Dragon Armoury Creative - The personal portfolio of Finbarr Notte

Dragon Armoury Creative is the personal design portfolio of Finbarr Notte - a web designer/developer specialising in clean accessible code and web standards. You want the full effect of this site? Then use the links above to move down the page and the 'back to top' links to move back up... you can use your scrollbar as well but you'll be missing out.

LatestNews

Updates at long last...

If any of you are regulars you may have noticed that there has been no updates around here for some time now.

My only excuse is that my work and personal life have taken up the majority of my time... leaving me little time to keep DAC up to date.

But fear not... the updates start now.

You'll find my latest web designs - some of which are live (TCL Consultants but not quite finished) and some of which are still in production. There's also a couple of logos added and some print work as well for those that are interested.

Hot off the press!

I mentioned a few months back that DAC was to be featured in The Web Design Index for 2007. Well I haven't yet managed to get my hands on a copy but Günther Beer (the guy who puts it all together) kindly sent me a pdf of how my 'pages' will look... I'll post it up just as soon as I get it back from my mum (she's so proud that her boy is in a book!)

Hopefully that'll keep you all appeased for now. But fear not, there'll be more to follow very, very soon - a couple more logos, at least 2 more web designs that are not quite 'approved' and even some artwork that I've not managed to photograph yet.

Bye for now... enjoy.

Web Creative

The following gallery contains both freelance work and work that has been carried out whilst in employment at various companies.

Art Creative

Below are some examples of my artwork - both illustrations and paintings. As you'll no doubt notice, my preference is nearly always simple black and white imagery, regardless of the medium being used.

Print Creative

Much of my freelance web work has resulted in me undertaking graphic design work for my clients also. Below are just a few examples.

Logo Creative

Photo Creative

The following images are mainly experimentations in light, exposure and different development techniques. I'm not a photographer but just like taking photos when I get the time.

About Me

Personal Details

Name:: Finbarr M Notte
Age:: 30-something
Nationality:: Irish

3 years experience in accessible site design & build and an enthusiastic interest in CSS, Web Standards, Accessibility and Usability.

Contact Me

Telephone:: +44 (0)20 8852 0644
Mobile:: +44 (0)7802 863576
Email:: finbarr at dacreate dot co dot uk
Contact Form:: Sorry... down for the moment

Download a copy of my CV (pdf format/51kb) for full employment history and education details.

Showcase Creative

As I know a lot of you have bookmarked my site simply so you can get to the gallery sites from here, I've updated this section extensively. Anyway I've tried to add all the sites I've now been featured on - some as far away as China and Japan (bizarrely enough!) - but I've still left off those sites such as CSS Beauty where I've never been featured.

Resource Creative

Some of the sites I visit when in need of help, inspiration or something nice to look at.

Books Creative

The books bought recently to help on certain projects or just to brush up my skills.

Friends Creative

The personal sites and blogs of a few of my online friends...

Web Creative
Art Creative
Print Creative
Logo Creative
Photo Creative