About YPD

The History & Beginnings.
About the Artist and the Website.

About The Artist

Emma M. also known as UmmHend. I am a Muslim, Wife and Mother of 2, a New Zealander living abroad. My Interests are Islam, Design, Art, Psychology and Making a Positive Difference through Art and Peaceful non-Political Advocacy (See Emagine)

Religion

I studied and practiced several religions before the age of 16 when i found Islam. The story is long and for another day.

Web Design

I first became interested in web-design in 2001 and have been gradually building up my skills since then.
I was certified by Brainbench.com as an HTML 4.0 Developer with a grade of 4.17. I learned CSS in 2005.
As of late 2007 I am a Web Designer for Optimize It. Designs and my learning journey continues.
As of early 2008 I am offering Web Design Services through Yellow Pixel Designs!

Art

I've been an artist since i can remember, sketching with pencil as my main medium. Sometimes painting with watercolour or acrylic on canvas, paper, wood, stone, people...
Today most of my art is done Digitally through Digital Art, Web Design, Photography, Photo manipulation and Dolling.
I have not had any formal training and failed art in High School for not conforming however i was always known as a prolific artist and others always enjoyed my work as much as i enjoyed doing it.

Dolling

I started Dolling in 2004, originally i just used Paint and other peoples bases but went on to make my own bases and make my dolls from scratch for the most part. My dolls were known for being faceless and became very popular with muslim women online (the dolls can be found at Muslima Online Artists)
I am now retired as a Doller, i don't know if i will do it again.

Writing

My work has been published in two books.
One poem/story called "The Observer" in New Zealand in a book called 'Bona Fide', and poems and a pencil drawing in an anthology in the USA called 'Many Voices, One Faith'
My story has also been published in a book in the USA called 'The Face Behind the Veil' written by Donna Gehrke-White.

Community

I served as an Admin of the popular Muslim Womens forum Muslimas' Oasis for 4 years, i have recently stepped down from that positive to focus on my design work and family.

About The Site

Yellow Pixel Designs is My Portfolio & Art Site, i also offer some design services as a freelance web designer.

The Design

The layout was created 100% by me in Photoshop, all graphics are original. The aim is for a clean, simple and professional look that reflects what YPD is about and is easy to use. Above all i wanted the site to have personality and not to say "Look at me!" but to say "Welcome"

The Code

The layout is coded in Valid HTML 4 Strict doctype and is a DIV based layout with an external CSS stylesheet.
Yellow Pixel Designs is tested and displays correctly in current and past versions of Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera & Safari
Recommended resolution is no smaller than 800x600.

The Content

Content is all original and Copyrighted to me unless otherwise stated. All rights are reserved.
Any 3rd party content used such as Photoshop Brushes or Stock Photography is credited to the Artist or Site it was obtained from.
The terms apply to ALL content on or related to Yellow Pixel Designs.