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Bringing Eugene

70+ years of experience

When you partner with us, you are tapping into a creative collective with over 70 years of combined art and design experience, with 40 years of that in advertising and logo design. This broad background and talent base ensures that acidTest webservices brings a well-rounded perspective to our design projects. 

But we're more than just good art...

We also have a solid foundation in web design, bringing over 20 years of site building and coding experience to the table. Did we also mention a background in law and cybersecurity? That means precision is built into each project we take on. With us, you can be sure your site and personal information are secure from day one.

What is an Acid Test?

"An acid test is a qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay utilizing acid. Historically, it often involved the use of a robust acid to distinguish gold from base metals. Figuratively, the term represents any definitive test for attributes, such as gauging a person's character or evaluating a product's performance...


...Other instances of the figurative use of the phrase include websites like Acid1, Acid2, and Acid3, designed to test web browsers for compliance with current web standards...


...The term "acid test" took on a different meaning in the realm of experiences with the psychedelic drug LSD, popularized by [Ken Kesey and the] Merry Pranksters..."


-- Wikipedia

Simply put, we're setting the standard.

Who we are

Elizabeth Novak grew up watching her mother use Adobe Pagemaker to do advertising layouts and graphic design. She learned how to use computers at her mother's elbow, and was avidly making graphics and coding websites on Geocities, Angelfire, and the like by the time she was a teenager. Around the same time, she discovered Linux, hacking, and the powerful world of Free-and-Open-Source Software and never looked back.


After graduating college, she earned her J.D. cum laude and practiced as a violent crimes prosecutor for several years before realizing that she just didn't fit in the world of lawyers and liars. She moved to Oregon in 2023 and returned to her tech roots, getting a job as an e-commerce, cybersecurity, and IT manager for a local manufacturing and retail company.


In addition to having a Juris Doctor, Elizabeth is also a Cisco Systems Verified Ethical Hacker, a Shopify partner, and a sometimes-artist whose work has been featured in galleries in Chelsea, New York City and Charleston, SC.

Natalie Rhoads is our advertising dynamo. MORE TO COME.

Katherine DuTremble has been a professional artist for over 45 years. She spent much of that time working in advertising and logo design, where she won several awards. MORE TO COME.