While in the never-ending pursuit of building an artistic, web-installtion, superstar, phenomena. The name "NoFriendo" and "PrayStation" have gained ground in the programming and art space.

After attending Pratt in Brooklyn, New York, where he worked on a Major in Illustration and a Minor in Art History. Through a series of events and following the lead of Thomas Noller (http://www.typospace.com) began to pursue a career in programming and design.

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"I began developing 3 different characters and each of them was assigned a different personality, and different ways of designing."

Cyphen.com and Joshua :
Joshua's 1st site, a JavaScript application that let's you select colors from a palette, or specify them directly in decimal (RGB - red, green, blue) or hexadecimal form. Born from the need to convert RGB colors from Photoshop into a webpage.

PrayStation.com and NoFriendo :
An artistic view at classic and modern video games through the eye of a distorted mad-man has gained world renown recognition. With interviews in Sweden, Denmark, Barcelona, and the States, and several art-related installations at various design hubs around the globe.

Once Upon a Forest.com and Maruto :
After a long period of working on PrayStation, a pure digital method of art work. Maruto and Once Upon a Forest was created. A return to creating paintings and illustrations accompanied with digital art and sound. Each month Maruto attempts to explore a new corner of his secret world.

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In addition to his personal sites, he manages never to sleep by collaborating on several projects - including Dreamless.org, bornmag.com, UPloading.com, and member of the dark - HELL.com.

He is currently employed at Kioken.com where he is the Senior Design Technologist and spends most of his days enabling amazing things to happen.