So I’m not sure what ver­sion this new ver­sion of my site really is, but it’s new that’s for sure. I’ve been con­stantly redesign­ing my site pretty much since I’ve had it, and I think I’ve finally arrived at a ver­sion I’m really happy with. At first I was all into Flash and felt that with my back­ground in video work, Flash would be the best envi­ron­ment to show­case my work. As I started doing more print and web work, I started to real­ize that updat­ing a Flash site is a major pain, and hav­ing a site that in dynam­i­cally updated allowed me to focus more on my work, and less on mak­ing my site work. After teach­ing myself a bit about CSS and get­ting on the Word­Press train, I found that using Word­Press as a CMS would work really well for me.

So after work­ing with sev­eral ideas of what I wanted my site to look like, I revisted some of the ear­lier ver­sions of my site for inspi­ra­tion (what did I like then, and what looked good). I was happy with my last update because I really enjoyed hav­ing a semi-abstract dec­o­ra­tive ele­ment (i.e. the dark pat­terned tex­ture), and with some of my ear­lier work I was using a lot of wood­grain, for the organic, nat­ural beauty. With the newest ver­sion of the site I was able to keep an organic, mod­ern feel, that I feel serves well for the kind of work I like to do. From here on out I think that I’m going to pri­mar­ily focus on print and web work, and stop show­cas­ing my video work. I had at one time a pod­cast where you could down­load pretty much all of my video work, but feel that because I’m focus­ing more on graphic design now, and less on motion work, I can present my caba­bil­i­ties in the best pos­si­ble light, and more impor­tantly, focus on the kind of work I hope to get more of.

I’m excited to revisit some of my older work and improve some sketched-out ideas I’ve devel­oped, to be able to improve the over­all qual­ity of all the work I turn out. I’ve learned a lot in the last year about who I am as a designer and what I’d like to bring to the design world, but feel I can always learn more. Check back in a few weeks, as I’m always devel­op­ing work. Thanks for reading.