Dark Dreams gothic & alternative web and graphic design
Welcome to Dark Dreams Design
Hi, my name is Jamie, I am a self taught, professional web and graphic designer and I'd like to welcome you to Dark Dreams, my website.
Design
I believe that a professional web site is an essential part of any business. Your web site should do far more than merely list your products, services and address details, it should reflect the spirt and passion you have in your products.
As a professional designer, I like to get to know how your business works so that I can design a bespoke site specifically for you. If you already have a strong corporate identity then I can work with what you have to create a web presence. If not, I am happy to create an image or brand from scratch. To find out more about commisioning a design from us please take a look at our portfolio or contact me for further information.
Hosting
Coupled with the design of your site I will organise and source the correct hosting package for you and your business ensuring you only pay for what you need and will use. This hosting is fully expandable and completely transparent. I wont hide anything from you, if you want to know what version of php I use, fine, if you want to know more about what I do to maintain security for your site, feel free to ask. To find our more about the hosting capabilities I can arrange for you please contact me for further information.
My design background
I like to build accessible, search engine friendly, cleanly designed websites that are both a fun and easy to use. In the many years I have worked in this field I have had the opportunity to work with many skilled professionals who have helped me expand my skills in regards to new methods and emerging technologies.
As well as being a keen designer both professionally and during my spare time, I am an active part of the gothic community. This means that I understand what it takes to stand out from the croud when it comes to promoting your alternative business. Over the many years I have moved among this social circle I have made many friends and contacts and learnt just how to get your business noticed and metioned in the right places. This knowledge will be happily passed on with every design I create.
Please feel free to take a look around my site and learn a little about what I do. The Bio page will tell you a little more about who I am and what we I get up to when I am not sitting behind my keyboard. The Portfolio page showcases some of the sites I am most proud of and the projects I am currently working on. Finally we have the Contact Me page. Take a look here if you want to get in touch. If you would like to discuss a design idea, ask us about one of the sites we have previously worked on or just to say hi feel free.
Thank you for taking the time to look around my site. As you have probably noticed the site is in a continual state of change and unfinish. This is normally down to the discovery of new technologies and my continual training to update my skills. As I learn something new, or see something I'd like to apply to the site to see how it works I'll try and apply it and see what it does.
Currently I am testing a wonderful product called Cushy CMS which lets me edit my content online using a simple web based interface. No more messy coding just to change as few words It's clean and easy although I've yet to pull the lid off properly and rumage around. So if you spot the odd anomily in my code, the odd double line break tag where a paragraph tag should be then it's down to me not tweaking that setting yet.
I hope you enjoy your stay here, please excuse the mess and the odd blank page if you find one and I hope to hear from you soon regarding how I can help your business.
Jamie