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About Michael.

Education & Experience.

Take a closer look at the education and experience behind this designer and marketing professional.

Education

  • BBusMan Uni of Qld
  • Dip Graphic Design TafeQld
  • Certified Digital Marketing Prof
    Digital Marketing Institute
Download My Resume

Experience

  • price lists, 
  • tasting notes, 
  • table talkers,
  •  PR flyers, 
  • promotional flyers,
  • invitations
  • menus

Adobe Creative Suites

  • InDesign,
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Animate
  • Acrobat

Digital Experience

  • editorial layouts, content creation
  • promotional postcards
  • logo designs
  • business cards
  • newsletters
  • website design and editing using Elementor WordPress.

The Story

  • With most people there comes a story and so the story behind the motivation for this designer is an interesting one.

    Milo & Frankie

    Rescued from the blue dream 3 days after Christmas. They had both been to various families looking for a new home. They had however been badly neglected and mistreated. They became very bad barkers and Milo attacked other dogs with the intention of killing them. Frankie just barked at anyone willing to come near her, especially men.
    Finally they found the Hawken Family but that was just the beginning. A trip to Gympie for some re-training which cost $1000, the purchase of 3 different dog collars and many many hours of getting used to other dogs on “walkies”, spending lots of time with mum while she studied the Adobe Creative Suits, learning not to bark. The ChocyDushies are born. They are ALIVE in Photoshop, Illustrator and a 40pg InDesign Photo Book. If it weren’t for Milo Milkshake & Frankie Fox, Mum wouldn’t be a budding Graphic Designer.

Spare Time

I focus on producing family photo books, which provide an excellent platform for me to unleash my creativity and experiment with innovative designs. With 4,500 photos taken throughout the year, I have now completed my 15th 40-page book, allowing me to explore various layouts and styles. Using Illustrator, I creatively illustrate playful elements, such as drawing angel wings for my well-behaved child and devil horns for the mischievous one. My two beloved ChocyDushies are never far from my side, serving as my muses and reminding me of the beauty that surrounds us.

Recently, I have dedicated significant time to enhancing my website, where I actively experiment with new content and design layouts. This journey has been a continuous learning experience, particularly in mastering how to create links to offline content such as eBooks and resumes. Each moment spent experimenting with layout is a valuable opportunity for growth; while some attempts may not yield the desired results, they teach me just as much as my successful endeavors. I encourage others to embrace mistakes as part of the learning process—after all, with tools like Elementor in WordPress, you can always rely on the command Z function to undo any errors.

Volunteer Work

Devoted 2 Dachshund Rescue (D2DR) foster carer

Rescuing naughty dachshunds is the name of the game. This can only mean one thing, lots more dachshunds in this designers work.

Update

With three months to go until this graphic designer completed a diploma in graphic design. All winter the ChocyDushies and 2 fosters Reggington and Rudi, have sunned themselves on the balcony, curled up in front of the heater when there are no sunny spots and taken it in turns to sit on the graphic designers lap while learning Animation and Xd. Animals are so intuitive to their owners emotions and so the 4 weiners have worked over time to ensure the graphic designer is happy, relaxed and in the creative zone. For their efforts there are treats at 10:30am, pats and most importantly a human always at home. Most recently, the designer has embarked on Parkrun (or Puppies in the Park as Milo calls it) – therapy for Milo Milkshake on a Saturday morning at 7am. Milo’s not good with other dogs and still reacts wildly at long legged woofers. We all have our strengths and weakness, thanks to the perseverance and determination of Milo’s graphic designer, Milo is a dramatacally different dog. As for the graphic designer, a defibulator might be a good idea at the end of a 30min Parkrun at under 27minutes. The moral of this story, to succeed you need spirit, determination and most of all you must find a way to get over the line. Sometimes several stubborn dachshunds dragging you with them.