Herein lies a representative sample of Saltydog's creative output lo these many years. Roll over each thumbnail for a brief description and give 'em a click to see the whole tamale.
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Bedford/St. Martin's Press
Flash
When Bedford St. Martin's Press published their six-volume historical world literature series, they needed a unique timeline-based navigation system for the related website. Saltydog Design created 6 of these timelines, solving a series of thorny design problems (try fitting 200+ text descriptions into a space roughly the size of a can of smoked kippers) and developing a robust software backend. The sample here is, sadly, out of context (the full site is still in development), so the red links do not work, but otherwise the full functionality of the timeline can be observed.
Manulife Financial
Flash
Some folks make their case with a stack of faded photocopies. Some folks make their case with a bunch of ugly PowerPoint slides. Far better is the manner in which Saltydog helped Manulife Financial make their case. This presentation was aimed at financial brokers selling Manulife's new upscale product, Manulife Private Accounts.
Hot Gnu Creative
Flash
Fun. That's what Tom Chmielewski's site had to be, 'cause let's face it, when your name starts with a consonant cluster like "chm," you need to be either a) fun, or b) a cold-blooded killer. Tom's a voice-over artist and a copywriter, so we aimed for what is often technically referred to as "zany."
Bedford/St. Martin's Press
Flash
A central tenet of the Saltydog philosophy: people don't like to be bored to tears. Bedford/St. Martin's Comment class-collaboration software could be sold using the standard steaming pile of charts and graphs, but they decided -- rightfully in our opinion -- that a good customer is one who isn't asleep, comatose, or dead. So, we bring you the Comment soft sell.
ASAP Advertising
HTML
This is a good example of what can be done to make Flash enjoyable without being obnoxious. Quick animations provide feedback without getting in the way of the essential purpose of the website -- delivery of information.
Funkatronic
HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL
Here is an axiom: all web designers want to do badass work, but their clients want simplicity and clarity. Saltydog Design knows what side his bread is buttered on. He wants your work to shine through, not his zany animated cursor trails.
Rhode Island's Funkatronic wanted simple, but they also wanted something they could build on. So Saltydog supplied them with a set of tools for maintaining a database of performance dates, past and future. A band with data -- now that's a cool thing.
Riverside Theatreworks
One of a set of objects for Riverside's new website. This is a good, if I do say so myself, example of image-based lighting.
Self-promotional e-card
This image from a self-promotional e-card dates from the days when Saltydog was a pup, 3D-wise. Of note: the rim of the cup reflects an unseen window; the dog was made using a technique called polygon modelling (he's made entirely out of polygons, like a cube, only more complicated), and don't you love those beady little eyes?
Modeling exercise
This is a washing machine. No, wait... it's a phone. Yes, a phone.
Self-promotional e-card
Another polygon model. Shown here are two different skin patterns.
Lighting exercise
This image demonstrates the use of radiosity -- a style of illumination which closely emulates real-world illumination. The tiles are adapted from a photograph of my kitchen counter.
Ken Gordon, writer
HTML, CSS, PHP
CSS is some wicked good stuff. Proof positive here. This site was developed in about half the time it would have taken with the table hacks of old. Moreover, it is standards-compliant and takes up about a quarter of the bandwidth of an all-HTML layout. Good stuff indeed.
Tiny Tot Tunes
HTML, CSS, PHP
No doubt: there's certainly the odd three-year-old out there that thinks tax forms are a harbinger of fun. But Tiny Tot Tunes is devoted to pleasing, and educating, the other 99.999%. So the Saltydog photograph crew broke out the boxes of purple and yellow felt, and a few days later, this site was born. Fun yet informative, highly compatible, and easy to update. What more could anyone ask?
Modeling exercise
This is part of a work in progress. It's not yet textured, but I'm very proud of the modeling.