The realm of web designing is a very different animal from other design mediums such as print. Web designing hosts a slew of workarounds, frustrations, programming variables alongside an infinite creative space — that and the perks of instant gratification which web publication provides.
I hand code all of my HTML (XHTML, CSS and JavaScript as well) using the indespensible
BBEdit text editor, but also use design tools such as
GoLive,
Photoshop and
Illustrator to aide in complex site layouts. When I started building a site for myself, I didn't know that I would be opening a whole new can of worms. Boy, was I in for a big surprise!
Below are several examples of web sites I designed and developed: