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Tom Franks

Creative front-end web developer

Metallic UI

User Interface

Pure Photoshop design, to be built into CSS3 with jQuery for the custom sliders and radio buttons.

PHOTOSHOP no website Customer web interface used for a specification selection page, using custom controls.
Dancepop website

DancePop

Photoshop design and built into a PHP framework with CSS, XHTML, jQuery & AJAX, coupled with a custom MySQL admin back-end.

PHOTOSHOP, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JQUERY, AJAX, MYSQL, CHRON dancepop.co.uk DancePop is a music blog with the very latest in dance and pop music from around the world, incuding upcoming new bands and interviews with artists.
Pirandello website

Pirandello

Designed in Photoshop and built with PHP, CSS, and XHTML with a MySQL database for site menus. Typekit web fonts used.

PHOTOSHOP, PHP, XHTML, CSS pirandello.co.uk Ristorante Pirandello are a delightful Italian restaurant with authentic home-made food in a comfortable cosy restarant with a pleasent atmosphere.
FH Creative website

FH Creative

More Photoshop designing with a build in PHP, CSS, XHTML and heavy on jQuery & MySQL for a data-driven Twitter-like news feed.

PHOTOSHOP, PHP, XHTML, CSS, jQUERY, AJAX, MYSQL tomfranks.co.uk/fhcreative FH Creative was designed as creative resource sharing portal for businesses’ creative departments to easily share resources among staff.
Dedicated Server Model

3D Server Model

Created in Maya, this is a 3D textured dedicated server model with lighting and refections. This is a technical demo only.

maya, photoshop no website Demonstration of the mental ray rendering engine within Maya, this is a demo of a combined NURBS and polygon mesh to create a server model.
User Interface A

User Interface A

Photoshop-only design for a custom web user interface styled in a teal-color theme and Antenna font.

PHOTOSHOP no website Custom user interface specifcally for web applications with a focus on a clean look with glossy elements.
User Interface B

User Interface B

A second example of a custom web user interface with more elements styled in a dark theme, targetted at web applications.

photoshop no website With more custom elements and a darker style, this theme is aimed at less serious or commericla web applications, being more suited for blogs.
Fastreview

Fastreview

Designed in Photoshop and built into a custom PHP framework, utilizing jQuery & jQuery UI, with a MySQL backend and Javascript for comment tagging on mockups.

PHOTOSHOP, PHP, CSS, XHTML, Javascript, jQuery, jQuery UI no website Web application for mockup control on commercial projects, it supports adding comments and tags on mockups similar to Facebook photo tagging, + lots more.
GoEatOut

GoEatOut

Build of a UK restaurant information directory website, featuring a complex data architecture to link restaurants geographically to locations in user searches.

PHP, jQuery, MySQL no website GoEatOut is an online restaurant information directory aimed at helping users find local resturants and decide where to eat based on info & reviews provided.
Fasthosts EDM

Promo Email

Photoshop design and built into basic HTML and in-line CSS with cross-client compatibility.

PHOTOSHOP, HTML, CSS no website Promotional EDM for the UK’s #1 web hosting provider targetted at a large customer base to promote their latest offer.
Fasthosts Blog

Blog

Design and build of Fasthosts’ blog, using Photoshop and built into the Wordpress framework with a custom theme.

PHOTOSHOP, PHP, WORDPRESS, XHTML, CSS, JQUERY blog.fasthosts.co.uk Commerical web hostin provider blog for a social media presence and to keep customers informed of new prodcts and important updates.