January 22nd, 2010 by Brian under News | 1 Comment »

It’s A New Year

Hello Everyone,

I would first like to apologize for not updating my site in a while. I’ve been extremely busy with the holidays and work and I just haven’t had the time! I finally finished my undergraduate program at Western Michigan University and I am now the proud owner of a BBA in Electronic Business Design! It feels incredible to be graduated from college and to be a part of the professional work force.

Speaking of which, I have been busy developing a website for the company where I am interning, Landscape Forms. This website is going to be the home for our new electronic auction system. Currently these auctions are all done via paper and pencil, and my job is to give them a more eBay like feel. I have been developing this website using ASP.NET and SQL Server, and it has been exciting learning new interactions between things such as ASP.NET and jQuery along the way. I would love to show you this website, but it is internal only. Sorry!

I hope that everyone reading this had a wonderful holiday season, and I’d like to remind you that Fro Designs is always happy to answer your web design and development needs. Enjoy the new year!

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November 28th, 2009 by Brian under News | No Comments »

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to take a moment to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers and visitors. I hope you had a wonderful holiday!

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November 18th, 2009 by Brian under Graphic Design | 3 Comments »

Abstract Vector Art

This is a tutorial that I found while browsing the popular web design blog called Web Designer Wall. It teaches you how to use Adobe Illustrator to make some very neat abstract art by simply drawing some shapes and using the Twirl and Warp tools to distort them.

Here is a link to the tutorial: Illustrator: Abstract Vector Art

And here are some of the results that I had from this tutorial:

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I have had a lot of fun with this tutorial, and I hope you will as well!

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October 20th, 2009 by Brian under News | No Comments »

October Activity

I haven’t had time to write a nice article in a while, so I wanted to throw something out here to let everyone know how business is doing. First of all, I finished up a large e-commerce project at the beginning of the month for The String Collector. I enjoy rock and roll music and have a bass guitar, so this was a fun project for me to work on. The website can be seen in my portfolio, and you can read about it here: The String Collector

I am currently working on a web store for a band called The Vala. One of the members is a personal friend of mine, and he came to me for help with this project. The design was largely done by him, with input from myself along the way. The test website is still in its initial stages of setup, so you’ll have to wait a bit to see more from this one. This website will be using WordPress and WP e-Commerce just like the store that I put together for The String Collector.

On a different note, I’m about halfway into the school semester, my last semester at WMU, and I can’t wait to be done! It’s exciting to finally be graduating and truly moving into the work force. I know my web design and development skills will continue to expand, and I will use everything I have to help my customers create successful websites.

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October 6th, 2009 by Brian under Portfolio | 1 Comment »

The String Collector

The String Collector is an online store that sells new, used, and vintage instruments. They specialize in everything from guitars to tuners and accessories. I created this website using WordPress and the free WP e-Commerce plug-in with the $40 gold module upgrade.

Link: http://www.stringcollector.com

If you are interested in learning more about WP e-Commerce, I wrote an article about it that you can read here: WP e-Commerce – The Ups and Downs

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