ABOUT BRENDA SIMON
Brenda Simon is a multi-media artist. You can view her fine art work in watercolor and oil.
Expanding into graphic arts Brenda has been designing websites since 1999. Specializing in small businesses and the self-employed is where her personalized service is a welcome fit. Personalized service is what she offers first and foremost to busy small business owners. Her goal is to make creating a website as simple as possible for her clients, with a fully custom website.
There is no outsourcing, so you are never handed off to an associate. No template sites: your website is created to reflect your business. Your website needs to have your business voice. The time spent with Brenda is reflected in the end result. Your hand print on your website.
The ever changing Internet means keeping on top of many facets relevant to website construction. Brenda stays on top of changes beyond web code, but also to the performance of websites within search engines, social networking and ways to drive your website. She passes on tips to her clients on ways to drive their websites through her blog, Drive Your Website.
"Creating a variety of websites has a very fun side. My curiosity serves me to learn more about each business and that always filters into the website. I can ask the questions website visitors are seeking when they arrive at a website. One of the purposes of your business website is to educate the visitor, or answer questions. It is fun to dig into a business and all it's components!
I enjoy my clients and value their business. They put their trust in me to help them make choices related to the changing Internet and terminology they don't have time to figure out. Owning my own business I fully understand a budget." —Brenda
Located in Southern California's Inland Empire Brenda's clients span the nation from New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Southern California. Wherever you are located you can hire Brenda to create your website.
Whether a basic website or moving into media elements a website has many elements which require multiple software usage. Illustrator is a wonderful tool to create vector art and smooth gradients, Photoshop corrects, repairs and manipulates digital images and photo scans, while Flash can create web videos, from simple slide shows to more complex animated graphics to full websites. All these become the visual side of your website. The code which makes it all appear online is another element using CSS styling, HTML, PHP, perl and JavaScript code to name a few.
For graphic design InDesign is a powerful layout and design program. Create a flyer or print ad to match your website. To further expand creativity Brenda uses Corel Painter, multi music & video editing programs (Logic Express, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Express, ProShow, Magix). Brenda continues reaching, growing and discovering new ways to create through multi-media.Certified:
Photoshop,
Flash and
Illustrator.
Brenda has been invited to be part of the Mt Sac Computer Graphics Advisory Committee 2009 and 2010.
As a multi-media designer Brenda works in multiple areas. This site is divided into four areas:
Custom Web Design & Graphic Design; Slide Shows/Business DVD Presentations
and Photo Restoration; Original Music and Original Art.