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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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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Fit Property.
Fit Property was an up-and-coming student lettings company who needed a brand that was a bit more refined, but would also stand out from the bright primary coloured competition in their home city.
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KudosQA.
KudosQA needed a website to showcase their QA services, and approached me to design and build it for them, working from a logo they had already commissioned.
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