Down the FoxHole: Featured Author QuickyBoy

Featuring stunning, clean, contemporary designs and a wide-range of Flash products in his FlashDen portfolio, quickyboy is a FlashDen legend! From his Full XML Template that has sold over 600 times, to the plethora of portfolios, menus, galleries and audio players in his FD collection, there’s no denying that quickyboy has one of the most consistently professional portfolios on FlashDen. So you’ve seen his portfolio, you know how great his files are, let’s meet the man behind the magic!

1. Tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from, what do you do for a
living?

I’m a good-looking flash developer who likes girls very much. I smell good, I
don’t have a car, a cat, or a dog, I’m not much of a football fan, I have a very good sense of humor, I’m skinny, my name is Bogdan Mihai (friends call me Bog), I’m from Romania and I
kill people for a living.

2. How long have you been using Flash and what made you start selling items
on FlashDen?

I’m a Photoshop lover and always will be! When I first opened Flash, I
remember it was Flash 5. I played a little bit with the timeline and that was it… I
uninstalled it straight away. That is what I do with most of the software. At the
beginning, I got scared. I got scared of FlashDen also, that’s why I was inactive
for about a year I think! I had to learn AS! As a designer, I hate code, but now I’m
happy I learned AS! Yeah! And I would like to thank Collis for the awesome FlashDen
design! That’s what made me start selling items after all: the great feeling that
this site gives me.

3. Do you create files from scratch for FlashDen, or do you re-use work that
you’ve created for a client?

Yes I do create them from scratch. I don’t like mixing things. Freelance is
freelance and FlashDen is, and always will be, FlashDen. Creating things from scratch
give me the liberty to go with the flow. By re-using things you kinda set yourself
some limits.

4. Where do you get your inspiration from for your FlashDen work?

Oh, I read a lot of design and inspirational blogs or sites. I’m always up to date
with the latest design trends.

5. What is your work flow like when starting a new file? Could you walk us
through the steps you take when getting ready to create a new file?

I just let it flow away. I never make plans or follow specific steps. When I work,
there are no rules or limits! I just express myself in what I do. Usually it starts
with a menu and goes all the way to a template.

6. What do you do to market and brand your files?

I got a small logo which I love by the way! I usually got tired of the blue color -
but all my files are blue I don’t do too much to be honest… I’m aware of what I should be doing to market my files, but choose not to: like talk a lot in the forums (look at FlashJunkie for example! – I love you man) or use a personal blog to advertise my items and attract new
customers. Wait, I am lying: I’ve got a Twitter account, RSS feed, online support
section to some of the files (that’s cool by the way), feedback form, etc. I
do care about my customers after all!

7. What advice can you give to authors that might help them increase their
overall sales?

Just listen to your clients, help them with their needs, don’t start too many
freelance projects and don’t sleep. If you sleep, you won’t have enough time to
satisfy all of them! And first of all, work hard on the design! Keep it simple!
Simple is more!

8. Besides yourself, who is your favorite FlashDen author?

First of all, I would like to mention here Chuckanuka – because he was the only
one who remembered me! Then I tend to categorize authors. I love some of
them for their designs like: triworks, richardson, ranfirefly, chuckanucka, louros. I love
sqrt121 and jurgen for the many features that they add to their files (very easy
to customize). I also love bobocel (I was disappointed you didn’t mention me bobo!) and I like fifty_tons because he likes my AudioJungle creations.

9. Which file do you think is your best file so far?

I haven’t released my best work yet. I’ll get an FWA someday, that’s when I will do my
best. I really like my FD work! I really do. And so far I love my “Fine timeline“,
the “Mp3 player V2” and of course my “Full XML template“. It is only a matter of
designing clean things – that’s what I love!

10. What one thing would you like to change about FlashDen if you could?

I can’t think of anything right now… Flashden is a great community to start! It is
so friendly – motivates you to start doing things. That’s where I got
appreciated, that where I grew up as a coder, it is where I met great people,
made my freelance relations. I love you FD!

11. When you aren’t building Flash files, what do you do for fun?

OMG! I write poems, I write music, I go to the theater, I play my guitar, I have a
hiphop band, I read Russian literature and drink tea, I go out with my friends -
I’m a cuba libre fan! I listen to Jazz music, I buy perfumes, I read design blogs, I
check out my e-mail, I chat. I don’t really do much things – there are so many
things that I don’t do: I don’t watch TV, I don’t eat much, I don’t answer to my
phone (never!) OH! And I play Dota!

12. Would you like to give a sneak peek of the latest file you are currently
working on to our readers?

Guys, I’m taking you to the next level! That’s what I do best! And if sometimes I
disappear, don’t worry, I’m not dead, I’m not somewhere on an island, I didn’t
forget you! I’m just preparing the next bomb – in every small detail! So stay
tuned, because the next level is very close and it will blow you away!
“Collision” is the name. (And yes, that’s a clue, Sherlock!)

Thank you guys for appreciating my work! I would like to thank all my clients for
buying my stuff. And thank you Scott for this interview!

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Scott

Scott is the Down the FoxHole blog editor. He is also a reviewer for ActiveDen. Scott is a freelance Web and Interactive Media Designer having previously worked as the Lead Web Designer for a well-known children's hospital in the US for 8 years. Follow him on Twitter @scottwills

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