Creations for the web, making life a little easier
I am a student web developer in Full Sail University’s Web Design & Development online Bachelor’s degree program. I specialize in designing exquisite user interfaces while learning to program and design more fluid experiences in them.
My name is Nicholas, I am from Chattanooga, Tennessee and I enjoy creating digital art of all kinds. From being a freelancer in graphic and motion design, to finding my passion for programming and creating solutions for the Internet to make art, practical products, and tools to make life easier and more enjoyable, I love it all. I am an ambitious individual seeking to retain what I can in this massive space of creating for the web.
I am a massive sports, esports, and video game enthusiast. I enjoy a variety of television and film. My family consists of my wife, dog, and cat. My interest in digital media first started in 2014 with my Introduction to Web Design high school class. Although I did not initially keep up with it at that point, life led me back to it at the time I was most ready to take the next steps.
Here are a few technologies I've been working with:
Some of my recent professional experience includes:
2018-2021
I utilized various social media platforms to search for and attract clients in the sports and esports industries. I maintained a portfolio using Behance for potential clients to view. I operated in Photoshop for static designs and After Effects for dynamic/motion designs. The majority of the designs I created were social media banners, advertisement designs for social media posts, and designs for Twitch streams/broadcasts.
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This is a CRUD application built with create-react-app. You are able to create a post, read that and other posts, update/edit your own post and delete it. Proper form validation is integrated. You can sort the posts using the sort dropdown by most/least likes. Lastly, you can like other posts.
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This project was completed with a group of 4 in a hackathon in the #DearJuniorDev community. The competition had a 72 hour time constraint and this project placed 2nd out of 7 total projects. The aim of the project was to load random images and allow a user to view them and pin/unpin them from the Home page. The Saved Images page allows them to view their pinned images and unpin if they no longer enjoy them. It uses localStorage to persist the user’s choices of pinned images.
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This is a full stack app utilizing Sequelize to work with MySQL for persistent data, Express and NodeJS for the server, and React for the front-end. Authorization and authentication is handled via JSON Web Token. A user can signup and login to their account, visualize an overview of their current week's exercise plan, search and filter exercises, add exercises to a day of the week and a favorites list, and make changes to a daily plan of their choosing.
