Hello there! As you might have guessed by the title, my name is Boris Kourtoukov. I am a front end web designer|developer. I love making websites; it is my passion and career goal in life. I have taken on numerous volunteer and freelance projects over the past few years. Each taught me something new and unique, and each brought me to the next level. Take a look at some of these projects and feel free to contact me about them, or perhaps projects of your own.
My Skills
I create both unique designs and their implementations, using powerful open CMS systems like Joomla!, Wordpress and Textpattern. I also like to dabble in javascript and have worked with Mootools on numerous occasions. I favour cufon for font replacement and raphael.js for canvas drawing. I focus on the speed and accuracy of a development process, using solutions like the CMS above and CSS frameworks like the 960.gs I can be both unique and efficient. Take a look at some examples of my work, or check my resume.
My main hobby is digital painting. I am a huge fan of the digital medium and try to support its spread in the industry. I founded Lightwyrm, a website dedicated to digital painting tutorials and advice, and the Digital Illustration Group on the popular artist community Deviant Art. With these projects I hope to help artists get better and find like minded individuals for networking.
My Skills and Tools
The majority of my painting is done in Adobe Photoshop. Sometimes I incorporate tools like Alchemy and Harmony in the early sketching process. Depending on the needed final outcome I sometimes work with Corel Painter.
