Clark Studios Web Blog

Free Layered PNG file(I say layers I have not really layered it up it is just a load of paths).

I drew this for use on a site as a low res image but it never came to be used so I am offering it free. So crack on and download it.

It was done in Fireworks CS3 so I am unsure how it will render in other packages.

Enjoy any way.

Download the zip file here.

Circus Scene

Is a circus company which provides workshops for schools, businesses and the general public. They provide a number of circus based services and have no branched into selling a couple of products which they require a small paypal shop for. The main goal is to bring the site up to date with a fresh new look and new logo.

I want to work in Oz

Yes I do, and this site is my first step to achieving this. By doing various freelance work for Australian based agencies I intend to get sponsored and bugger off to Oz. If all else fails I will make a I want to work in Dubai website and go there. It is still in progress and can be found here.

Pro AVS and Plasma Screen Rentals

Two sites for my brother in law who is starting his own business. This is the whole package, branding, website and collateral.

Sites are at: www.pro-avs.co.uk | www.plasmascreenrentals.co.uk

Bathtimes is a family run bathroom retailer, installater based in Fleet, Hampshire that requires a a web presence. The primary feature of the site is a offers section which allows the webmaster to add there current offers.

More soon.

I am currently designing a micro site for truly scrumptious beauty to promote a new product called Zeno Pro. The site already exists and is mearly a holding page until the new design is built, it is currently located at www.zenopro.co.uk

The site is a micro site to drive traffic to the current web shop for sales leads. It is a simple XHTML and CSS based site which may include some Flash aspects.

After the success of Forza Motorsport’s Custom car design option in the game EA has decided its time to jump on board. While its true to say that anyone who is use to doing custom skins for online gaming Forza was very powerful but a pig to work with in terms of using an xbox controller to do your work. In equivalent terms it would be like doing a design in Fireworks or Photoshop with a mouse that only went up and left, long winded and bloody annoying after a while.

EA following Nascar 08 (which to be fair was alright but its custom skins where god awful) have released a whole new paint booth feature which allows users to download a Photoshop or PNG template and design there own cars and then upload them via EA’s website for use online. Great idea, and hopefully others will follow.

Expect to see websites for skins popping up everywhere including one I am going to write (and unlike xbox league online it will get finished). Just got to buy the domain name now.

If you are intrested you can download the templates from EA’s Nascar 09 Page. I will post a basic PNG template for Nascar 09 soon so all your Fireworks users dont have to do all the transpaerency rubbish.

Ohh baby its been a while hasn’t it. Well its been a strange but happy couple of weeks as I am now a married man. Yes me Steve Clark got married on Saturday and can happily say I am loving it. My beautiful wife Sarah has made a proud happy man so onwards to as they say in American Pie

the next step

So what else have I been up to?. Well I finally learnt how to do a Wordpress plugin and although it is as about as much use as a chocolate teapot it works (its not something to publish). Well with that said i have been trying to find a practical use for one so any bright ideas write a comment.

In the world of web I am happy to say MigsyDesign is done bar some content that the client needs to supply (I say client he is really a mate who does kick arse artwork), but once it is done a case study will be posted.

 I have another potential project for Kite Surfing with a company called Predator Sport. The client bought a template from one of these companies like Template Monster and asked me to build it to modern standards. So i stripped it back and whack into a CSS framework. I have a preview of the site here if you are intrested.

Also after the success of the Farnborough Hockey Club reunited website I was asked by another club Aldershot and Farnham to build there website so I did and it is currently awaiting the Domain Name to be mapped and then we are away. The site looks nice and simple and although it was a kind of freebie (Got a fifty quid helmet out of it and my subs paid for a year) I love it. Watch out for the case study.

Ok Im off to pack ready for my honeymoon to Cyprus at this fantastic Villa in pervolia

Well if you have read my last posts about online branding in particular games then you know what the potential is for this. I recently purchased a xbox 360 game called Forza Motorsports 2 a driving game with a huge online community. I saw this as a chance to brand my cars and throw them in the face of the world in attempt to drive traffic, so I set it up at first a VW Golf and then a Ferrari 435. Its not only fun to play but puts a brand out their.