Website Design – NJ Computers NJ COMPUTERS – I was personally asked by someone I know in the community where I live to create a website for his business (he runs a small computer store). He wanted something simple and that can be easily updated by his small staff. I decided to give him a WordPress based site using one of my templates. His original website design was just a few static pages. With the WordPress site along with the database and the webhosting that I provided for him, this would make it much easier for him to update his website whenever he wants to.
	Website Design – Dasaco Enterprises DASACO – There was a point in time in my life when I was a full time graphic artist. That’s when I used to work in a small company called Dasaco Enterprises. I did a good amount of work there – since I was the only graphic artist ( i.e: long hours ) – I did a number of designs for product placement (none of which I can show you since they belong to the company). I also created one of their magazines and of course I created their first REAL website design – their previous website before my arrival was just one page. Staying in Dasaco was a learning experience – but I went back to teaching afterwards. They’ve made changes to their website design since my departure, but I know I made major changes while I was there – the boss told me so, LOL. Also, this was the only time in my life that I ever bothered using a Mac – I’m a PC fan for life!
	Website Design – School of Business and Computer Science SBCS – In the beginning of the second part of my teaching career, I began lecturing at the School of Business and Computer Science back in 2003. The very first thing that I was asked to do by the Managing Director and Founder of the school ( in the actual interview ) was to restructure their website to make it look more attractive and easier to navigate. I landed the job and got my first web design project on the same day. The school’s original website had a drab gray color ( it was not appealing to look at ), it was hard to navigate, and nobody in the I.T Department really wanted to work on it – and that’s where I came in. I redesigned the color scheme to “blue / white” to make it look more attractive and I created a distributed navigation system ( links running along the top and left of each page ). It was instantly approved and the general design still remains there to this day. I no longer need to work on the website design of this site – I still work at the school, but I only do lectures in various Web and Graphic Design programs. Changes have been made to the website over the years ( it now runs on a database and it can be updated by various departments ) but its good to see that my original design structure is still inherently there.

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I like using Photoshop for movie posters because it allows me to take lots of pictures that I find off the net and do creative things with them. Photoshop is also very useful when it comes to working with textures for my 3D content.

All designs in this gallery portfolio were created by myself. Hope you enjoy it.

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Over the years I’ve created a few hundred pieces. Some of them were lost due to hardware crashes, while others I just did not like – so like I said, this page just shows some of the 3D artwork that I’ve done.

I simply use the 3D programs that are available to me based on the designs that I wish to create. All images in this gallery portfolio were created by myself. Hope you enjoy it.

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Welcome to the Graphics Web Network. This is my portfolio site and computer graphics/webdesign portal. On this site you can view my ever-growing collection of 2d-3d artwork and other design collections.

You can also get access to all of the graphics tips, articles, tutorials, books and other resources for the various programs that I use to create 2d & 3d artwork, 3d animations and other graphics and web related projects: 3DS Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and more.

I first started off with computers when I was in my late teens – that was back in the days of DOS. Many people these days have absolutely no idea what DOS is – they’ve grown so accustomed to Windows – LOL. From those early days, till now, I’ve always had a keen interest in computers – and I just don’t see that changing anytime soon.

I actually used to be interested in the world of Banking – imagine that – and I worked in a Credit Union for two years as an Accounts Clerk – but even back then, I knew that the world of computers was where I needed to be.

My first teaching job was in a place called YTEPP. I spent five years there teaching Computer Literacy and Microsoft Office applications. I worked in other places also, but this was my first “teaching” job. I may have stayed in YTEPP longer, but as time went by there was more “politics” than teaching going on and I simply decided to leave to find another place to teach. I joined the School of Business and Computer Science in 2003 and that’s when my second era of teaching began.

Besides teaching Computer Literacy & Microsoft Office applications, I also began teaching Computer Graphics & Web Design programs – and I still do this today. During that time I always got questions from my graphics class students about furthuring their education in this field and I am proud to say that after two years of begging and pleading with my course administrators, the “Diploma in Graphic Design” is now availble in my school. I taught the very first class (Introduction to Computer Graphics) in January 2010 – so all of that begging and pleading was not in vain after all – LOL

I am one of the few 3D Graphics lecturers in my country – and I’m also the only lecturer that teaches 3D Graphics ( 3DS Max ) in my school – so I guess that places me in a rather unique position. 3D Graphics is not a big career topic in my country ( unlike the U.S ) but I want to do my part to help pioneer this change.

Sometimes I would build websites for people, upon request, but teaching and designing is my main career.

Well as you can see, with all the stuff that I do, it keeps me rather busy – but I always have time for questions ( I guess that’s the lecturer in me – LOL ). So if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let me know via the “Contact” page.

Regards,

V.

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