My name's Stephen Smith and I'm a Graphic, Web and Information Designer based in Tokyo. I specialise in web design, HTML and CSS as well as PHP and jScript/jQuery, UI/UX design, branding, logo design and design for print.
I work freelance which allows me to live anywhere in the world, which has really helped me to improve as a producer. Right now in Tokyo, I'm constantly finding inspiration for my projects. Great sushi doesn't hurt either.
send me a messageParallax scrolling is described in its Wikipedia entry as "...a special scrolling technique in computer graphics, wherein background images move by the camera slower than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D video game and adding to the immersion.
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Looking through a collection of recent photos, I realised I had quite a few pictures I’d taken of signs and logos where I really liked the illustration they used. That lead me to realise that this is a major reason why I choose to live in Tokyo. The visual language of the Japanese would be considered
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I wanted to talk about what, in my view, is the best web development environment you can have for a freelancer or a small team, especially if you’re pushed for space and have a restrictive budget.
Now I don’t care what other people think but I believe that if you’re involved in designing interfaces
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