recently dedicated a year to teaching English in South Korea. While there he saw some amazing things and even got Swine Flu! Quite an adventure.

I met Caleb at the Art Institute. Knowing his talent, I was excited when Caleb asked me to do a flash portfolio site for him. I tried some animation techniques I have never attempted before with the "Crows". Fun!
Check out the site at: CalebOpp.com

A Child's Song Website Launched!

AChildsSong.com
Took some time this October to focus on WordPress and A Child's Song. "ACS" was ready for a new look and a powerful site to be ready for their recent Google grant which will generate a lot of traffic. After some further investigating, I learned that I definitely and proufoundly "heart" WordPress...

Interactive Directories Logo Campaign

A recent project for Interactive Directories in which several Colorado-based websites were being started that needed continuity while maintaining individual characteristics that related to the subject of each.










Much thanks to Katie Messer (my little sis) for lending a hand to help me meet with the concepts and execution of these logos to meet this aggressive time line. She's terrific! Check out her blog.

Deer Hill Website

DeerHillExpeditions.com
So this website was a HUGE project that spanned from May to September of this year. Built on WordPress as the CMS, Deer Hill needed also needed some flash elements to help the website standout and avoid appearing to be just a WordPress theme. I had my friend and associate Eric Munoz assist me with the WordPress side of things until I could take the reigns myself. The out come made me, Eric, and our mutual client at Deer Hill all smile:

Deer Hill

Sorry it's been so quiet lately. I've been meaning to move my blog to WordPress but I'm wanting to have the blog integrated into my whole website which means redesigning my whole website/portfolio. It's going to be fun, but a large task. I'm looking forward to it. Here's what I've been up to this summer:

This is the logo for Deer Hill Expeditions. We went a lot of different ways before arriving at this solution. There were also lots of different treatments for the final product. This one is the "weathered" look.

"Deer Hill provides outdoor adventures and community service opportunities for young people."

They have a focus on service which provided a lot of interesting styling opportunities. Website is next.

iSchool Band

Been working hard with Bandfind Inc. to design and develope their latest social network:
iSchool Band

Services include:
Logo Design
icon design
Information Archeticture
xhtml/css
website layout
identity developement

iSchoolBand.com is a social network for high-school marching, and concert bands. It allows students, instructors, boosters, and parents to communicate online and streamline tedious tasks. There is also a common place where users can share sheet music, videos, mp3's, and pictures.
I've collaborated with Bandfind Inc. and I know the level of professionalism and research that has been put into it and I'm excited to see this product take-off!

WebKit's New Website Launched

WebKit.com

Designed by Yours Truly!

WebKit is a company I've been working with over the past few years. We did a re-design previous to this one since I've been working with them, however we were not able to lend the focus we really wanted to on it until now.

With the arrival of Mercury, WebKit's new php frame work for CMS, Ecommerce, and even social networks, It was the perfect time to rework their website.

Rick Messer Design is now working with WebKit on web projects with this new frame work which is pretty slick!

Please take a look at the new WebKit site and let me know your thoughts!