inkadinka design

Wedding Bells are Ringing!

2012-02-17T09:30:00.000-08:00

For Andrew and Nicole that is.

So excited was I when Nicole emailed and asked for help with their save the dates. Their friend Egle made some adorable drawings for them and Nicole wanted to incorporate a fave one. It was an easy task as this drawing was fabulous and told me everything about the design. Whimsical, modern and organic where some words that popped into my head and luckily Nicole and Andrew agreed...

I cannot wait to start work on their invitations!

ThresholdArts E-book

2011-12-19T20:41:00.000-08:00

I finally got to design something I have been wanting to do for a long time! An interactive book, with flipping pages. After some research I used BOOKLET a plugin using jquery and I also found a rad Moleskine type design. Background image is a free texture from Artist Dyrk Wyrst - he has some really beautiful stuff. Most of the images are also from his flickr feed actually. His moody images really go well with what ThresholdArts is trying to convey. I added Marylizs music as an mp3 - just by embedding it. Don't know if this is the best way to do it. But it plays well and you can use the play pause controls. Note: it does take alittle while to download if you are viewing the page in Firefox.

Check it!

Brotherpalooza Invite

2011-12-01T08:01:00.001-08:00

Just wanted to share a fun invite I created for the event: BROTHERPALOOZA.
Had a lot of fun searching through images of pin ups girls from the 50's. The invite itself is also based off of an old advertisement for camel cigarettes.

Maryliz Smith Website

2011-12-01T07:31:00.001-08:00

Just finished up a site for performance artist Maryliz Smith. She wanted it simple and stunning. Her current site used black as a background making it alittle too severe, but since she wanted to keep it on the darker side, we swapped the black out for a nice dark gray with a yellow tone. We also added text and navigation buttons in green. To keep with her organic feel.

Looks good! The beautiful nature images on her site are from flickr. Photo artist Dyrk Wyst. I also added a music player built with javascript and HTML 5. I'm still having issues with it and the current firefox, but hoping to resolve the issues soon!

I am also currently working on a type of e-book for her. Exciting stuff as I can start to utilize HTML5. There are so many possibilities for sound and animation!

M Public Relations NEW site!

2011-10-07T15:36:00.000-07:00

After much anticipation I am happy to reveal the NEW website of Vancouver, BC public relations company - M P R. They wanted something clean, modern and androgynous, with a flash of purple. To match their fabulous logo, created by a Vancouver graphic designer. So this is what we ended up with:

http://www.themprfirm.com

We also added a wicked slideshow for the home page and a twitter feed. Looks awesome! SO happy to have been able to work with Morgan and Mieka and I wish them the best of luck on their new endeavour!

M Public Relations - New and Improved!

2011-10-05T11:03:00.000-07:00

Well - after talking about how rad this Public Relations Firms site was with it's tres simple user interface and crisp white background they contacted me saying it was time for a spruce up! Stay tuned for the new and improved M Public Relations Website! I'm so excited!

http://www.themprfirm.com/

Tim Eliot Actor Site

2011-06-12T11:03:00.000-07:00

Just finished up a site for Tim Eliot an actor in NYC. He had very clear ideas on what the site should look like and pretty much designed it. I just built his vision! I added a cool slideshow and used google fonts with jquery for his press page, to make different looking fonts. Check it out!

TIM ELIOT WEBSITE

M Public Relations

2011-05-26T15:17:00.000-07:00

Just came across my good friends pr site. M Public Relations in Vancouver, Canada. It's so simple and easy and gorgeous! And I can't wait to build something just like it!

As they say - good designers borrow, great designers steal... ;)

Thanks for the inspiration M!

Frances Chewning Site

2011-05-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

Just finished a site for funny gal and actress extraordinaire Frances Chewning. She wanted her site be fresh looking, pretty and a little quirky - just like her! ;)

Easy contact forms

2011-05-17T22:43:00.000-07:00

A contact form is so ideal for a website. Especially for an actor. It makes you look professional and you can still keep your privacy by not having to show your email address on your site. Also - a contact form is a great tool against hackers, if they can't see your email address, they can't spam it. For extra protection, adding a "captcha" style box at the end of your form, really deters the spammers even more, as a computer has a hard time typing out a specific word.

There are a lot of ways to create a contact form, you can go the good old php route for ex... But recently I stumbled across a site called JOTFORM. It's free and easy to use. It also has a ton of possibilities, both design wise and content wise. It allows you to embed your easily created form into your site in multiple ways, as a lightbox, an iframe and more.

Let's hope it lives up to my expectations!

Sharing

2011-04-28T10:13:00.000-07:00

Free hosting!

2011-04-28T09:49:00.000-07:00

When I build sites for clients, I like for them to see the progress as we go along. Instead of using their url, I set up a temporary site for them to visit.

There are a bunch of free hosting sites out there, but I have often found that they tend to be quite buggy and annoying. Zymic is a great one. I can add multiple sites to my account and they always connect fast and easy. Only problem with free hosting is that it has limited space, so if you happen to have a big image file on your site, chances are your free host won't be able to carry it.

Here is an example of zymic at work - Frances Chewning's Temporary website.

Harvardwood Actors Network

2011-04-20T16:04:00.000-07:00

Just started work on our Harvardwood Actors site! This might be our new logo...

Harvardwood

Cushy CMS

2011-04-14T15:07:00.000-07:00

I found this great site that allows the web designer (me) to make any site editable for the client (you).
It's super easy to use and best of all it's FREEEEEE! So far no bugs, we'll have to wait and see...

CUSHY CMS

Link above.

New ways to showcase your website

2011-04-07T09:41:00.000-07:00

I am digging the "all on one page" way to navigate a site. You click and it scrolls to where you want to go. No need to build several pages, it's all on one.

Check out this Norwegian site I came across:

http://unfold.no

UCLA Extension

2011-04-06T08:31:00.000-07:00

Just wrapped up Webdesign II at UCLA Extension. Great class! All about the wonders of jquery! Amazing all the things you can do without having to use flash. Love love love it.

This was my final assignment:

http://inkadinka.zxq.net/tdiproject.html

The rolling images in the header - jquery
The weather widget - jquery
The flicker widget - jquery
The info pulled from wikipedia about Oslo - jquery
The pop up contact box in the footer - jquery

It's awesome

Inkadinka Design

2011-04-05T18:06:00.000-07:00

Check out my website for more info on me and my past and present clients!

Jax and Devo

2011-04-05T18:02:00.000-07:00

My latest site. Built for the event planning company Jax and Devo in New York City!

My new blog!

2011-02-01T21:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there world!
I am very excited to have started a blog for my little web design business - "inkadinka design".

Stay tuned!