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I am Jonathan Sheppard, a graduate of Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Design. I graduated in May 2009 and have since been seeking employment as a designer.

I am currently working towards an Internet Programming certificate at Aiken Technical Institute in order to continue developing my skill set.

I chose to study Industrial Design because it was the perfect way for me to merge the engineering and artistic sides of my mind. I am continuing to pursue design now for the same reason, though I have yet to discover what type of design I will focus in.

My design-related interests (besides industrial design) primarily include 3D graphics, digital device design, video game design, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), fantasy and science-fiction worlds, and computer technology and hardware.

For the convenience of prospective employers, a few standalone PDF documents including my resume and work samples are posted below. I recommend right-clicking and saving the PDFs to disk before viewing.

Current Resume

Last update: January 2010

PDF Portfolio

Last update: July 2009

"Piggy Pen" Guinea Pig Housing

2008 Housewares Competition entry packet

Fall 2007 Studio Summary

Brief summary of the four projects of the semester

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I created this site as an efficient way to archive and show others my various projects and abilities. All layouts and pages are done by hand without the use of "helper" programs such as Dreamweaver. For optimal performance and compatibility, my site makes extensive use of CSS for formatting and effects and uses no Flash or Javascript (except for the counter) for site architecture and navigation. Some individual pages may use Javascript and Flash content, but they are kept to a minimum. My site has been tested and proven to function well in Firefox, Safari (1-3), Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Camino, and iCab. Internet Explorer, due to lack of full standards-compliance, cannot handle all the CSS correctly, so workarounds are embedded in the code which slightly degrade the site to compensate for IE. MobileSafari (iPhone/iPod Touch) also has some issues due to awkward implementation of the position: fixed property. This site performs best in Firefox and Safari.

The name "shrakner" originally came from a creature I designed back in middle school for an imaginary water planet. Due to its ecological similarity to an Earth shark, I simply switched the a and r in shark and added -ner to create the name shrakner. I have continued using the name as a unique indentifier online.