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of Brendon Blackwell

PinkAcorn

html5 & css3 cloud music player

PinkAcorn is cloud-based music service which allows users to upload their music library, link it with friends in their closed community, and access it from any device with internet access

It uses no flash or images, apart from cover art, It was built using HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, PHP & MySQL. Next I hope to add take advantage of features made recently available in most modern browsers; file-api, history api, in browser DB & media queries. SO if you are interested keep an eye on pinkacorn.com

This is without a doubt the most fun thing i have ever made, it utilises modern technologies and transports to most devices. Plus I love music, and who doesn't want to work on a project which requires you to listen to music all day.

pinkacorn.com

Crowdpark Corp.

corporate wordpress-based website

Crowdpark's mission is to become the world's leading developer of social betting games. Crowdpark brings betting to the world of online gaming. Our revolutionary new betting model allows users to compete against each other in real-time betting events, using virtual currency

The task was take an existing wordpress installation, and re-style it and add new functionality, while keeping the original core. The site uses HTML5 Video, which means iPad/iPhone friendly, and cool CSS3 buttons

I learnt more from this task about how important it is to do things the properly - with proper planning, no short cuts and having a good team. I had build the site completely on my own with little support or clear objective. Additionally I had to work on a live site. The result is a nice, functional website on the surface, with a super-hacked Wordpress core underneath. An important lesson, I hope to never work this way again.

corporate.crowdpark.com

Crowdpark Game

standalone website for facebook game

Crowdpark is a leading provider of Social Betting Games in Europe. They combine betting and games to create a new and original form of online entertainment with competitive real-time betting events.

I was required to build a standalone website for Crowdpark's popular social game on facebook, setup a forum for support, create a logo for the game and create a character for the site. His name is Albet.

This site was built using the Codeigniter framework and Vanilla's fantastic open source forum software. The page and the forum both require complicated facebook integration, this was the most challenging and most exciting part of construction. I am now very comfortable with the Facebook SDK, and the Graph API, as well as many other aspects of developing and working with Facebook.

crowdpark-game.com

Crowdpark Widget

quicktrade betting widget

Crowdpark is a social betting game and the new entertainment portal for social & skill gaming. Here, you can compete with friends and others and forecast the future in a fun way!

I was asked to build a simplified and portable version of their more advanced and complicated trading interface. It needed to be intuitive, sleek and minimal in order that it could be placed on any site and stylistically match to its environment, kind of like a chameleon.

It was fun to make, alot of tricky ajax is tied to some very impressive .Net logic.

crowdpark.com

Graphics & Logos

collection of recent fun and colourful things

Me & My Education

just some quick life stats for those who care, its ok if you don't

Crowdpark - Head Web Designer / Developer2010 - Current
Create, graphics for advertising and logos, as well as designing layouts and mockups. Work in a team to develop a CI and interface concepts. Develop and realise concepts.
Freelance Web Design2005 - 2010
Communicate with customers, create design, code design, and maintain and update final website
Land In Sicht - Screen Designer2009
Team brain-storming and concept development, realising the concept into a design, and working closely with the others to develop the final product
Serious Business TV Production - Office Manager2006 - 2007
Oversee all accounts receivable and payable, communicate with retailers, advertisers and customers, organise interstate trade show

Inspiration for this site

i recently bought new shoes and found a new font that inspired this site




Colour Scheme

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