Hi, I’m Josh Crain.
I am an experienced web designer, product designer, and front-end developer. Design allows me to make an impact through user advocacy, research, web standards, and code. There are also other interesting things.
Sketches & studies
I want to spend a lot more time drawing, painting, and in my sketchbook.
Some of my first paintings in Gouache were done outside.
I was introduced to Gouache, here are some of the first studies.
Digital art created with an iPad Mini and Procreate.
Notes
Writing about the web and other things.
Readings and exercises to guide me towards front-end mastery.
A year ago for Valentine’s Day I made a couple bears in love. Illustration in CSS and HTML is completely unnecessary—but fun!
The Yamaha SHS-10 keytar is rendered in Adobe Illustrator. Created in about 2006.
Notes on the tools, languages, publishing methods, and assets used in the production of this website.
That was the night I planned to run six but instead ended up on a gravel road in the middle of a twelve-mile loop...
Weeknotes
Short notes recorded each week.
Painting, inclusive inputs, evening run, the Supermoon, masks. What I was up to the 15th week of 2020.
What I’ve been up to the 14th week of 2020. Gardening, early starts, and bear hunts.
What I’ve been up to the 13th week of 2020. Runs, top 200 Eleventy performance, isolation, limits, and free toilet paper.
Happenings during the 12th week of 2020. Preparations for coronavirus, updates, and other thoughts.
What I’ve been up to the 11th week of 2020.
What I’ve been up to the 9th week of 2020.