Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Oscar Wilde
(The Critic as Artist)

Hello and welcome!

Visual artist with over 15 years experience in graphics & design, customer service, logistics and project management. Current and previous work includes print media, web design, display installations, and event lighting.

Below are a few examples of projects and testimonials involving my work as well as my most recent Creative Journal entries. Follow the links to the full pages of content including projects, tutorials and assorted musings.

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Troy Larsen

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Creative Journal

Universal Peripheral Toolset

Unique trackball button combinations used in tandem with unique modifier key options to create exponential matrix of assignable functions. This facilitates triggering without need to go back and forth between keyboard and trackball. Promotes efficiency and consistency in apps requiring extensive mouse/trackball usage. All functions organized in system by categories and logical button layouts for muscle memory recall. Related, same, or similar functions unified across different apps via universal triggers, simplifying usage.
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UIC-AHS-IT Info Guides

In my professional life, the second half of 2024 included a large project for the IT Dept of the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago. I was hired specifically for this project as a contract employee because of my background with AV systems and graphic design. So I really got to use a broad variety of skills and experience to bring it together. This article is about that entire project and process.

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