It doesn't escape my notice that Vicks DayQuil very courteously supplies you with your own "shot glass" for knocking back a nice dosage of medication. Between my morning shot of drugs, a strong pot of coffee and some Reiki, I'm actually managing to function somewhat normally today. I'm not dancing a jig around the studio by any means, but I'm at least sitting upright and not curled in a sad, whimpering little puddle in the middle of the bed. That's progress.
While I'm waiting for some paint to dry I dabbled around in Photoshop and created a new masthead for my blog. I like it. It fits me. I am a continual work in progress with my art, with my whole existence for that matter. I've come far but still have farther to go. I'm okay with that. Better forward than backward, ya' know?
But back to the masthead. I like the lighter colors, the softer feel. I think it will go well with my website yet stand on it's own as a blog page. The two are integrated, but separate. I think they need different looks, different names, a different tone to each. I'm even considering changing the name of my website as well. I'm not sure what it will be. "Art Magic" worked for me in the beginning but as the focus of my art changes, the direction of my life changes - which is reflected in my art - the current name just doesn't seem to fit anymore. I don't like it.
Any suggestions?
I did manage to have some foresight and plan ahead in regard to the site address, keeping it simply my name. I know me well enough to know I like to change stuff around too much. Slapping an "art magic dot com" up there would have left me stuck with that dot com. Couldn't do that to myself. Anyway, someone else already had it.
Since the "internet art theft incident" the redesign of the site has been weighing heavily on my mind. I've got an art project in the works that will be taking up much of my time. An old friend also contacted me yesterday about doing a new logo for her boyfriend's business. More time taken there. A couple of other things on the burner snitch up more time. So the question comes ... How do I work it in? It's a massive undertaking, designing and/or redesigning an entire website.
Even though this would be Version 6 (Ack!) and I'm more experienced with what to do, it would still demand a lot of work, a lot of time at the computer. Other stuff just doesn't get done when I'm off somewhere in Photoshop Land. And at present, I only have a preliminary splash/front page done. There would be hours of creative/design work to be thought out before the site itself would undergo any change at all. It's in playing with Photoshop that I can burn up some serious time ... too many options! This looks good! Oh wait, this looks better! Ah, that would be cool! Maybe a tweak here. Tweak there. Shift the type up a smidge. No, nudge it over there. What about this type style. Maybe that one. I could emboss this. I could use this filter on that. On and on and on and on .......
Fortunately the basics are already there. I won't really have to do much with setting up new pages except for the additional galleries and such I intend to add. But all of the images have to be re-worked and some new images added. New thumbnails and new buttons to be created. Meta tags and page descriptions. New links and old links redone. Etc. Etc. Etc. Then checking and rechecking. And checking again after it all get uploaded and published. Then making corrections. Oy! Makes me squirm just thinking about it. The upside is I can make all these changes and publish the new version all at once. I don't have to worry about the current version of the site being disturbed or "under construction". This is a good thing.
Speaking of good things, if y'all will excuse me, I do believe I have a lunch date with a bowl of chicken soup and a grilled cheese sandwich ...
Namaste y'all ...
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