My name is Michael Bruns as you might have noticed. I am 24 years old and currently reside in my hometown of Ellicott City, MD. Its a nice little suburb about 20 minutes outside of Baltimore where I have live all of my life. Currently, I am a freelance web designer however I am hoping to find something more steady in the near future.

I attended university in Philadelphia, PA at the University of the Arts where I received a BFA in Multimedia. During my time a school, I worked for the Philadelphia Eagles web department during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. This was one of my more exciting experiences during college because I was able to do something many of my fellow students weren't and I was even able to stand on the sidelines of the Superbowl. For a young man in his 20's to be able to say that is, in my opinion, quite cool.

I am particularly interested in designing for the web, as that was a huge factor for me when deciding on a college to attend. I started to learn about web design while still in grade school, hand coding my own web site dedicating to a favorite video game of mine, Mortal Kombat. I'm not ashamed to say it was a Geo-Cities web site but at the time, it was something to be proud of. From there, I took a road in high school towards Visual Communications, a special program available to a select group of students, that presented me with the opportunity to begin developing neccessary web design skills.

As I moved forward to college, I continued to learn and add skills to my craft, learning about web standards, clean code, XHTML, CSS, Flash, etc. I was also able to branch out into other similarly related fields, like digital video productions.

Flash forward to now, I am freelancing from home, doing something that I have loved since I was young, and learning something new everyday. I try to keep myself abreast of the latest trends and technologies being used for design and work them into how I am able to work for potential employers.
I am a huge movie nut, especially when it comes to movies from the 1980's. Comedy, Horror, Action you name it, I watched it and probably have it on DVD. My all time favorite (and what some might deem an obsession) is Ghostubsters. I was born in 1983 and the movie was released in the summer of 1984, so I grew up always knowing about Ghostbusters. As a kid, I watched my taped-off-of-HBO copy all the time, was a daily veiwer of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, and fondly remember attending the opening weekend showing of Ghostbusters II in the summer of 1989.

I enjoy many different types of music, ranging all across the musical spectrum. If it has a nice beat to it, I normally like it. Some of my current favorite artist/groups are Green Day, Panic! At The Disco, OK Go, Black Eyed Peas, Fall Out Boy, Gwen Stefani, & Weird Al. I am very big into gaming, both PC and console alike. My more recent love affair has been with the Nintendo Wii. You want to talk about user interaction and just plain fun, the Wii is where its at.