Welcome to Nate Creates!

May 29th, 2010

You’ve stumbled on the creative workshop of Nate Sullivan, an senior interactive designer.

Yes, that’s me, and for over five years I’ve worked as an interactive designer, pushing around pixels for various clients and silently complaining about all the CSS markup and ActionScript code I’ve been forced to learn.

That’s why there’s this workshop. Like most web designer slash developers slash whatever else we decide to do, I like making things look cool more than I like hunting through lines of code for some bug. And while I’m pretty comfortable making TextMate sing and CSSEdit dance, I’d much rather be doodling with with a Wacom in PhotoShop and watching things move in After Effects or my new favorite software, Blender 3D. Of course, if there’s no choice I’ll dive into ActionScript 3.0 code and drop my share of trace(“what the frak!”) statements.

Here at Nate Creates you’ll find creative inventions of all kinds – from free video tutorials (to paid eBooks), to limited edition intaglio prints, oil paintings and drawings – all coming sometime in 2010. Occasionally I’ll tweet at CodeSecrets or get inspired enough to ramble about industry stuff on my blog.

In the meantime, thanks for stopping by.

- Nate

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RadiSys Product and Application Guide

August 15th, 2010

The RadiSys Product and Application Guide was a semi-annual, 30+ page magazine, that was poly-bagged with leading industry magazines. We also distributed the magazine to channel partners, sales teams, and other marketing venues. The magazine covered many of the key technologies RadiSys was engaged in, and helped introduce readers to more in-depth technology white papers.

The cover for each edition was abstract, often derived from a key technology discussed in the magazine. I had a diverse role, serving as editorial/art director, as well as writing many of the headlines (my favorite, “Need for Wirespeed”), and completing the brand illustrations throughout.

The magazine content was leveraged on a microsite that included 360 degree photos, personalization features, such as font-size adjustments, and email-to-a-friend, as well as other user interface enhancements.

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Nate Sullivan is a senior interactive designer and Nate Creates LLC is his workshop. Yes, that's me, Nate - and over the past five years I've worked with brands large and small. My design work is driven by the philosophy that great design is concept and ideas are king. Technologies and trends change - but creative thinking is always relevant. As a designer slash developer slash artist slash whatever else I decide - my approach is the same. Bold, creative thinking.