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Chris Cooke

I'm a Brighton based freelance imagemaker, designer, flash animator and musician (as Kid Bleach, which I have very little time for these days!).

I've been working in graphics for about six years now, working full-time for Flawless Media based in Soho, with clients such as Channel Four, Sky and Dave Clarke, followed by a spell teaching Photoshop and Flash at Central Graphics Academy, London. I now work for an ever expanding number of smaller clients such as Get Cutie (new logo/website), Plastic Reality (animation for Jacobs, visuals for Freeland) and The Brighton Peace and Environment Centre (new logo, advertisements) which I find creatively much more rewarding as I can work closely with the client to get a better feel for what the organisation is trying to achieve.

I have an almost unhealthy obsession with graphics and typography, constantly collecting magazines, fliers etc. and spending hours on the net checking out new sites. I also carry my camera everywhere to snap images that might come in useful.

Away from the graphics side of things I am a keen photographer having had exhibitions in both Brighton and London, along with work published in magazines (most recently: Blowback April 2004) and on-line (most recently: http://www.thederelictsensation.com/photographers.htm).

I'm also rekindling my interest in collage which is a refreshing change from screen design, where I limit myself to my magazine collection and no other tools apart from glue and paint!

The main mediums I work in are web - mainly flash based interactive sites and Photoshop/ Illustrator for print based mediums. Though I have experience in using many other applications.

Contact details

Nominator

Nominator's Name: Chris Terry
Company Name: Get Cutie
Company Website: www.getcutie.co.uk

Nominator's Comments

Very happy with his work and Professionalism.