Thursday, May 17, 2012

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The Graphic Design Portfolio of Alan Ballard

Da Vinci Days Web Design

Posted by Alan On March - 31 - 2011

Da Vinci Days is an awesome festival in Corvallis, Oregon where participants build insane contraptions called “Kinetic Sculptures”. These sculptures are hand-made and human-powered vehicles that withstand the test of road, mud, sand, water, and unbridled creativity. It really is an experience watching these things spin, bounce, slide, and glide around town. There’s community art, poetry, science exhibits, great music and great food for three full days and nights.

It was my task at ProWorks to create the design for this site, embracing the handicraft feeling of the event. The background artwork changes every year, and is made into posters. This year Santiago Uceda created something vibrant and whimsical.

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FSN Design

Posted by Alan On May - 12 - 2009
forest seedling network

forest seedling network

The Forest Seedling Network is a Pacific Northwest website connecting forest landowners with seedling providers, forest management services and contractors. It’s run by Bob McNitt. Pine tree seedlings can be posted for sale by vendors that sign up on the site. Development of this web project is by Jason Prothero of ProWorks, using Sitecore Content Management System. The design is by myself. I strived for a clean, inviting, and professional “earthy” look.

GetVitals Website

Posted by Alan On February - 27 - 2009
GetVitals web design

GetVitals web design

GetVitals.com is a brainchild of the guys I work with at ProWorks Corporation. It is a really cool person and organization search tool that weeds out all the crap you would possibly get from a regular Google search. GetVitals speed-reads all the relevant pages and spits back only the good nuggets of info that you can save and manage. My responsibilities on this project were to create the entire identity and design throughout the site, and implement it into HTML / CSS.