About Ding.us Design

Ding.us Design is primarily Paul Vaughn with support from other freelance professionals as needed. Paul is a writer, graphic artist, web designer and Mac consultant. He has been working in the graphics industry since the mid-1980s and is skilled in loads of graphics software including Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Flash CS3, Microsoft Office 2008 and plenty more.

Services include design and construction of small to moderate scale web sites, custom web graphics, ads for print and web, brochures, displays, cd and dvd covers, t-shirt design, business cards, maps, file conversions, general graphics troubleshooting and more.

Paul Vaughn has produced advertisements, presentations, business cards, corporate ID, CD covers and a wide variety of other projects. He is a master of converting files into various formats and troubleshooting graphic arts projects. He used to write the monthly Graphics Guy column for PC Alamode, the award-winning magazine of the Alamo PC Organization. Paul is familiar with commercial printing processes, photography and related processes, web design and presentation graphics. He is Internet savvy and has a positive outlook.

Paul has designed everything from logos to storefronts to t-shirts to wedding invitations. He has a creative, off-center style with tendencies toward the post-modern...whatever that means. Satisfied clients include photographic labs, manufacturers, sign makers, non-profits, lawyers, martial artists, retailers and bowling teams.

Paul Vaughn has helped several businesses and individuals create a presence on the World Wide Web. Image galleries to informational to the just plain weird. Paul shoots for a site that is easy to understand and navigate while maintaining a great look. Special attention is placed on ensuring that sites load quickly and efficiently. Sites can be built in traditional HTML, Adobe Flash or a combination of the two. He can create interactive elements such as buttons, rollovers, menus and forms. He will also work with clients to help them learn web development themselves and can help set up web hosting and domain registration. Ding.us Design also offers Web Hosting services for select clients.

Paul Vaughn has been on Macs since 1990. His first Mac was a Mac IIsi (20Mhz 68030 processor with 5MB RAM and a 100MB hard drive). He has an intimate knowledge of Macintosh Operating Systems through OS X along with a good working knowledge of Windows 95/98/NT/XP and working in cross-platform environments. He writes the weekly Mac Guy column in the Sunday San Antonio Express-News. The column focuses on Macintosh technology and issues, and the Mac Guy answers reader questions. Paul has been writing the column since April of 2001 and archives are available on his site.

Paul Vaughn teaches Intro to Web Design and Intro to Computer Graphics Programs at the Southwest School of Art & Craft.

Aside from Adobe Photoshop, his favorite graphics program is Kid Pix.

You can see more of Paul Vaughn’s work on his web site at www.paulvaughn.com.