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I'm getting a real kick out of recording my screen as I develop our sites out. It's really cool to be able to time lapse my work day and sum it up in 3 songs or less. I'm hoping that these videos will be a valuable resource to somebody that is learning the art of pixel perfect web development. My process is not all that different from most other custom designers, but it works for me.

This is the third, and in my opinion the coolest installment in my Video Blog Tutorial Series that covers taking a website from pen and paper to Joomla build out and launch. For this installment I created a cool little time lapse video that condenses 3-4 hours worth of hard core CSS / HTML development into a 12 minute video.

This is the second installment to my series of video blog posts that delves into the world of custom site design. If you haven't seen Part #1 (Custom Web Design - From Comp to Joomla | Part 1), I would suggest giving it a look first. Part 2 covers transparency layering and using div properties to modify element positioning.

Over the years I have had countless people ask me about my creative design process. So I thought it might be a good time to put together a series of videos showing the basics of how I do what I do.

I have been noticing tons of commercials advertising do-it-yourself web design packages, instant template websites, and overnight internet site cure-alls. As a designer I have a hard time stomaching these companies pawning off these crappy site builders as a viable option for a small business. I liken this to building your corporate office inside of a chicken coup. . . It serves the purpose, its cheep, but it looks and smells like. . .

In my last article I outlined all of the steps we go through in the Thalo Creative Web Design Process. This time I thought I would illustrate the concept by taking you through my process for going from rough paper comp to final layout approval.

I thought it would be a really cool idea to write a series of blog posts that will take my readers through my typical design process. People don't often know what to expect when they sit down with a web designer. Most of the time the site development process is kept secret as if it is the Holy Grail because competitors could somehow steal the process. We at Thalo Creative have adopted the attitude of transparency with our clients and the online community.