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My name is Christopher Hays.
I am a digital designer specializing in web, print,
and 3D design. I created this site as a showcase for
my talents and as a way to promote my work to prospective
clients. I have extensive experience creating websites
and artwork for multimedia. I have also created Flash
presentations, 3D graphics, and printed materials. Below
is a list of the software with which I am the most familiar:
Software:
Adobe Illustrator 8.0, 9.0
Adobe Photoshop 6.0, 7.0
Adobe InDesign 1.5, 2.0
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0
QuarkXpress 4.1
Macromedia Flash 4, 5
3D Studio Max
Deep Paint 3D
Caligari TrueSpace 3.0
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint
Bryce 3
Swift 3D
Platforms:
Microsoft NT
Microsoft Windows 2000
Mac OS 8.6, 9.2
My equipment:
Dell Windows PIV, Workstation with 523 MB of
RAM, 32MB Nvidia GeForce MX Video card, running Windows
2000 Pro
Macintosh G3 (blue and white) 450 with 640 MB of RAM
Epson Perfection 2450 Photo Scanner
Epson Stylus C82 inkjet printer
Hewlett Packard 5M color laser printer
Canon EOS Elan 7 35mm SLR camera and accessories
Other skills:
Photography (see my "Photography" section)
Research and writing (see my "writing" section)
Drawing
Model making
Resume:
Click
here if you would like me to send you a link to
my online resume, which outlines my experience in more
detail.
I have a vital interest in the culture and society
of the mid-20th century. Growing up in the American
Southwest, we lived in the shadow of the 1950's. The
world in which we lived in the 1970's had not superficially
changed since the 1950's. The social landscape was still
dominated by 50's restaurants, coffee shops, drive-ins,
and the dreaded ranch style home. In addition, the atom
was never far from our minds. I grew up in Alamogordo,
New Mexico, a small town not far from the Trinity site
where the first atomic bomb was detonated. We were also
a heartbeat away from Holloman Air Force Base, White
Sands Missile Range, NASA, and to the north, Los Alamos.
Although I failed to appreciate the culture of the 50's
when I was growing up, I now value its unique brand
of eccentricity and originality. Hopefully, as the years
pass, historians will reevaluate the period. Like many
that share my interest in this phase of American history,
it is my desire to document this period in my photographs
and art before it is lost forever. One can only point
to the callous destruction of the Coral Court Motor
Court in St. Louis, Missouri, to understand the urgency
of documenting this period before it vanishes entirely
from the social landscape. Nevertheless, I do have other
interests as well. These include nature, architecture,
and Native American culture.
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