Portfolio of Carl Mason

Here's just a few of my many projects, which have made their way to all corners of the Internet. My Portfolio and Resume show my skills in a variety of different roles; both in externally commissioned work and personal endeavour, making full use of the wide range of technologies available today. If anything you see here catches your eye, don't hesitate to contact me for more examples or even to start on your very own project!

Logo Samples

WordPress Themes

Web Design & Development Portfolio

Mase:HQ v2

Prior to CarlMason.net, Mase:HQ was the home of my projects and developments. I feel that this project alone shows some of the striking visual identities that can be created online.

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Clan Stuff

Clan Stuff is a site where online gamers go to meet and arrange upcoming tournaments in their favourite games. I was hired to design the template for the overall look of the website.

Skills: xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Xbox Live Talk Light

This site launched when the original xbox was entering the market. A website devoted to reviews on upcoming games, with content such as video and pod casting throughout. I was hired to produce two skins, one dark and one light.

Skills: xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Xbox Live Talk Dark

WiseSpent

WiseSpent is a successful application that brings extensive financial planning to the blackberry. Again I was hired to provide a fresh new look to their old website, with added flash animation and embedded sales functionality.

Skills: Flash, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Waters Edge Menu Design

Waters Edge is a coffee shop located close to the shoreline. I was contacted by them to provide a new look menu. This was an enjoyable experience as it was primarily for print and involved surveying of their customers.

Skills: Photoshop, Print Work

Tainted Waves

Tainted Waves is an alternative music forum and portal which was devoted to providing new and upcoming bands a place to be heard. I did all of the development work to get the website up and running.

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Sticky Themes

This was a personal project that I developed which stemmed from my admiration of the popular WordPress blog engine. I set up StickyThemes to distribute all of the themes that I created.

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop, WordPress

Quiz'a'Day

Quiz'a'Day was a small development with a simple goal to achieve. Provide a Quiz a day for a prize. Have online leader boards, and other cool features. I was involved heavily in both the design and development in this collaboration project.

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

JCK Joinery Website

The JCK Joinery customer-facing website was created alongside the development of WebSME, a unique web management system that offers intergration with third party databases. The front end design was integrated and designed from scratch.

Skills: ASP.NET, AJAX, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Project Management Website

This was our Project Management Website whilst developing EasyTable. This site had progress indicators, group biographies, project logs and all other management tools. I provided both the design and the development for the team.

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

MySpaceKings

MySpaceKings provided MySpace users with a resource to images, templates, and the latest videos for their profiles. I provided the template for the look of the main website as well as some additional graphic work.

Skills: xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

MySpaceBits.net

Similarly to the MySpaceKings development, MySpaceBits launched a year prior as my own endeavour - with the goal to produce a resource for MySpace users. I sold the site on as I couldn't commit the time to running it; however I'm sure it is just as successful today!

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Mase:HQ V1

This was Version 1 of Mase:HQ. As a personal site this was an experiment into working with Macromedia Flash, and I feel provides a good example of simple but effective techniques with this technology.

Skills: Flash, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Macclesfield Insurance (.com)

Macclesfield insurance decided to expand their horizons onto the Internet. I was contacted by them to produce a new website and look, as well as an abundance of integration work with online quote systems. This was an interesting project as it involved my first dealings with ASP.

Skills: Flash, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Host Genesis

As one of my first big clients Host Genesis hired me to provide the look for their new hosting company. They had two divisions - an everyday host and an adult hosting service (HostGenX), to which I produced two different designs for.

Skills: xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Host Gen X

Spark Studios Template

I was a member of a design team which went by the name of Spark Studio's. I produced the design for the main site as a template as well as additional flash work. On separation of the group, I decided to distribute this design as a template.

Skills: Flash, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

AutoBlogItNow! (.com)

AutoBlogItNow was a project which spanned several months. A whole host of services were provided from a logo design to audio editing. The end result was a sales page for an online product which automates your blog. The script also comes with WordPress themes designed by myself.

Skills: xHTML/CSS, Photoshop, Clickbank, Audio Editing

FootyGalore Version 1

Aside from designing and developing I'm a big football fanatic. This led me to set up FootyGalore! - a football forum and discussion board with an active community. The site had a good life and went through two designs; Unfortunately I was forced to close the site after I couldn't commit the time to maintaining it.

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

FootyGalore Version 2

This was the second design that I used on FootyGalore! - the popular football fan site with lots of mini games and competitions. As you can see there was a great improvement on the first design that the site launched with!

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

EasyTable Timetabling Software

I was part of a development team that worked on EasyTable in the second year of university. The project was a big success and received accolades from Accenture and IBM, to which we were very happy about!

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

CrushFinder

CrushFinder.net was an idea that sprung up around the popularity of MySpace and online social sites. The functionality? Simple, tricking users into revealing who they have a crush on! A Novelty site to which I was hired to do the design and logo for.

Skills: xHTML/CSS, Photoshop

Car Forum

This project was for an Australian start-up - Carforum.com.au. I was hired to make two forum skins as well as the main look for the website. This also led to extra work was in the form of printed T-Shirts and accessories.

Skills: PHP/SQL, xHTML/CSS, Photoshop, vBulletin

My Contact Card

Tel: 07894438184
Email: carl@carlmason.net
MSN: m4sey@hotmail.com

Hiring Me

You can hire me on a freelance basis to work or assist you on your project. I can provide the following services:

xHTML
CSS
.NET C#
PHP/MySQL
Java
JavaScript
Basic Flash
WordPress
Image Work (e.g. Banners, Templates, Logo's)

Potential Clients

If you are interested in working with me on a project, then please feel free to contact me.

You can be as general as you like, or as specific as you need to be. Although, in order for me to draw up an accurate proposal it would be beneficial to include the type of project you are embarking upon, initial requirements in addition to your timeframe and budget.