Bryan lesseraux Website Design Brooklyn NY
Web Designer, Art Director & Critical Thinker
Website Design Brooklyn, NY
I honed my artistic talents in grade school, drawing muscular super heroes and unsolicited caricatures of my teachers. In college, I rendered finely detailed anatomical studies by day and painted big abstract canvases by night.
My dad was a “designer.” He had books on Eskimo etchings, found-object collage, and really funky chairs. I liked them, but they were hardly as appealing as a good comic book or a whiz-bang surrealist illustration.
And then something happened: after freelance illustrating for a while, majoring in Philosophy, and following my wanderlust through Latin America, the whole design thing began to take form. I learned Photoshop and Quark so that I could make my own illustrated books. Then I realized I could design websites and it’s been an absolute obsession ever since.
My career has run the gamut from Graphic Designer to Creative Director to V.P. of Marketing. My specialities include: visual design for web and print, information architecture, advanced Photoshop composting, vector illustration, Flash animation and front-end development. And I’m no slouch when it comes to copy writing, business development, and the intricacies of web marketing.
I am currently employed as Director of Business Development at Long Island web design company, Brainstorm Studio.
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Brainstorm Studio
A website I helped design for the fine folks at Brainstorm Studio in Melville. My role included visual design, flash animation, vector illustration, and a whole lot of photoshopping.
Tools: Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator
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Boulder Creek Steakhouse
For their corporate website, Boulder Creek Steakhouses wanted "fun, fun, fun!" I designed and animated a kid-friendly home page in Flash, then developed the rest of the site using XHTML/CSS. Click the thumbnail to the right to see comp samples and the homepage Flash animation.
Tools: Flash, Photoshop, XHTML, CSS, Illustrator
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Mark Lesseraux
What self-respecting web designer doesn't have a close friend (or family member) in a really cool band? I recently developed this site for my very talented brother to support his latest EP, The Breakdown. It was a fun project that included lots of jQuery modules, lovingly handcoded pages, and some filial solidarity.
Tools: Photoshop, XHTML, CSS, jQuery, Adobe Media Encoder
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Frassanito Jewelers
The folks at Brainstorm Studio and I helped this highly regarded local family jeweler develop a contemporary online presence. My role included visual design, HTML prototyping, search engine optimization, and social media marketing.
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, Facebook, Twitter
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Piccola Bussola Restaurant Group
Piccola Bussola is one of my favorite restaurants, so when I got the call to design their website I was hoping to get paid in puttanesca. Alas, I was paid in greenbacks and forced to crop and color-correct dozens of photos of their very delectable menu items.
Tools: Photoshop, Flash
www.piccolabussolarestaurant.com
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Teavigo Green Tea Extract
A clean, green design for a company that makes green tea extract. I simulated a bit of plant growth on the home page using Photoshop, Flash and some iStock nature imagery. I also created the site's visual design and banner composites.
Tools: Photoshop, Flash
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Memory After Belsen
“memory After Belsen” is a feature-length documentary that investigates the Belsen Displaced Persons camp, home to hundreds of holocaust survivors and their children. I designed and helped develop the documentary's official website, which serves as both information source and promotional vehicle for the film.
Tools: Photoshop, Wordpress, HTML, CSS
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Earthdriver.Org
Funk collective, Earthdriver, is a veritable who's who of top New York independent artists and studio musicians. I built the website way back in the day (with old-school tables to boot) and am currently moving it over to a Wordpress platform. The music section employs a Bandcamp-based content management system that allows each artist to upload and manage their own music.
Tools: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, Bandcamp, Flash
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Freehand Graphics Inc.
Freehand Graphics Inc. develops custom software for screenprinters. They needed a high-end, highly functional website devoted to customer support and e-commerce. I created the site's visual design along with a number of software tutorials.
Tools: Photoshop, Flash, Flash ActionScript
www.softwareforscreenprinters.com
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International Display Systems - ID & Collateral
My career at International Display Systems spanned 10 years and included positions as Graphic Designer, Senior Designer, Creative Director and Marketing Director. During that time I helped design and market a variety of display products - many of which are featured in the brochure shown here.
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign
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Sun Junction - Corporate ID
Corporate identity package for a clean energy startup. The job included logo design, business cards, envelopes, stationary, and brochure.
Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop, inDesign
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Origin Displays - Branding Guide
A 25-page booklet defining how, when and where to implement a fictional company's brand assets. All design and copy writing handled by yours truly.
Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop, inDesign, Copy writing
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CSTL (Center for Science Teaching & Learning) - Brochure
"The crazier, the better," was the direction I received from CSTL for their new promotional brochure. "Think wild and fun, not dry and scientific." I heeded their words and created a multi-hued comp complete with insects, space scenes, dinosaurs and Da Vinci drawings. To my delight, they went for it. In the final analysis, I'm not sure if the design is properly eclectic or a bit overwrought. Nevertheless, it remains a sentimental favorite of mine.
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress.
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Company Logos
A selection of original logos I did for companies in a variety of industries: landscaping, essential oils, bodybuilding supplements, Jungian psychology, and more. Bleed Graphics was the name of my first design company.
Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop
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Starbucks Drive-Thru
As Creative Director at International Display Systems, I was tasked with rendering drive-thru concepts for Starbucks Coffee Company. We were selected along with one other display company to be Starbucks' official drive-thru supplier, eventually shipping over 500 drive-thrus nation-wide.
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Dimensions, Powerpoint
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As the food service industry opened its eyes to digital signage, I became a kind of digital ambassador at International Display Systems. Along with lots of travel, trade shows and online demos, I had the chance to collaborate with Angelvision Inc. to produce this very unusual Flash tutorial. My role included art direction, copy writing, compositing, and Flash prototyping. The final product was assembled by Angelvision.
Tools: Flash, Photoshop, Creative Direction
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The Bridge Cinema DeLux
With its digital menu boards and enormous custom lightboxes, The Bridge Cinema de Lux in Los Angeles took movie theatre decor to a new level. I was responsible for rendering all of the displays in 3D before they could be fabricated. I also designed and animated the digital menu board content.
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Dimensions, SCALA IC3
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Illustrations
A random sampling of drawings I did back in the day. There is little to no organizing criteria here, other than the fact that I like them all and they are meant to show a diversity of work. More to come!
Tools: Pencils, Colored Pencils, Hands
