Story Pixel

Independent Interaction of Sam Wilson

About

Each interaction a person has with an online work should be a part of a larger story which leads them toward clear goals.

about sam

a picture of Sam Wilson I am a designer, husband, tinkerer and have been described as a goofy guy. I'm pictured here feigning thoughtfulness. Occasionally I teach an Adobe Users Group, sketch, play Scrabble, cook, and bake bread. I can be found working at home, Collexion, 3rd Street Cafe, or Common Grounds. I reside with my lovely wife in Lexington, Kentucky.

I work with a lot of good people including Estee Lauder, Clinique, Aveda and others.

services

My professional focus currently is freelance site design work for awesome companies. I enjoy it when someone finds my work both easy to use and inspiring visually. Please feed my inbox with anything that is on your mind. Professionally I like to:

  • Have fun
  • Create good things
  • Work with the nicest people

recognition

colophon

It was important for me to do something handmade this design around so that's what you see here. The theme of "creative harvest" reinforces my use of this site as a field to grow ideas. Also it's a place to share the fruits of my labors.

The idea for the site started as a few sketches in my Moleskine notebook. I sketched the various design elements to support the theme. I commissioned the photo of the corn from Dominic Rossetti and I couldn't be happier with his work. I work on a MacBook Pro and an Asus Eee PC running Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

The layout and preparation of my scanned sketches were performed in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Flash was used in some of the interactive areas. I employed Expression Engine to manage the content and run the backend as well as some custom PHP to add some needed features. Styling was accomplished through CSS and the markup is XHTML.

I would also like to thank my family and my friends for their crucial support: Adam Martin, Collexion, Elevation Studios, Deron Sizemore, Lafe Taylor, Nabil Mouzannar, Nick Warner, Rory Arms, Rubidine, Quint Tatro and many more.

sentences

Phrays is a word game and a collaboration of mine, here are my latest sentences:

  1. Much to her disappointment, she found the local beer not only to be unique but also not potable.
  2. The amount of gravitas at the conference session somewhat sucked the fun out of the topic.
  3. He had not made up his mind yet, but his inclination was toward deluxe coffee chip topped with pecans.

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