Vector art
The vector art gallery utilizes a custom-made flash viewer so that you can zoom in and pan around; simply use the buttons along the bottom and drag the image. You may find that when zooming in, you cannot pan to the edges of the image. To view the image as a JPEG, click the button on the bottom right of the viewer.
Image manipulation / alteration
Airbrushing / touch-ups
The main aim of these images was to remove spots/blemishes and other skin imperfections for Facebook profile pictures, because as we all know; teenagers are vain. However, I wanted the resulting image to look realistic and not 'over done' as most of these images end up looking incredibly fake. Therefore, I left some imperfections in the skin - avoiding the plastic look commonly seen in airbrushed images.
Please be patient when viewing the full sized images; they're rather large!
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3d modelling
Current project: Renzuken
My 3d modelling works are on hold at the moment. I once made a large-scale mod for one of my favorite games that included new space ships, weapons and maps, but lost all of the assets due to a hard drive crash and lack of backups (I learnt my lesson.) Since then, the only thing I've made is the above project.
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Original web site design |
Enter the treehouse myspace |
Hideout myspace |
Hideout index page (flash tag section) |
Jay's inflatables (entrance animation + flash banners) |
Young Guns Party Band (entrance animation + bottom navigation) |
Flash version of this portfolio  (under construction) |
Second web site design
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And this website of course!
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Over the course of the summer holidays, I got into sequencing old video game songs and revamping them with more modern sounds. The purpose of this was entirely for my own amusement as I have always been interested in music; I play the guitar, a very small bit of piano and I have taken Music at GCSE and Music Technology at AS and A2.
I submitted the end products to a popular web site (Newgrounds) and have received fairly high scores and good reviews considering these projects are the 1st that I have ever undertaken.
I'm working on a flash-based mp3 player to view these tracks rather than links to an mp3 file.
All of the music below was originally created by their respective owners and all rights remain theirs, I only sequenced the songs by ear!
Title |
(Original) Artist |
Link |
| Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Hyrule Field Theme | Koji Kondo | Listen |
| Final Fantasy VIII End theme | Nobuo Uematsu | Listen |
| Passion | Utada Hikaru | Listen |
| Passion (instrumental) | Utada Hikaru | Listen |
| Hikari | Utada Hikaru | Listen |
| Hollow Bastion | Square Enix (Kingdom Hearts 2) | Listen |
| Battle Theme | Nintendo (Golden Sun) | Listen |
| Menu Them | Nintendo (Golden Sun) | Listen |
| Sol Sanctum | Nintendo (Golden Sun) | Listen |
| Kid Icarus Main Theme | Nintendo (Kid Icarus) | Listen |
| Midna's Lament | Nintendo (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) | Listen |
| Green Hill | SEGA (Sonic the Hedgehog 3) | Listen |
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References
Enter the Treehouse:
I am a personal friend of the owner of Enter the Treehouse, Natasha Walkerdine, who recognized my talent and has frequently requested my assistance with certain tasks. These tasks usually involve flash animation, as can be seen on both of the myspace web sites as well as the banners on their client's web sites. This is actually paid work - freelance in a way. However, I also attended my work experience as a design assitant in order to get a complete look of what it would be like to actually work for the company instead of doing freelance work.
Reference from Natasha Walkerdine:
"After meeting Ash, I soon became aware that he is extraordinarily talented.
What impressed me, was that he is not afraid of a challenge and persistently problem solves until he finds a solution.
Not only is he practically minded, but he is like a sponge; soaking up any new skill or design knowledge that he encounters.Ash is an essential part of our team. I know I can call on him to help with any coding or flash based work. He is also valuable to bounce ideas off of. Ash is punctual, reliable and honest. He can work to a brief and uses his own initiative. He has a great sense of humour and I have no doubt that he will be very successful in his chosen career.
I will certainly be asking for his help on many more projects to come."~ Natasha Walkerdine
Work for this company:
Enter the treehouse myspace
Hideout myspace
Hideout index page (flash tag section)
Jay's inflatables (entrance animation + flash banners throughout site only)
Young Guns Party Band (entrance animation + bottom navigation bar only)