I first “met” Kira Gagliardi through her pages at CGPortfolio, and then I learned that she’s a Web designer as well. I was taken with her digitial artwork, her use of color, and - mostly - with the feelings that she captured in her artwork. I wanted to know more about her, so I asked for an interview.

As she answered my questions, I was amazed at what little training she had and how determined she was to succeed despite this lack of instruction. Even more - I’m truly impressed with her ability to learn on her own, and her intense commitment to building a digital arts community in Adelaide, Australia, her hometown. Like her Cinderella illustration (a portion of that image shown here), Kira seems to take on a fairy-tale-come-true persona as she spells out her past and her future. Read the rest of this entry »

Bradley W. Schenck, also known as BWS, is a name that may seem unfamiliar to you, but as soon as you witness his artwork and computer game designs through his original Webomator site, you might immediately recognize the style if not the face behind the work. Bradley has worked as a writer, a draftsman, and a sign painter before he entered the gaming industry as an artist, a designer, and as an art director. His styles range from dark Celtic to mystical to futuristic realism – and he renders his work with a professional grace and slickness that seems to transcend all those times and places.

These days, Brad hides out in the Midwest, where he’s working on a dream that’s “bigger than the Atlantic Ocean”…. Read the rest of this entry »

Sébastien Théraulaz traveled halfway around the world to make a creative stamp on Montreal with his studio, Sub Communication, where he concentrates on graphic design, film and video, Web design, etc. Then he opened his type foundry, Subtitude, where he concentrates on typography, graphic design, film and video, Web design, etc.

Lately, Sébastien’s attracted a lot of attention with the latter business - yes, with the one that doesn’t make a whole lot of money, but that provides him with the creative environment that he craves. With Valérie Desrochers’ help, Sébastien would like to spread his creativity like some off-the-wall butter all over the business world bread… Read the rest of this entry »

Sas Jacobs (eyes above) is a whiz-bang expert on ASP.NET/ASP application development, Flash, and XML. She’s a writer, a teacher, a speaker, and she edits technical books. But, she loves to travel, she sang in bands, she’s a photographer, and her business is wrapped around the theme that Anything is Possible.

Who is Sas Jacobs? Is she a disciplined geek who thrives on code? Or, does this woman have a soft spot for landscapes and Dean Koontz? Read on to find out! Read the rest of this entry »

I ‘met’ Bruce Lawson online several years ago when he was with glasshaus, a publishing company that produced books on web standards, usability and accessibility. Although we lost touch several times over the years, I still look to him as a sort of touchstone on what the Web community is up to in the U.K. Currently, Bruce is conducting some rewrites on previously published books and tech reviews on other books. But his true calling remains all about Web accessibility and standards, just as it did during the glasshaus days. This is why he can be found at The Web Standards Project as an Accessibility Task Force Member.

Before you produce an opinion that Bruce is all business and that he’s possibly an accessibility bore, you might visit his blog. His true character shows through his Website, which is entitled, simply, “Bruce Lawson.” Who is this guy? What makes him tick? I wanted answers to these questions and more… Read the rest of this entry »

When I hear the name, “Lynda Weinman,” I immediately think about Web-safe colors. However, Lynda is known for more than this contribution to Web design. Lynda taught digital media and motion graphics at Art Center College of Design in the early 90s, and she directed music videos for artists like Howard Jones and Lyle Lovitt. She also contributed special effects for many films, including Buckaroo Banzai and Return of the Jedi. And, she’s a prolific author, with her latest book being Adobe After Effects 7 Hands-On Training (Hands-on Training (H.O.T))

Lynda currently is the major domo guru behind Learning @ Your Own Pace®, a “Monster Training” online resource. In this interview, I asked Lynda about her education and about all her past experiences and how they relate to her current career. Additionally, you might be excited to learn about what she has planned for the future. Read the rest of this entry »