Who am I?

Hi. I'm Julien Kraakman, a freelance designer/illustrator and developer stationed in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

I am currently studying Interactive Media at the University of Amsterdam, where I'm being exposed to a broad range of media creation and promotion techniques. Among them are (audio)visual design, interactive design, video editing, animation, programming etc.

In my spare time like to fool around with illustrating and graphical design. After I get bored with that I'll just practice my piano playing or compose a masterpiece. Next to my study, parttime job, freelance job and interests, when I have time left, I try to dedicate my time to photography, preferably nature.

Twitter

I like to tweet around from time to time, so check below to see what i'm up to.

JulienKraakman: @TattooNow Well thanks but if i take one, i'll let someone make one for me so it's unique! Or perhaps make it myself! Thanks though! Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:00:22 +0000
JulienKraakman: Maybe i want a tattoo... what do you think? http://yfrog.com/4bkgj Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:47:24 +0000
JulienKraakman: Amazing work by photographer Andy Glass: http://yfrog.com/9dz0xj Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:07:48 +0000
JulienKraakman: @Mixedmediabeach Oke oké! Ik wacht geduldig en in spanning af! #mmotb Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:56:17 +0000
JulienKraakman: @MarritdeBoer @TommyWierper Website waar de foto's op zouden moeten staan van hotnetworkz doet het ook niet! #mmotb Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:47:07 +0000
Project OBA

Project OBA

This was a project from school for the Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (public library Amsterdam). We got the assignment to add an interactive solution to an exhibition about Annie M. G. Schmidt, a famous Dutch writer.
My involvement:
  • Design
  • Illustration
Portfolio 2008

Portfolio 2008

Assignment from school to make an online portfolio in XHTML and CSS. Easy!
My involvement:
  • Design
  • Development
Universe Art

Universe Art

This was a piece of work I made in Photoshop using a lot of different techniques which I got from all over the internet, following tutorials and learning and understanding the basics of Photoshop a lot of years ago. It is a really advanced professional program with a lot of functions.

Combining all those functions in order to make an as realistic as possible planet + universe got me to this result. Hope you like it!
My involvement:
  • Design
Far Away World

Far Away World

In my spare time I like to fool around with Photoshop from time to time. A lot of years ago, when still learning a lot about techniques and effects in Photoshop I made this piece of artwork.

It exists out of some simple brushes combined together with some nice Photoshop effects, and a lot of different colors and textures. Have spent a lot of fun time making this!
My involvement:
  • Design
Spark 2010

Spark 2010

Freelance assignment to design and develop a website for a big event about creativity and innovation for first year students of the University of Amsterdam. The event is called Spark 2010 and you can take a look at the website here: http://www.spark2010.nl.

For the website I developed a small, simple to use CMS to insert speakers into a database and edit page content.
My involvement:
  • Design
  • Development

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Hire my skills

I am available for freelance work. Things I can offer:

  • Website Design
  • Digital and Graphic Artwork
  • Website Front End Development
  • Website Back End Development

My skills include:

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Dreamweaver
  • xHTML
  • CSS
  • PHP