R and P Design - Living and Designing by the Pixel

Overview

After completing the 'Fruit Ninja' website for Halfbrick I was approached by them to take on the rebuild of their main company website.

This was a very exciting prospect as their website was going to be the biggest build I'd undertaken so far as it was to be wordpress based for the blog aspect of the web build, and also because the company have recently become really well known through two highly successful iPhone applications, 'Fruit Ninja', and recently released 'Monster Dash'.

The Initial layout design went through a few variations before a direction was reached, but from then on it was all about getting the website built and ready for a launch on 31st of August. The final week was spent refining and making sure we were ready to go, and then all on time the website went live.

This was an extremely satisfying project to work on, and hopefully the second of many for Halfbrick.

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Overview

Injury Therapist approached me to design a new website for them, originally their current branding was going to be used, but after discussion it was decided to give the company a complete facelift for something far fresher and more inline with the image they wanted to portray.

The Logo was created from a combination of the 'I' and the 'T' of Injury Therapist, and uses free flowing lines to express the freedom that having a healthly body can give.

The website's concept was to be very clean looking, and get across the message of health. A slider is used on the main page to deliver 3/4 messages to website visitor as they first arrive at the site and then more indepth information of the Injury Therapist's services are delivered on the additional site pages.

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Client Feedback

"Many thanks for designing my buisness website. I am very impressed with the design, and many people have commented on the professionalism and efficiency of the website layout, thereby serving the purpose of accessibility.

I will be promoting the website and in doing so will emphasis the quality of service provided by R and P designs.

Once again, Thankyou for all your hard work on the website."

Kieron Sheehan - The Injury Therapist Manager

Overview

Fruit Ninja is an iPhone application (soon to be available on iPad also) by an Australian based company, Halfbrick. The application has sold over million copies worldwide.

I approached Halfbrick about carrying out the web design as part of my final BA Hons Degree module, but hopefully it will lead to future projects now my course has completed.

The aim of the website was to deliver a high impact look which instantly displayed the ethos of the fun filled application. To read more about this build be sure to check out my blog post.

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Client Feedback

" When Rob initially contacted us expressing an interest in developing a new Fruit Ninja site, our interest was piqued based off the quality of his portfolio.

There was an obvious element of skepticism in our minds: someone we have never heard of is coming to us and offering their services for free. However Rob’s timely and professional nature instantly dissolved any initial doubts we may have had.

Several iterations were completed before the final product was delivered. Rob turned work around extremely quickly, and always communicated clearly and concisely with us regarding the nature of the changes. The final product was delivered ahead of time and we are thrilled with the final result.

It’s hard to believe that Rob is (was) a student, as our experience in working with him has surpassed that of most paid professionals we have dealt with in the past. I cannot commend his ability, work ethic and communication skills highly enough."

Luke Muscat - Executive Producer / Lead Designer - Halfbrick Studios

Overview

Hera Beauty Clinic had recently relocated and they required a website to be up and running in quite a small timescale, the total project time for this build was 2 weeks. This incorperated a couple of photoshoots of the new clinic to help promote the business and the treatments they offer.

Initially a couple of designs were created, and then from here a few colour and layout variations on the decided direction. jQuery was used to create a subtle fading effect to the treatments section of the website, and the contact form was also formatted with some more advanced styling techniques to keep in fitting with the feel of the website.

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Client Feedback

" I'd Like to say thanks for the Great job Rob did in building the website for my Beauty Clinic, its impressive and very professional, its exactly what I was hoping for.

I needed the website fairly quickly as I had relocated to Medway City Estate, thanks to Rob for acting so promptly, and its another great tool to add to the business. "

Lesley Peters - Hera Beauty Clinic Manager

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A local band who already had a website, but wanted to increase their web presence and have a site in place that they could move forward with. The design direction was decided by the band as they had numerous influences of websites they already liked. They decided against a CMS system behind the website, but the website was coded with forward planning for ease of updating, this was so that the band themselves could carry out later changes.

jQuery was used for the band's photo gallery, video silder, live auto-updating twitter feed, and their on-site audio player. All these elements were brought to the website to add the dynamic feel that was required for this up and coming band.

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Client Feedback

" Our website needed some pretty specific features and quickly. Not only did Rob surpass all expectations, but supported us when we needed further development of the site. Usually I panic about such things, but Rob made the whole process straight forward.

Cheers for your help Rob. You're a legend!."

Andy Ridgeway - Five Floors Up

Overview

Unique Kickboxing originally had their first website built by myself in early 2009, but over the following year the company moved forward and grew, and they asked for their website to be redesigned/upgraded to suit at the start of 2010.

Rather than ammending the original fixed layout, it was decided that we would rebuild the website from the ground up, and it was to be ready for any further expansion of the company as they continue to build up their reputation and clientele.

The main plan was for the website was to deliver clear information about classes and what Unique Kickboxing have to offer; to both current and potential new clients. It was to be able display fighter profiles, and house an ever increasing gallery of photos taken at regular events.

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Client Feedback

" From start to finish Rob delivered fresh ideas and have really helped me push my company forward.

I will be continuing my working relationship for hopefully many successful years to come. "

Matt Simms - Unique Kickboxing Manager

Overview

Bin Masters are a local company who had a website, but were never quite happy with it. They wanted a fresher more modern website, with a friendly feel.

Early on in the build it was decided that they would like themselves represented on the website in the form of cartoon characters, this process took a few design directions on route to the final characters, but we finally reached the look you see now that everyone was happy with

To get some more up to date pictures on the new website of the work that Bin Masters carry out, a few photoshoot were also done as part of this project.

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Client Feedback

" We originally had Rob recommended to us by a friend as our website was in dire need of a re-design. After looking at one of his web designs that was already up and running, we arranged a meeting with him.

Our initial meeting was relaxed and informal, however, he provided us with some much needed incite into what the website redesign would involve and discussed our initial options. After deciding what we would like our website to look like and contain, Rob suggested some website layouts and we picked our favourite.

After adding our content and completing some of the finer details, we had a professional and fully functional website to boast about! Throughout the whole build, Rob was always reliable and easygoing, making it a very enjoyable process. His patience was very much appreciated as we had quite a few people to keep happy our end!

Bin Masters would recommend Rob in a heartbeat and wishes him all the best with his future projects."

The Bin Masters Team

Overview

The PC Wizards wanted to have a website built that was memorable and eyecatching. The design was focused around the companies black and yellow colour scheme, and it was decided that it would be a visually very strong website layout.

Large vector based graphics were used to represent the different areas of work that the company delivered, and these were displayed using a jQuery powered slider. A mininature slider was also used on the home page to give vistors quick access to the relevant areas.

A sales area was also created to link to their ebay store, but also in case they decided at a later date to sell items from the website itself.

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