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FRONT Magazine

Matt Harvey — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:26:49 +0000

I have just come to the end of a three-month internship at FRONT Magazine. Among other things, I was involved with design and development on their new website, construction and management of the online shop, filming, video editing and design of their online advertising.

This website contains adult language and nudity.

FRONT Magazine website

New website: Khandie Khisses

Matt Harvey — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:03:55 +0000

A new WordPress-powered website for burlesque dancer and model Khandie Khisses. The site features image galleries with automatic slideshows, social network integration and an event calendar that can be easily updated with new events.

Khandie Khisses - burlesque dancer

New website: Billericay Bootcamp

Matt Harvey — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:36:11 +0000

Another website for Kyle Hargreaves, the Billericay-based Personal Trainer, this website advertises his new bootcamp venture, set to start in the new year. The site is laid out in the same way as his two previous sites, billericaypersonaltrainer.com and essexselfdefence.com but features new content and a new colour scheme and title banner. Click here to see this website’s entry in my design portfolio or click on the image to go staight to the website.

Billericay Bootcamp website

New website: The Snake Shed

Matt Harvey — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:33:18 +0000

This is a new website for a reptile shop in High Halden, Kent, called the Snake Shed. It uses WordPress to allow the shop owners to add new products, descriptions, images and news items with relative ease. The design template has been customised to display title banners that correspond to the type of products and livestock on the page. Click here to see this website’s entry in my design portfolio or click on the image to go straight to the website.

The Snake Shed website

New Website: The Bandits

Matt Harvey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:05:38 +0000

Having designed the logo for the Bandits inline hockey team, I went on to create a social networking website for them to display match results, league standings and fixtures and allow the players and fans to participate in forums and groups and leave messages for one another. You can see the entry for this website on the websites section of my portfolio, or just click on the image below to go straight to the Bandits Hockey Team website.

The Bandits Hockey Team website

Please note, this website does not yet have its own domain name. It is also awaiting some photographs from the team, which will be added as soon as I receive them.

New Logo: Bandits hockey team

Matt Harvey — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:06:33 +0000

A new local inline hockey team, the Bandits, have just entered their first season and won their first game last Sunday with a final score of 11-2. To help them celebrate such a fantastic start, I have designed a logo for the team so that they can get their own professional jerseys made.

Bandits hockey team logo

It may be a while before they can pull together the funds to get their kit made but I plan to post a photo of the finished hockey gear once it is made.

Sketchbook: Lyla & Alby

Matt Harvey — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:08:38 +0000

Yesterday was the welcoming ceremony for my second cousins, Lyla and Alby, and as a gift to them and their parents, I completed a portrait of each of them. You can find them in the portraits section of my art portfolio.

Portraits of Alby and Lyla

Lyla and Alby; Welcome to the family!

New website

Matt Harvey — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:11:22 +0000

Following the recent update of billericaypersonaltrainer.com, I have recently made a new website for Kyle Hargreaves and his business partner Dave Elcoate with information about their joint venture, Street Safe, a range of self defence training services. There are a few pages that have not yet been completed, since they are waiting for additional information that has not yet been provided by the company owners. The ‘articles’ page, for example, will soon be an archive of information to help people while they are following one of the Street Safe courses. Images on the site will also be updated as soon as the relevant photos are taken. Please click on the image below to see the Street Safe website entry in my design portfolio.

New Street Safe website (essexselfdefence.com)

I will soon be working on a new personal training website for Dave Elcoate, so please check back soon for more updates to my portfolio.

Sketch book – first post: Serenity

Matt Harvey — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:48:06 +0000

I have been on holiday for the past ten days and while I was away, I thought I’d start up a sketch book for random drawings just for fun. To keep them apart from my commissioned artwork, I have added a new category on my site news page just for sharing these sketches. To start it off, here is a sketch I completed yesterday.

Firefly: Serenity

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the television series ‘Firefly’, this is Serenity, the space craft featured in the series. Click on the image to see it in my gallery, alongside some of my other drawings.

Revamped website

Matt Harvey — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:35:27 +0000

I recently updated a Personal Training website for Kyle Hargreaves (billericaypersonaltrainer.com) and, at his request, changed the layout and design of the website to make it more clear and professional. I have also integrated the newsletter sign-in box into the header banner of the site. The new site has just gone live.

BillericayPersonalTrainer.com before and after the update

You can find this revamped website in the websites section of my design portfolio, or by clicking on the image above.

New website

Matt Harvey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:24:02 +0000

I have just finished a new website for a model railway engineering company based in Wales named Essel Engineering. The new website is now live on my server and will replace the existing website on the company’s server as soon as the company puts together the details of their web host. I have created the website using a Content Management System (CMS) which, once put in place, makes it very easy to update and edit and easier for the user to search through the product catalogue. The site currently uses a standard layout and design, but I will be discussing a number of design options with the company’s owner in the near future.

The new Essel Engineering website

You can find it in the websites section, or just click on the image to go straight to the website.

New logo

Matt Harvey — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:27:09 +0000

I recently designed a new logo for Essel Engineering, a small model railway engineering company that produces and sells model locomotives and components. The company did not previously have a logo, so I created one as a part of their new website design, which will be posted in the next couple of days.

New logo for Essel Engineering

New logo

Matt Harvey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:35:31 +0000

I have recently taken on the task of creating a brand new website for a newly-formed jewellery company called Silver + Stone. This includes the content, design and layout of the site as well as creation of all of the graphics, including the company logo. The logo is now completed and can be seen below. The website is currently under construction and should be published in a couple of weeks.

Silver + Stone logo

New website added

Matt Harvey — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:45:46 +0000

I have just finished a new website for pet portrait artist Karen Carr. You can find it on the websites page in my design portfolio, or just click on the image below.

Pet Portraits by Karen Carr

Thatched Cottage

Matt Harvey — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:08:29 +0000

I was recently commissioned to complete a painting of a thatched cottage as a birthday present to its owner, Mark, from his partner Sandra. I have had to keep it a secret for a while but it is his birthday today and the painting is now framed on his wall, so here it is.

Thatched Cottage - Acrylic on canvas

Happy Birthday Mark!

Site developments

Matt Harvey — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:45:51 +0000

After a few teething problems with my hosting service, the website is now completely functional. I have a couple of web projects on the go but while I am awaiting feedback from my clients, I hope to get a few more paintings done. I have just finished a painting and am currently accepting commissions for original artwork so if you are interested in my work, please get in touch. I am also planning to develop an online shop to sell high quality prints of my paintings. If you would like to keep up to date with the latest developments on mattharvey.com, please bookmark my site news RSS feed. You can follow the site’s development using your browser or any news aggregator.

Just the beginning

Matt Harvey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:04:08 +0000

It took a while to compile some of my best work and design and construct the site but MattHarvey.com is now fully operational. Feel free to browse the current content but please check back regularly to keep up to date with my latest art & design projects. Once I have completed my current web design job, I have some artistic projects to keep me going but I am always willing to accept new commissions for art or design work. As new content is added, I will announce it on the site news page. The site is up and running, but this is just the beginning.