Important: I recently got married, and in the process of migrating to the US. I won't be taking on large ($10,000+) projects until I'm fully settled with a new office setup and comfortable with all the terrible state and federal tax laws that exist over here. (Seriously, you guys pay way too much money for everything!)
If you're interested in hiring me for work, I'm happy to take on small to medium size web design/development projects. Your best bet is to contact me through my business over at www.breezeblue.com :)
I'm a longterm graphic designer, and web designer-developer. When I say long, I mean I've been freelance since way back in 1998, when I finished school and started being a bum in college - our college had just started getting this newfangled internet thing and hey, playing around with this design stuff was WAY more interesting than studying.
Over a decade later, and here I am. I've had a ton of experiences across design: from retouching photographs for exotic Hawaiian models, to designing and building a level for SCEE's GOTY edition of LittleBigPlanet - which is still my favourite job to date. I've learnt a lot, I've made mistakes, I've done some really cool things. I wouldn't trade any of it for the world.
In short, I'm massively grateful that I get to be creative for a living. If you're an artist or designer, and you're still in school or in a crappy job, don't give up. If your passion is design, illustration, digital art or the like, then never give up following the dream of making a career out of it. Its worth it.