Colin Elliot

I'm a graphic designer, developer and creative.
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Ricoh

Full website refresh for an international printer manufacturer. I produced HTML and CSS for each page type and variable, including menu styling, structural semanics and jQuery interaction.

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October 17th

Flyer produced for the event held on October 17th 2009 in Glasgow for the UN declared International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

French folded and printed on one side only.

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Just Media

Full website for media sales, research, planning and buying agency focused on getting brands seen, heard and bought.

HTML and CSS with a simple CMS.

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Aphet

Logotype and branding for a self determining think-tank for policy change named Aphet.

The brief called for a solution that would convey professional, systemic and positive change.

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Iller

Updated branding and website for an independent hip hop company based in Seattle US and Glasgow UK.

Work included HTML, CSS and some simple PHP for a customised Wordpress theme, t-shirt design for the UK store and photography.

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Z-Trip Show

Flyer and poster design for a DJ Z-Trip event.

The second poster was produced solely in illustrator and references Z-Trip's politically fuelled mixtapes and Shepard Fairey's iconic Obama propoganda posters.

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Email

Bulletproof HTML emails built for several large clients that adhere to strict brand guidelines. Many of these were coded as re-useable templates for Basis, a multilingual email marketing tool.

Standard testing carried out in Outlook '03, '07, Mac Mail, Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail.

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Recursive Art

A tool for recursive illustration generated through Actionscript 2.0 and user interaction.

Produced as an extension to the ideas in Flash Math Creativity (Friends of Ed) and as development of my BA degree Honors year project.

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Inspiration Spaces

A self-initiated print project that details environments and creative spaces that are an inspiration.

Combines photography, layout and personal writing.

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Serato Open

Development of a simple widget that opens Serato Scratch Live from the dashboard on a Mac.

Serato Scratch Live is a DJ software program that allows manipulation and playback of digital audio files using traditional vinyl turntables.

Download from apple here.

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Acre Skateboards

Logotype for a new skateboard company that references Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE sculpture in Philadelphia. JFK Plaza or 'Love Park' features as a location in many skateboard videos.

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Mud Bay Coffee Co

My favourite coffee in the world is made by Mud Bay Coffee Comapny in Olympia WA. I made some icons for them as a personal project. The pack includes: Cappuccino, Double 16oz Ice Latte, Double 16oz Mocha with Whip, Espresso, Latte, Mud Bay Drive Thru and Quad 20oz Con Panna.

Download them from apple or my blog (Mac and PC).

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Self Promotion

Business cards with black leterpress and white foil on recycled Dutch greyboard.

They were printed using a 1950's Original Heidelberg machine at Glasgow Press.

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About

I currently work within a studio environment for an agency and as a freelance graphic designer. My interactive work uses clean design and code, with valid HTML and CSS and should degrade gracefully.

I like Dreamweaver, Fireworks and jQuery for online digital work, and Photoshop and Illustrator for print.

I hope you like my work.

You can check my blog here and get me on twitter.com/colinelliot. Please download my CV here (.pdf) or as a Word (.doc) here.