Commissioned Work

Flash Animation | Flash (Actionscript Programming) | Illustration | Web Sites

I am accepting commissions for a variety of multimedia projects:

  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • Graphic Design (Layouts, logos etc)
  • Flash Animation
  • Flash Interactive Elements

For more information about commissioning multimedia work, email me directly at larkinheather@gmail.com. See the About Me page for more information.

Flash Animation

Office of Sustainability Flash Animation
April 2007
Description: This animation was designed for the Princeton University's portal site on Sustainability at Princeton. The animation is 30 seconds long and was made completely in Flash.

Flash (Actionscript Programming)

Understanding Evolution!
2010
Description: The aim of this project was to demonstrate how natural selection can lead to evolution in a clear way. Please click the image to the left to see the simulation in action. I am currently making plans for version 2.0.
The Action Tracker
2007
Description: The ActionTracker, available at Equid Research and Conservation, is an interactive presentation of data from zebra radio collars. You can see "Tales" of zebra movement data with dialog boxes explaining what's happening.
Data-Entry Program
2007
Description: I've been to Kenya four times, collecting behavior on zebras for the Princeton Zebra Project. Any field biologist will tell you that data entry is one of the worst parts of the job. I made this program so that we could record the behavior data as it was happening and have it instantly saved in the appropriate format. Creating such an elaborate program was an exciting challenge and is now a great time saver!
Lark in Heather
2006
Description: This was not a commission, but it's a piece of Flash programming that I am proud of. This is last year's Lark in Heather website. While the site was fun to make, I decided to change it for something simpler to use and easier to update.

Illustration

Monitoring Rangeland Health
2010
Description: This project is in progress. Monitoring Rangeland Health is a manual for landowners in the arid regions of East Africa to collect data on the health of their properties. I am designing the layout for the manual and creating original illustrations to make the text clearer and more appealing.
Mary and Maraba - A Grevy's Zebra Comic Book
2010
Description: This project is currently in progress. I wrote and drew this comic book with the support of the Denver Zoo, Princeton University and the Grevy's Zebra Trust. The text is currently being translated into Swahili. This comic book was created to help promote a postive attitude toward the very much endangered Grevy's Zebra.
Zebra Life Stage Diagrams
2007
Description: In the arid, northern range of Kenya, a last stronghold for the endangered Grevy's Zebra, the people to best help collect data on these animals are people living and working in that area everyday. These illustrations were placed on data sheets to help hired scouts accurately identify the various stages of a zebras life and record it accordingly.
Journal Illustration - Swordtail Fish
2006
Description: These drawings of swordtail fish were designed to show the differences in the spotted and unspotted female phenotypes of a type of swordtail fish. The article was written by Christiane Meyers.
Journal Illustration - Garment Diagram
2004
Description: Princeton University's East Asian Library is home to an amazing garment from China. Thousands of Chinese characters have been carefully drawn on the the garment. An article in the East Asian Library Journal by Professor Andrew Plaks investigates the possible original purpose of the garment. These illustrations were intended to clarify the direction the characters are intended to be read, a path that goes all over the outside and inside of the garment. For more information go to the site for the garment, here.

Web Sites

Mpala Research Centre and Mpala Wildlife Foundation
2010
Description: This project is currently in progress. This site will be a complete redesign of the website for the Mpala Research Centre and Mpala Wildlife Foundation.
Kinalyzer : The Kinship Analyzer
2009
Description: Website for Computer Science professor Tanya Berger-Wolf at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The scripts Berger-Wolf and her lab developed, and other content, were already complete before I came onboard to give add more color and appeal to their site.
Equid Research and Conservation
2007
Description: This website is devoted to the study and conservation of our equid friends, better known as horses, asses and zebras. It was imagined by post-doctoral fellows of Princeton University who wanted a web presence for what's happening in the world of equid research and to spread awareness about endangered equids (most equids are endangered). Please check it out!
East Asian Library Journal
2006
Description: The East Asian Library Journal is a journal that focuses on the world of print and book-binding in East Asia. This website was created to give appropriate information to people interested in purchasing the journal, as well as guidelines for contributors.
Isac's Lawn and Garden
2007
Description: This website was designed for a local landscaping business. Their needs included having the site done quickly and having a format they could update quickly with limited computer skills. The site was ready for content in two days.
Lark in Heather is © Heather Larkin 2007