Welcome to my online design and writing portfolio. You can view my online resume here.

I have been a designer, illustrator and copywriter for seven years, beginning my career with The Wotch Network and soon branching out into partnership business Hubworks Design. I am now working freelance and teaching design and multimedia to tertiary students.

I am also a practising artist in traditional, digital and multimedia. You can view more of my work here.

Please contact me for further discussion about my work at hferry@optusnet.com.au or call 0411038444.

Illustration by Helen Ferry

design

Website concepts and designs

Websites I helped conceptualise, design and develop

csg
no longer live
helenferry.com
webexplore.com

eDM concepts

HTML email campaigns I was involved in

High rolling
Heal the World

Game concepts

I was part of a team responsible for all aspects of development for these games including design, animation, coding and audio

piggy
truth overboard

eBooks

In the following example, I was responsible for all aspects of illustration, copy and design

Dreams  - animals
The Secret Language of Dreams
Dreams - water

eCards

I designed dozens of eCards for The Wotch Network and was responsible for all aspects of design and development including illustration, animation and audio

Bon voyage
Hug me!
Happy Birthday
Bon voyage
Hug me!
Happy Birthday
back

branding

Logos

The development of effective branding through logo design has been essential to the establishment of online and offline corporate identity for Hubwork's clients. Below is a small sample of logos I have helped design during this partnership

AdRankings911
GDATW
ObsidianKK

Mascot and character design

Here is a sample of a collection of characters I have designed for campaigns and mini-sites

Freebeegeebees
cheeky devil
target
cucumber
piggyplato
the githeidi
davinia darcy
froogy
back

writing

Journals and catalogues

I am experienced in all aspects of copywriting being proficient in both short and long copy. A series of articles I wrote on international digital artists was published in Digital Media World magazine.

DMW
DMW
DMW

eBooks

Here are a few samples of eBooks I have written which can be viewed here. Both the Book of Dreams and the Book of Spells were written under the pseudonym Shareena Devine

The Casino Winners' Guide
The Secret Language of Dreams
A Book of Spells to Charm Your Life
back

about

Click here to download an expanded PDF version of this resume

Education

2002
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts)
Faculty of Art and Design
Gippsland Centre for Art and Design
Monash University

1992
Bachelor of Fine Arts
College of Fine Arts
University of New South Wales

Professional experience

2006 - 2008
Lead Lecturer/Tutor in Graphic Design and Multimedia (Sessional)
Central Queensland University
Sydney Campus

2004-2008
Writer (Freelance)

2002-2007
Designer and Copywriter
Hubworks Design

2000-2002
Content Director/Copywriter
DigitalDM (previously known as The Wotch Network)

1999-2002
Senior Designer
DigitalDM (previously known as The Wotch Network)

2003
Tutor – Art Theory (Sessional)
Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy
Macquarie University

1999–2000
Lecturer in Fine Art (Sessional)
Faculty of the Central Coast
University of Newcastle

Skills

Graphics
Adobe Photoshop CS3 (intermediate)
Adobe Illustrator Cs3 (intermediate)
Web design
Adobe Flash CS3 (intermediate)
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 (basic)
HTML (basic)
CSS (basic)
Print
Adobe InDesign CS2 (intermediate)

Exhibitions of designs

2006 - La Sous-Station Lebon, Nice, France – “Essence of Rabbit”
2006 - Mazooka Showroom, Kastanienallee, Berlin “Essence of Rabbit”
2004 - Digit Expo 2004 - Sydney, Australia

 

 

back