Recent News. Hello, my name is Tomas Rainbolt. In May of 2000 I made the move to Toronto Ontario CA to be with my fiancee. This move has brought new challenges to my life, one of which is seeking a job in another country. As you may well know already, this is not an easy task. That is why I am opening this site. To showcase my abilities for possible employers and clients. This site is a portfolio/business site. If I can use it to help get me a job with an employer that would be great, and if it brings perspective clients to me that is great also. What I do, or will do. These are the things that I like to do; logo design, sign design, ad design and copy, brochures, flyers, business cards, letterheads, labels, and web design including; navigation, buttons, rollovers, layout and implementation. Find out more by visiting My Services page. Using the following: - Corel Draw 7, 8, 9 - Corel PhotoPaint 7, 8, 9 - Macromedia Fireworks 3 - Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Adobe Photoshop 5.5 - Adobe Illustrator 9 - Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 - Macromedia Drumbeat 2000 - QuarkXpress 4.5 Among other programs. QuarkXpress I have limited exposure to, but it is similar to Adobe PageMaker. You can check out my resumé here or click my link later. More About Me... I have always had an ability to draw from the time I was young. I guess it's something that I got from my Mom and Dad, both are creative people. My Mom is a terrific artist/painter. She paints what she sees, and it turns out wonderful. She is now getting into ceramics (something I'd like to try some day). My Dad on the other hand is a great creative thinker, and can see how to finish projects before they start. I thank them for what they have given me from that standpoint, and from the supportive stand that they have taken with me over the years. When I got older I found myself interested in advertising, well even when I was young I would recite a lot of the commercials for the items that my Mom picked up in the store. I thought it was interesting that a commercial could be embedded in such a young mind. I later found that it was the creative side that made me interested in commercials. So when I got into high school I decided to take as many art classes as I possilbly could. Turned out that over my four years I was able to take 8 classes. One of which was commercial Art. I had a very good instructor, and over the three years that he was the instructor we won the most ribbons at the State Art Show. My junior year I won the Governor's Award for a geometric design that I did. The award is runner-up to Best in Show. However for some odd reason I didn't receive the award for my work. I later found out the next year when my piece returned from the Governor's Mansion that that was indeed where it had been. Then came the computer, oh yes, graphics in a box. A way I could put my creativity and design ability to work for different ideas that I get. For the first number of years I was stuck with (not really I was just happy my parents bought it) a 286 with CGA graphics, that's right CGA. And the paint program that came with it was unreal, haha. I found myself taking hours to mix different nuances of colors using a manual dithering system that I made up. I remember one that I did of a mountain scene, if I remember correctly it was one of my Mom's paintings that I created it from.
"I knew that Web Site Design was something for me. What a palette for creativity in an interactive setting".
Moving on.... Just a year ago I was in school for Network Administration and Computer Hardware Maintenance. Along with the courses required I took several computer software courses; Microsoft Office 97, Adobe PageMaker 6.5, Corel Draw 8, PowerPoint, and HTML. The latter stuck with me, I knew that Web Site Design was something for me. What a palette for creativity in an interactive setting. Well that's me in a nutshell as this part of my life goes, maybe I'll open a site totally about myself for my family to view.