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I've always been interested in graphic design, and the interplay between narrative text and graphic elements. When properly done, a smart mix of words and pictures tells an engaging story. The internet will evolve into the perfect medium for telling those stories.
When I look at a print magazine, my eyes are first drawn to the words on the page, and thereafter to the pictures (even for graphic-emphasis magazines such as Wired, National Geographic and Sailing). I guess my preference for words is a product of devouring paperback fiction as a kid, and my lifelong love for books. Black text on white pages. No pictures.
Internet website design is a completely different animal. Theoretically, the medium is unlimited: pictures, graphics, audio, text, video, hyperlinks, animations. In practice however, bandwidth limitations of your target audience sharply limit what you can present, and how you can present it. Each web browser renders web pages differently. Older versions of browser software display (or don't display at all) graphics in a different manner. Users have monitors ranging from 15" to 28" to television screens to BlackBerry screens.
Designing for a specific target market, especially a low-bandwidth market, is especially challenging. Print design is much easier, but far less rewarding. The internet offers an attractive canvas for that text/graphics interplay, which is why it is so appealing to me. Click on any of the icons below to check out my other websites.
