"... forget the box, just think outside"
About Natalie Lestini of Lestini Designs:
After living and working in Washington, DC as a web designer, I have found the freedom offered by working in the web field has allowed me live in many places - in each place I have been fortunate enough to keep my freelancing business flourishing.
I have also lived and worked in Burlington, Vermont, Raleigh, North Carolina, and I am currently working with a media technology company from my childhood home of Wheeling, WV as their Senior Web Designer.
My work has allowed me to be in many work environments and work with so many talented people, all from who I have learned valuable technical and artistic skills.
I went to school in Washington, DC for web design, but in the last 9 years of working in this profession, I have taught myself more than I think I ever learned in school about computers including HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, information architecture, SEO and GUI design. Please see my resume section for a complete listing of my web skill set.
I’ve always been interested in artistic endeavors and I am constantly trying to find new and better ways to do my work.
I have come across some great resources to help me improve my skills — especially in photography.
Some of the resources I have found locally are:
I also have some wonderful imagery from my latest trip to New Zealand (another serious passion of mine). I am waiting to see where I can use those. I did redesign this current incarnation of my site with those in mind, featuring them in all my page headers and "snapshots" across my web site.
I have also been using them in some printed work and I am really looking forward to see where those ideas take me.
Lestini Designs offers web site services that specialize in planning, design & development.
As a Web Designer (a Front End Web Developer & Designer) I also am able to integrate my skills with digital image and video manipulation, logo design, photography, and digital illustration into my web site designs.
My technical expertise allows me to create web sites that are dynamic, creative, standards compliant, and above all useful. Every site created will be designed with fast loading, standards compliant pages and an abiding belief that elegantly designed, simple web sites are simply better.
I accept small to medium-sized freelance projects so if you're interested in my work and you'd like more information on what I can do for you, please don't hesitate to contact me for a free consultation, and we can talk about how I can help you to create, or update your web site.
Note: Special consideration of pricing will be offered for non profit organizations.
