For the past few days I’ve been working diligently on a brand spanking new design for this site, as the current design has always been meant as a temporary placeholder. When I say brand spanking, I mean it, as it will include previous elements I’ve used in other site incarnations (mainly heaps of beige) and for the first time in this site’s history there will be an “artwork” section. (Oooh.)
One of the main reasons for this realignment “re-envisioning” is that I’d like to tie the blog together with my other domain, eriksagen.com which includes a working portfolio and a resume for the time being. Eventually there will be a slick company site in place of what’s there now, but that’s far off a bit.
Branding is crucial to me at this point and has worked well for other people, like Jon Hicks, Veerle Pieters, Dan Cederholm (and Mike Davidson) to name a few. There’s an instant familiarity and connection when you visit these sites and that’s intentional, so bringing everything under one roof (albeit a sometimes leaky one) is important to me.
Back to my mentioning an artwork section, I’ve decided to beef up my portfolio. Over the years it’s become, well, a bit stagnant due to other priorities and distractions taking focus. However, shoving all that aside briefly, I’ll be putting up artwork from the past, present and future, which will be the present by the time I hang them up in a digital gallery.
Many thanks to the handful of supporters over the past few months (even you, Anton) for encouraging me to do this, especially since I advertise that I’m an illustrator and yet have very little to show for it. Who would’ve thunk?
In a nutshell, things will be changing for the better around these parts.
That’s all folks!
I’m looking forward to seeing the re-design. I’m fresh out of ideas for my own site, so maybe that will give me some inspiration.
Nathan: You might be glad to know that I’ve used your Hoverbox+Flickr technique for my photo (snapshots) area. As for inspiration, let’s hope. :)
Can’t wait to see it (and the rest of your illustration work)!
It better be good or I’ll kick your ass. I’m kidding! No, I’m not. Seriously, it better be good.
(no pressure or anything. ;-) )
I can’t wait for the art/illustration section. Plus, I’m sure the redesign’s going to rock.
Any chance of a sneak peek? ;)
Max: Now, it’s just figuring out how to do it with Wordpress.
Jon:: Yeah, likewise, buddy. :)
Nathan: I’ve got a teaser image in the post. It’s small and doesn’t really give you an idea of how the design will look, but as I get closer to an actual working theme, I’ll then post some screenshots. Rock on!
Seems like everyone has grown a little stale with their current design and I include myself in the list. Can’t wait to see the new re-design. I’m working behind the scenes as well, but not as much as I would like to.
Looking forward to it buddy, you and me both need to get our pencils back out. Maybe we should work on something together…baby steps first though :)
Even me, huh? Gee skippy, thanks! ;)
Hey Kartooner – I just checked out your portfolio. Do you have any more character sketches (I could only find one)?