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Please take the time to introduce yourself to us:

My name is Osama Syed and I am the Co-Founder and Head Web Designer of CreativDesigns.com



Please tell us about your company CreativDesigns:

CreativDesigns.com was started recently in July 2006. My company specializes in designing and developing new and creative websites. We offer a vast range of services for any business. Our staff is ready to take on anything that is requested and we are time sufficient as well, meaning we will get the job done when it needs to be done.


How did you start of on the internet:

4 years ago, I was introduced to a game called RuneScape. It was quite fascinating to me and I used to play about 8 hours a day! It was quite ridculous and nothing good was coming out of it besides making RuneScape money and my time was being wasted. Near the end of my RuneScape career I was introduced to Forums and Signatures. I was then introduced to Photoshop 6.

I started to design signatures and I was getting quite good at it...The next thing I knew I was about to develop a brand new website called BlueInvision.com. Blueinvision was a success but I had personal things that I needed to attend and soon BlueInvision was shut down for good.

About 8 months later I was back in the graphic design world and I was making some wallpapers in Bryce and was getting good at that. I started to read up on my HTML skills and I began the concept of NinjaGraphX.com. NinjaGraphX.com was released to the public in July 2004. After great success and about 7 layout changes NinjaGraphX.com was becoming more and more popular and a new idea of services came up.

NinjaGraphX.com consists of great designers and we started to graphic design for free for gaming sites and others. Then people wanting web design were coming to our site asking...our schedule was getting tight and we didn't know what to do. NinjaGraphX.com was disabled for about 2-3 weeks and restarted up with NinjaGraphX.com Version 7. A new web development company idea was brought in by the members..and then it began. CreativDesigns.com was born in July of 2006 and since then we have been receiving many projects from high tech and international corporations.

What was your first project?

My first project was 2xDh.com which was a flash designers playground where he could show off his flash movies..after designing his website I still kept in touch with him and soon he was working for me at CreativDesigns.com as a Flash Designer. Xavier.

What advice do you have for someone who is starting web design/ web development?

My advice to any beginner is to learn as much as possible and never take criticism to the heart. Stick with your designs and stick with your talent. Build a name for yourself and the key to this business is Time Management. You must have your priorities in order and must be able to balance your personal life with your web development career. If you are a student make sure to keep your grades up because in the long run it can pay off.

What would you have done differently?

Haha, that is a question that has many answers to. The first thing I would have done differently is learned more coding languages 4 years ago so I could've had a better position as a web designer. But hey, theres always time to learn and I am learning every day. One thing though I would do differently was if I could I would've started a business earlier so maybe today I would've had a full-fledged company. Theres many things but today I am thankful to God for everything because talent comes only from up above and I have been truly blessed

Tools of the trade?

Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe Imageready CS, Bryce 5, Notepad ++

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

In my spare time, I love to play basketball, american football, lift weights, play tennis, I love being active.

What are your current Projects?

Currently I am redesigning CreativDesigns.com and NinjaGraphX.com Version 8. I can't release to much information about this because this information is going to be top secret until release so watch out for it! -)

CreativDesigns: http://www.creativdesigns.com
Ninjagraphx: http://www.ninjagraphx.com

I have to fortune to know osama personally and he is an all around great guy and very knowledgeable and trustworthy.