About

We’re Matt and Christy McElligott, illustrators and web designers, based in New York’s Capital Region near Albany. Christy is the primary web designer, while Matt mainly works on his children’s books and teaching illustration and design at the Sages Colleges in Albany.

Christy has been designing web sites and multimedia interfaces since 1996. She has a BFA in painting and digital art from Alfred University. Her clients have ranged from corporations to individuals, and all her site designs place an emphasis on creativity and reliability. She specializes in designing interactive web sites, with custom art, animations, or activities, which are search engine optimized and easy to manage.

Christy can use a variety of tools to make your site come to life, including Flash, Javascript, audio, video, Blog, online shopping cart, online interactive portfolio, etc. She can create a CMS (content management site) that is easy for the client to edit via any web browser and doesn’t require any special programming knowledge.

Visit Matt’s web site to learn more about Matt, his books, and his author visit program. Some of Matt’s recent books are Backbeard and the Birthday Suit (Walker 2006), Backbeard: Pirate for Hire (Walker 2007), Bean Thirteen (Putnam 2007) and The Lion’s Share (Walker 2009).

Please contact us for information on our web site design services or for arranging Matt to appear as a visiting author at your school or library.