atom.kimota.com
April, 2006 to present
Designed and set up portfolio blog for illustrator Mark Jackson. The blog platform is Movable Type running on Windows IIS.
Evergreen Design Studio
Houston, TX
March to April, 2006
Designed and built web site in CSS for residential architect Kathleen Carrier.
Betty Wong Creative
Houston, TX
March to June, 2005
Consulted with Betty Wong Creative on the design of two promotional web sites, and then built them out in Flash. The first is a small portfolio site, the second is a capabilities teaser site.
Art Directors Club of Houston
Houston, TX
August, 2005 to present
Redesigned site with Richard Wilkes and rebuilt site using CSS to reflect the new design. Built portal site for board members to manage membership and mailing lists.
Arthur Meyerson Photography
Houston, TX
2005 to present
Redesigned and relaunched database-driven site in Flash in 2005; all images still loaded dynamically.
Fantasy Gallery Art
and Framing
Houston, TX
September, 2002 to present
Designed database-driven web site for art vendor Fantasy Gallery. Site allows visitors to view and search inventory and place secure orders for items. Secure administrative site allows store owner to edit all inventory, customer and order data.
Carol Piper Rugs
Houston, TX
Second Quarter, 2002 to present
Designed dynamic side of rug merchant web site, allowing customers to view store inventory and email wish lists of products to the store owner. Subsequent updates have included further refinements of search criteria and capabilities.
GEC
Chicago, IL
November, 2001 to February, 2002
Redesigned web site for construction company GEC on behalf of Power Analysis.
Power Analysis
Chicago, IL
March to April, 2001
Redesigned web site with Michael Tucker for IT consulting company Power Analysis.
Perspectives, Ltd.
Chicago, IL
February to March, 2001
Designed web site with Eileen Harvey for human resources company Perspectives, Ltd. on behalf of Power Analysis.
Pam Francis Photography
Houston, TX
Third Quarter, 2000
Redesigned web site for Pam Francis with Michael Tucker. Pam wanted to focus on a strong portfolio driven site with an advertising focus. I color-corrected all of the photography for the web site.
5k Web Site Competition
March, 2000
Placed 6th overall, 2nd in aesthetics
Created web site for the 5k Competition.
Entries had to be five kilobytes or less in size. I made my entry fit
within one page using Javascript and cookies.
The site was featured in the HTMinimaLism chapter of the 2002 book, "Fresh Styles for Web Designers."
SENSE Houston
Houston, TX
August, 1999 to May, 2001
Designed web site for publication SENSE Houston that mirrored the magazine's content.
Mark Jackson
August, 1998 to present
Designed and built database-driven portfolio web site for fantasy illustrator Mark Jackson.
Gammon and Associates
Houston, TX
April, 1998 to April, 1999
Designed web site for Gammon and Associates law firm. Maintained and updated site.
The Brinkmann Corp
Dallas, TX
March, 1998
Designed e-commerce web site for The Brinkmann Corp. Worked with database programmers to integrate the front-end design with the back-end transactions and product searches.
Arthur Meyerson Photography
Houston, TX
January, 1998 to 2005
1998 Art Directors Club of Houston Silver Medal winner
Designed and maintained database-driven web site for Arthur Meyerson Photography. I color-corrected all the photography for the web site as well.
Art Directors Club of Houston
Houston, TX
September, 1997 to 2005
1999 Art Directors Club of Houston Bronze Medal winner
Volunteered to redesign and maintain the ADCH web site. Moved site to new server and set up domain for ADCH. Added searchable job bank. Designed database-driven site for 1998 Houston Show. Redesigned site with Michael Tucker in the Spring of 1999. Designed database-driven site for 1999 Houston Show.
Houston Photo Imaging
Houston, TX
December, 1997 to July, 1998
Redesigned HPI web site. Maintained web site to reflect new services and equipment at HPI.
iiSys Corporation
Houston, TX
March to April, 1997
Designed web site for iiSys Corporation, a Houston-based web design and web-based training company.
Stockyard Photos
Houston, TX
January to February, 1997
Redesigned web site for Houston Photographer Jim Olive and his stock photography company, Stockyard Photos.
4A Travel
Houston, TX
October 1996
Redesigned web site for 4A Travel and built web banners.
Turn to Texas
Houston, TX
June, 1996 to 2000
Worked with local photographer Pam Francis to design searchable web-based source for Texas-based photography. The site is listed in the Black Book source book. Designed ads and inserts for PDN, ASMP and Media Ink.
Paramount UPN 20
Houston, TX
June, 1996
Worked with service provider PDQ.net to redesign the web site for the local Paramount television station.
InfoCentral
Houston, TX
May, 1996
Designed logo and web site for now defunct service provider.
CyberSim
Houston, TX
May, 1996
Designed trifold brochure for CyberSim. I handled all print production issues and press checks. I chose the paper stock and worked with the printer to match colors of previous CyberSim brochures.
Planet Anime
Houston, TX
April, 1996
Designed web site for Planet Anime. Visitors could review products Planet Anime carried and then place orders via email.
HomeFree
Houston, TX
April, 1996
Designed main graphic and icons for HomeFree web site. HomeFree was a project sponsored by PDQ.net that provided free web sites.
GirlWorld
Houston, TX
April, 1996
Scanned, color-corrected and retouched images for a line of t-shirts for the GirlWorld line of clothes available at Oshman's sports stores.
Pam Francis Photography
Houston, TX
April, 1996 to 2000
Designed web portfolio for photographer Pam Francis. Designed ads for sourcebooks and publications including Black Book, Texas Sourcebook, PDN and Media Ink.
Lucy Lipps
Houston, TX
March, 1996
Redesigned web site for radio personality Lucy Lipps. Created/retouched graphics and directed photography for the site.
Houston Education Resource Network
Houston, TX
February to October, 1996
Helped clean up and redesign web site for non-profit group HERN.
Stockyard Photos
Houston, TX
January to February, 1996
Designed initial web site for Houston Photographer Jim Olive and his stock photography company, Stockyard Photos.
Hermes' Foot
Houston, TX
September, 1995 to March, 2003
Created web site for Houston astrologer local monthly column.
Planet Anime
Houston, TX
September, 1995
Designed self-mailing VHS and laserdisc catalog for Planet Anime. Scanned and corrected for press thirty VHS covers. Worked with printer to select paper stock and made press checks.
Planet Anime
Houston, TX
July, 1995
Designed self-mailing CD catalog for Planet Anime with four-color cover. Scanned and corrected for press fifty CD covers. Worked with printer to select paper stock and made press checks.
CyberSim
Houston, TX
1995
Edited text and graphics for web pages. Clients in the Houston area included the local Paramount affiliate television station, Galveston Mardi Gras, and three radio stations.
Electric Carnival, Lollapalooza Music Tour
August, 1994
Assisted with software installation. Edited the scripting for a Hypercard stack and the related Applescript with the stack; the stack was designed to capture video on a Quadra AV and post images to the Internet. Demonstrated Mosaic and MacWeb for visitors to the Electric Carnival.
Planet Anime
Houston, TX
August, 1994 and February, 1995
Designed full page, color advertisement to be printed in a national magazine. Designed quarter page, one color advertisement for national
ImagePro
Houston, TX
April, 1994
Designed advertisements for clients of Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages.
Public Relations Student Society of America
Houston, TX
Spring 1994
Designed Spring issue of PRSSA newsletter; scanned and edited all photos. Designed color flyer for Southwestern PRSSA conference. Designed two color registration form and two color t-shirt for the conference. Responsible for outputting separations for the two color items to imagesetters. Oversaw color correction of flyer.