Name: Christian Wiegman
Title: ing. (or B. ICT)
Nickname: Hankey
Date of birth: 12-13-1982
Sex: male
Location: Delft, The Netherlands
Occupation: interaction designer

I first started working with digital design in 1999. Back then, I was an avid online gamer, playing Delta Force for hours in a row. With some of my friends, I started a gaming squad, called The Core. I created the squad's first website, which spawned my interest in design.

My growing affection with graphic and webdesign was the main reason for my choice to study interaction design and development (VIA) at the Haagse Hogeschool. In July of 2006 I graduated as an interaction designer with an assignment for INDG in Amsterdam.

As an interaction designer I continue to educate myself on relevant fields such as design theory, graphic design, webdesign and webscripting. I am also broadening my spectrum and including related areas, particularly game design and 3D animation, in my studies.

I spend a lot of my spare time either behind my computer, playing games or playing guitar. Creativity plays a big part in my life. Whether it is designing an interface, creating a design concept, writing a song or simply drawing a picture, I enjoy expressing myself and turning my ideas into reality.

Knowledge and skills

Software

Adobe Photoshop (advanced)

Adobe Illustator (advanced)

Adobe Premiere (basic)

Adobe InDesign (basic)

Macromedia Flash (advanced)

Macromedia Director (basic)

Macromedia Dreamweaver (advanced)

Electric Rain Swift 3D (basic)

Autodesk 3D Studio Max (basic)

Programming and scripting

(X)HTML (advanced)

CSS (advanced)

PHP (advanced)

SQL (advanced)

Javascript (basic)

Actionscript (basic)

Additional info

Favorite bands: Incubus, Alexisonfire, Face Tomorrow, Protest The Hero, Unearth.
Favorite movies: eXistenZ, Donnie Darko, Avalon, Gattaca, Final Fantasy VII.
Favorite tv: Family Guy, Lost, Prison Break, Veronica Mars, Dexter.
Hobby's: drawing, designing, gaming, music, movies, taking pictures, traveling, playing guitar and writing music.

About newskin interactive

"At first I see an open wound, Infected and disastrous, It breathes chaotic catastrophe, It cries to be renewed, Please renew me! Its tears are the color of anger, They dry to form a scab. To the touch, its stiff and resilient, Underneath, the new skin breathes!" (Brandon Boyd, Incubus)

Newskin is a name that implies constant change, diversity and improvement. It characterizes my approach to design and development. In a world where technology is changing ever faster, one must learn to utilize change in order to move forward.

Newskin was born in the beginning of 2003. The website you are browsing is the third installment of my online portfolio, entitled "expand". Newskin v3 is written in PHP and HTML 4.01 strict.

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