Well, I just graduated from Canisius College a month ago, and already started working full time at STUDIO llc. I also stopped messing around and got a real version of mattmcgurn.com/asymptotedesign.com onto the web today.

I started Asymptote Design, my name for my design brand, in 2004 when I was a senior in high school as a place for me to put all my work, and maybe get a freelance gig two. Here’s what it looked like way back then:

Yeah, pretty crappy, but I didn’t know what I was doing at all at the time. Then in late 2005, I designed version 2, which looked like this:

That was totally made with tables, and most of the HTML was done (poorly) by Photoshop…pretty embarrassing I know.

With the new version, I wanted it to look like I knew what I was doing, and I think I pulled that off. It took so long for me to get this off the ground because I was committed to everything being contained on one page, and the load time to be as minimal as humanly possible. This meant optimizing EVERY image on the page, doing some sneaky JavaScript, and most time consuming of all, cutting down my portfolio. It was hard for me to not include every piece I thought that was portfolio-worthy, but I think the 20 pieces that made the final cut really showcase where my strengths are.

Well enough talk, go check it out! mattmcgurn.com

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