Kanner Lake Designed by Joshua Sikora in 2006 Striking the right balance between the serene beauty of the fictional Idaho town and the foreboding suspense of Brandilyn Collins' new suspense novels was the major challenge in designing this site for the best-selling author's new series of books. Using original photography and building off of our design for Collins' original site, we created a stunning and effective website to promote the Kanner Lake novels. We also designed the template for the Kanner Lake Scenes & Beans blog. Wheatstone Academy Designed by Brian McKelvey and Joshua Sikora in 2006 To advertise their summer high school conference, Wheatstone Academy turned to Sikora Design to craft this promotional Flash animation. The interactive presentation highlights the key distinctives of the Wheatstone program. Mighty Oak Ministries Designed by Joshua Sikora in 2005 Mighty Oak Ministries needed to convey an immediate sense of professionalism and serenity. Sikora visited numerous parks and forests to collect the many photographs needed for the large website. Mighty Oak publishes in several different genres, requiring distinct designs for each section that could be unified under one global look for the website. Brandilyn Collins: Seatbelt Suspense Designed by Joshua Sikora in 2005 When best-selling author Brandilyn Collins turned her writing focus exclusively towards suspense, her old soft and serene website needed a major makeover. This site was designed with Collins' new motto "Seatbelt Suspense" in mind. Rough concrete textures and many straight lines give the site a harsh and edgy look. Special features include dynamically changing covers on the home page. We also designed the template for Collins' blog, Forensics & Faith. Biola Radio Designed by Brian McKelvey and Jason Lee in 2004 This high-concept Flash website was designed for Biola University's cutting edge internet radio station. The ever-changing website includes numerous interactive features and is designed to work seamlessly with the radio station's broadcasting software. A "Now Playing" marquee runs across the top of the page, incorporated directly into the Flash site. Lead programmer Brian McKelvey also developed a Biola Radio "widget" for the new Dashboard in Mac OS X. Netzon Internet Designed by Brian McKelvey in 2004 In addition to designing this fun, personable, and colorful website, McKelvey also built a secure server-side database to automate Netzon's credit card and billing information. The website also integrates seamlessly with Netzon's web-based email service and web portal. Brandilyn Collins: Don't Forget to Breathe . . . Designed by Joshua Sikora in 2003 This classic design for best-selling novelist Brandilyn Collins was created at a time when Brandilyn was straddling between contemporary romance novels and edgier suspense novels. The softer look of the site was designed to reflect Brandilyn's personality, while her personal color choices reflect a unique combination of professionalism, serenity, and fun. This design incorporated a number of unique features for its time, including a dynamically changing home page and other interactive functions. Classics ReViewed Designed by Joshua Sikora in 2002 This former film review site wanted a unique look for their home page. Based around an old film theater's flashy marquee, the site incorporated numerous images from classic movies, including an animation on the home page that played shots from famous Hollywood blockbusters. The site's "ReView" pages were designed with readability and printability in mind, but still incorporated the stylistic touch of the site's main page. In addition to the very unique design, we were also responsible for setting up Classics ReViewed with its own message board system for users and incorporating Amazon.com and AllPoster.com's affiliate programs into the site, providing extra revenue for our client. The Mysteries of A.I. Designed by Joshua Sikora and Daniel Bigler in 2001 When Daniel Bigler created his website for a detailed analysis of Steven Spielberg's enigmatic film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, he turned to Sikora Design. We designed a site that incorporates graphical elements from the film and was easily updateable by Bigler. On-Hand Marketing Partners Designed by Joshua Sikora in 2001 Marketing consultant Tess Reynolds already had a complete corporate look for her business, On-Hand Marketing Partners. We created the company's website by integrating elements from On-Hand Marketing's logo into the overall site design. Monsters of Efficiency / Project X Designed by Joshua Sikora in 2004 This website for the groundbreaking independent film, Project X, is a simple design that incorporates promotional graphics that we designed for the film. The multimedia section of this site includes several different slideshows and a promotional video produced by film crews from one of our Sikora Media Group divisions.