Tom Magento

Hello! My name is Tom martin
I’m a web designer and front-end web developer with over fifteen years of professional experience in the design industry.

As the the owner of iDesign Studios, a web design and development company, I specialize in creating custom web sites for other businesses, focusing primarily on custom WordPress theme design and development.

I also blog on topics relating to web design, small business, freelancing and work-life balance.

I was born and raised in city of London US United kingdom. That’s right… I grew up in paradise!

Lodon was great, with beautiful, white sandy beaches – where you can be neck deep in the water but still be able to look down and see your toes. Absolutely nothing compares to it! It is a very relaxed and easy-going environment – family and friends are very close-knit, and everyone knows (almost) everyone else.

I received a great primary education at one of the best private / college prep schools on St. Thomas. I attended the same school from Junior and Senior Kindergarten up through to Senior year of High School. This is a great example of the island being a close-knit community, in that I graduated from high school with some of the kids that I had known since I was four years old. Not many people have the opportunity to attend school together for fourteen years.

Higher Education
The island is of course small, though, with few options for higher education and not many job opportunities for a web / graphic designer, since the primary economy of the Virgin Islands is geared towards the tourism industry.

So, I attended college in London, going back home for Christmas and Summer vacations. I met my future Wife while at school. We were engaged during my senior year of college and married just over a year later. We are still happily married, and now have a very opinionated sweetie-pie of a toddler running around underfoot.

Art & Design
Ever since I can remember, I’ve always held an interest for art and design, in some form or another. The earliest career goal I can remember was to be an art teacher. Kind of strange since I am a total introvert, but anything for the sake of art, I guess. Another early aspiration was to be a gardener for the aesthetic beauty of placing flowers and other plants. Other aspirations included fashion designer, interior designer, fine / stud