I got into making things on the web back in the whimsical days of myspace and neopets.
Remember the space jam website, blink tags and sparkly trailing cursors?
I aim to bring back some of that playfulness to the web through my talks and workshops.
Are you going to be at one of these conferences? Come and say hi!
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Animation is one of the best ways to bring brand personality and character to an online experience, but in the busy world of front-end development, it can often be overlooked.
In this workshop we cover everything you need to know to get started with, and master SVG animation.
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SVG's a great format for creating illustrative graphics on the web, but it can sometimes feel a bit... flat?
Illustration in the real-world is gloriously messy. It's full of texture, human error, smudges, and paint splatters. In this talk we take a look at how we can use different SVG techniques to recreate some tactile 'messiness'
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Have you ever felt uninspired by the every-day grind?
Like coding is all work and no play? Me too.
In this talk I explain how playing with SVG helped me explore some fun new browser API's. I give some advice on how to get started, share some demos and advise on when to reach for an animation library.
Oh, and there's neopets in it.
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Constraints might not feel like what you need when you're trying to be creative. But working within constraints can help you get started and provide unconventional ways around a problem.
In this talk I chat about how to get over the fear of a blank page, and show off some fun CSS only demos.