About James Rutnam, Freelance Web Designer

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Your Website is The Public Face of Your Business

Graphic Design Background

I was born in Burbank, CA and raised in West Los Angeles. I have always been interested in painting, music and graphic design.

I went to University High School, Santa Monica College, then on to Otis College of Art and Design, majoring in Graphic Design every step of the way.

I currently reside in West Los Angeles, CA about 10 minutes from the beach. I design and build websites for clients from coast to coast.


Musician

Music and art always seem to go together. I have played guitar most of my life and have played at The Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, The Universal Amphitheater, and many great venues in New York and Los Angeles, including The Whisky a Go-Go and The House of Blues on the Sunset Strip.


Set Dresser for Feature Films

Before I became a web designer, I was a professional
Set Dresser for Feature Films, specializing in films shot in Southeast Asia. Some of the many films I worked on include 'Beyond Rangoon', directed by John Boorman and shot in Malaysia. I also worked on 'Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor' for HBO, and 'The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo' as the Special Effects Coordinator.


Screenplays

I've had a fair share of success writing screenplays. I've written screenplay adaptations from Rudyard Kipling stories and had a screenplay produced: 'Bloodsport III', the sequel to the Jean-Claude
Van Damme hit movie 'Bloodsport'.


Creative Family

I come from a creative family background as my dad is a Film Location Manager and Production Supervisor. He has worked on such great films as 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom', directed by Steven Spielberg, 'Water', which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film in 2007, and 'Indochine', which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.


Website Designer

I am a personal freelance web designer for clients locally and across the country. I build accessible, cost effective websites that focus on design, structure, easy navigation and current web standards.

I think what sets me apart from other web design companies is that I am a 'client friendly' web designer. I'll take a personal interest in your goals with attention to detail.

I can help you achieve that dynamic online presence you want on the web and help make the Internet work for you.

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LATEST NEWS

The Sunset Strip and Gibson Guitar Announce GuitarTown in West Hollywood
Featuring visual artist James Rutnam

This past August, THE SUNSET STRIP and Gibson Guitar launched GuitarTown, a public art project that features 26 10-foot tall fiberglass Gibson Les Paul model guitars strategically placed on the legendary Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

The oversized Gibson guitar sculptures were created by locally and nationally acclaimed visual artists and placed along the 1.6-mile Sunset Strip in front of the boulevard's landmarks and businesses, including the Whisky A Go-Go, The Roxy Theatre and Sunset Marquis. Each guitar sculpture celebrates a musician, personality or artist unique to The Sunset Strip's history and Gibson Guitar. (Read more here)

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