About Jarred

I am a freelance designer with 4 years of experience.

I call myself a graphic designer and web developer first and foremost, yet I have skills and passions in many areas of computing, the internet, programming, design, usability and troubleshooting. Okay, I lied a little. I'm not passionate about troubleshooting but I seem to have a mind that's tuned to that sort of thing.

I have been called a pragmatist and while that might sound boring, I like to make all my designs as simple, practical and logical as possible and if I manage to make them look great too then I feel I've succeeded. I'm really not a 'wow' kinda guy, but I do create stuff that works nicely and looks good. To quote Charles Mingus, "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity".

When I'm Not Working

I'll be honest here, I love computers and the internet. I spend a good portion of my day in front of the screen, designing, researching, gaming and sometimes just mucking about.

But, aside from the geek stuff I do allow myself to get out and about too. I like walking around, exploring and taking photos. I'm definitely just an enthusiast photographer as you can see from my photos on Flickr. While you're there, comment my photos. It fuels my ego. Music, hanging out with my mates, drinking and eating, watching movies, furthering my education and traveling pretty much sums up the remainder of my time.