Erica Ruch ~ News » Web Development

…And Onto the Next Season

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:59:10 +0000

So, Fall came and went around here. And as of an hour ago there was this outside:

Our first snow of the season! And before Halloween – yikes! But being a snow-lover….I’m actually enjoying it!

Around the office there’s been plenty of exciting updates. I recently finished re-designing the New Noise Santa Barbara website – we moved it over from Joomla! to WordPress, and updated the design. Definitely an update that was due, and it rolled out just in time for the conference on Nov 3-6th! I also rolled out a new splash page for Bess Rogers to announce the single off her latest album Out of the Ocean.

I’m also currently working on a re-design of this site – so stay-tuned for a spiffy new look coming soon!

Then summer arrives

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:10:13 +0000

Red Sox Games, fried pickles, ginger beer….warm-weather pleasures have returned! Last week, peta2 launched their new summer campaign – “Flesh is for Zombies” which I designed the website for. The site features a Whack-Zombie flash game, an awesome infographic designed by my talented co-worker Samantha Sanders, a video, and a variety of other zombie-esque features. Definitely a fun site to design!

I also launched a new splash page for the very talented singer-songwriter, Bess Rogers – to feature her song “We Believe in You” which has been featured recently in a Mott’s commercial.

Save Sammy Game!

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:19:44 +0000

Here’s a little game I designed and built in Flash for PETA’s site CanadasShame.com , which spreads information on the horrors behind Canadian seal slaughter. Make sure your sound is on!

Recent Work

admin — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:03:41 +0000

Here’s a sampling of some websites I’ve designed for PETA recently:

Force-Fed! Say ‘No’ to Foie Gras

A website designed to educate the public about the cruelty to ducks and geese in the foie gras industry. People that take action against the cruelty (via email, leaflets, phone calls, etc…) can submit their actions to be counted on the home page

Hug a Vegetarian Day 2010

peta2 partnered with So-So Happy this year to promote Hug A Vegetarian Day – which is geared towards teens. People are encouraged to pledge the amount of hugs they will give, as well as print out signs and take photos of themselves with the signs and post them to Facebook

Cruelty Free Makeover

People are encouraged to submit photos of themselves to be considered for a makeover featuring only cruelty-free products

Creativity Kicks In

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:51:29 +0000

Things have been busy around here – teaching at Montserrat College of Art has been a blast – and is really rekindling my creativity! It’s amazing to see what my students produce, and completely inspiring to be back surrounded by such a vast amount art! I’ve been back in my studio painting again recently – after quite a long hiatus during grad school – and I’ve also been drawing regularly again as well. It’s nice to get away from the computer every once in awhile!

Oh, and my new love is my new Canon DSLR. I’ve always been interested in photography – but never felt inspired to make the financial investment. Boy am I inspired now! My bank account isn’t too happy about it, but I am! I’ve been snapping photos around here like a maniac. My animals seem to be the main victims of my newfound-hobby…being that they’re the only subjects that are more than eager to participate in just about anything.

Here’s my handsome pup, Calvin – and his leggy-sister Clementine:

And our newest little man of the house, Frankenstein:

I’ve also gotten around to updating my portfolio with some projects I’ve worked on in the past couple months. Check out the new Jukebox the Ghost website we got up a few weeks ago to commemorate their new album. I also posted some new items to the Design and Interactive galleries so feel free to peruse the new work! AVA2ZJBTR7WN

What Spring Brings

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:46:23 +0000

Spring has definitely hit here in New England – the trees have their leaves again, the temps are in the 70′s, and I even harvested my first radishes and lettuce from my vegetable garden! But the world being in bloom isn’t the only excitement around here – I’m also looking forward to finally finishing my Masters Degree in Interactive Design & Game Development from SCAD – and I’ll be walking across the stage on May 29th to get my degree. All the long nights, and lack of weekend fun for the past couple years have paid off!

Things are also busy here in the studio – I recently launched the new Freelance Whales site, a new splash page for Tokyo Police Club, and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work on the webstore for Team Radio Shack and the webstore for Mellow Johnnys, Lance Armstrong’s bike shop in Austin, TX. I’ll be updating the portfolio shortly with these, and some other tasty new interactive pieces.

In other news, I’m currently working on a program to start offering non-profits that are focused on animal welfare, animal rights, and animal rescue discounted web design services. These causes are extremely important to me and close to my heart – so I feel that this is a good way I can give back and put my skills to positive use. Stay tuned for more details on this program in the next couple months!

New Lucero Website!

admin — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:11:59 +0000

For those of you familiar (and those of you not familiar) with the band Lucero, check out the new website I put together for them at www.luceromusic.com

Claudia Golden

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:55:52 +0000

Just in time for Mothers Day!

I just finished up the online portfolio for my Mom to show-off her wide-array of talent! She does everything from drawings & painting, to furniture and murals! Check it out at www.Claudia-Golden.com!

Happy New Year!

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:28:54 +0000

Okay – so we’re already 14 days into 2008…I suppose it is a bit belated at this point. It’s fixin’ (thats the ‘Florida’ southern drawl slowly creeping in and taking it’s horrid hold on my vocabulary) to be a busy year so far!

I’m working on a line of plates for a company Creative Treasures - the details are ‘Top Secret’ at this point but stay tuned in a few months for some further information.

There are websites-a-plenty that are brewing right now…and they’re all going to be awesome!! Some will be utilizing some of my exciting new Coldfusion and Flex skills, and I’m simply dying to get them out there….but, yes, patience is a virtue my friend. And unfortunately in the web development world, killer websites don’t finish themselves overnight, so continue sitting on the edge of your seat.

Also, and in somewhat minor, yet personally exciting news, I made some changes to my website tonight – none of which you will notice….mostly some ActionScript changes that really improve the sites functionality and flow. They’re silly things that I’ve noticed – and likely noone else has…but it’s a sweet personal victory over procrastination! Yay! (and a few items added to the portfolio…perhaps those are things you would notice)Cheers!

Winter Park Vacation Condo Site

admin — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:07:53 +0000

Check out the site I just completed for my sister and brother-in-law

www.winterparkresortcondo.com

They have an awesome condo in Winter Park, Colorado that they use as a vacation rental! Now you should think about taking a trip to Colorado…(*nudge*)!