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2009 Wrap Up.

Alex Canning — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:00:02 +0000

2009 has truly been a rollercoaster ride for me and it feels odd that it’ll soon be over (only for a new ride to begin, no doubt). The year started with the threat of redundancy, which was soon rendered a reality when in March I lost my job. Some six weeks later, I’d be starting a new job which would give me my first taste of working in a studio. Things have more or less turned out alright, and losing my job earlier in the year really gave me a kick I needed to reboot my career.

Whilst I’ve had some great support from family and chums, there are a few guys I’m indebted to, namely: Aron for his unparalleled HTML/CSS assistance and for being an awesome sounding-board, Huw for giving me career advice throughout the year, Jon for giving me the job at Mobstar (and saving me from further dole-queue perils!), Simon for all kinds of worldly/design advice and keeping me working and Lisa – it’s been a pretty tense year for us both and she’s been super supportive through it all. Also, cheers Sam and Nick at BPWEB – these guys very graciously provide my web hosting.

Also, thanks Mum!

Portfolio.

Alex Canning — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:51:20 +0000

I’ve taken the time today to update the pages of my portfolio, to give some insight as to why the artwork was produced in the first place. Before, it was merely a collection of images so hopefully now they accompanying text gives them some reason or justification!

CV.

Alex Canning — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:47:35 +0000

A mixture of reasons has meant the development of my site has ground to a halt, and being a designer with an under construction page is slightly (highly) embarrassing. For the meantime then, this will serve as the front-end of the site. With this in mind, and if you’re visiting to download my CV, please visit the link on the right or right-click and save as on the button below.

New blog.

Alex Canning — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:54:21 +0000

Thank you for coming to visit my blog.

I’ve made several attempts to maintain a blog over the years for varying reasons – I initially floundered with content after the initial curiosity – and I have set this up as a means of quickly posting thoughts and graphic morsels. I will probably from time to time post musings of my current social status; unemployed for almost three weeks after redundancy and adjusting to it.

With that, I will sign off with the hope that content will be more forthcoming this time around, and that my own corner of the web won’t be completely wasted!