I have been working with CSS and HTML for about 6 years now. I started consulting with Iterative Designs about 3 years ago, and it was then that I started playing with Ruby on Rails and building web-based applications. Through all of my experiences I have come to realize that my true enjoyment is within the act of converting great graphic designs into web content (HTML & CSS).

The real art comes into play when you can add touches of JavaScript to bring the page alive. The conversion from graphic design to web content isn't necessarily a highly technical process. What makes one person or company better than another is their attention to detail. There are so many different browsers that run on various operating systems, that the true challenge is to be able to design the content so that it renders consistently across all of these browsers. Furthermore, a good designer will construct a website so that it gracefully degrades when there is an error in the loading of the CSS file or for certain browsers (mostly mobile ones) that limit the use of stylesheets. For more information on why you should consider multiple browsers and why graceful degradation is important, give this article on Cross Browser Considerations a read.

I am currently doing this "on the side" , so I don't take on too many projects, but please contact me if you have something you would like me to look at. I do some graphic design myself, and I have done collaborations with other designers like Alex Hsiao of Perphic!. If you need a full-stack website, I can either provide you hosting or make a recommendation based on your needs.