Hi, I’m Chris Dowson.
I’m a freelance creative designer specialising in digital & eCommerce.
I started my career in printing and publishing - expanding into digital design and development and in 2005 I set up my own studio: My First Raygun. I now work on branding and digital design projects for businesses, individuals and agencies across the world.
Here’s what I can help you with:
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Brand design.
I have created a lot of logos - I know that branding is so much more than creating a kickass graphic and slapping it on your website header and some business cards. It takes a lot of planning, a little faith and a kick-ass graphic to slap on your website header.
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Graphic design.
The discipline that started it all for me. I trained as a graphic designer at college and have worked on countless layout projects - both editorial and commercial. I set a mean form, and a killer double page spread. It was my first design love...
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Web design & development.
I am an experienced web designer and developer. Whether it's a brochure site, a control panel or a shopping cart, I ensure that it looks great, works well and helps the user achieve your goals.
I have worked on projects for:
Maxine Hayter Owner Bespoke Blinds & Poles Ltd.Christopher is very detail-oriented, which is essential in his line of work; he has a keen eye for relevant digital content, and is superb at understanding a brief, communicating his ideas, and delivering standout results on time and in budget.
Projects I’ve worked on.
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Flexy.
Flexy is a radical new way to recruit casual staff in the hospitality industry, and the company reached out to me to produce a new corporate brochure for them.
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Blue Eye Aviation.
Of all the logos I have produced in my career - and I've made a lot - the logo for Blue Eye Aviation holds a special place in my old, withered designer's heart.
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Anticipate Invitations.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and when you have imagery of this calibre to use in your designs, you can speak volumes. Anticipate Invitations leverages the power of CraftCMS and the flexibility of Snipcart to deliver an eCommerce store that really goes above and beyond.
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