Earlier I was reading some blogging news and read about David Airey’s tale of hi-jacking and maliciousness. I must admit that I don’t always agree with him about logo design when it is subjective judgment, but getting your e-mail hacked and your domain jacked is worst-case for someone making their business on the web. Your google ranking is your livelihood. So I am sending him a “no-follow free” link from my very low ranked site and I am adding him to my blog-roll as soon as I re-integrate it. He is technically competition, but we are all colleagues when it comes to something like this.

As you may have noticed, I have been working on this site live for several weeks. This seems to be the most organic way for me to make adjustments and I like the slow-evolution idea very much. I will be making more tweaks, including adding comments back into the template, and using the custom fields in wordpress with more intent and purpose. (more…)

This is a little hack that I hobbled together after reading Web Designers Wall and realizing that pulling stuff out of the database in my own little loop shouldn’t be that Bad. This is neither a. Xhtml standards compliant, or b. a good idea so use at your own risk. Sometime in the near future, I will worry about making this site Standards compliant, but I have about 8 things ahead of that project, and every single one of them will either complicate or ease the transition to Xhtml/CSS badge-worthy status.

In case anyone wanted to know how I did my Categories when there is not a wp call for it.

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In working with a variety of folks, you start to realize that everyone has a different level of priority they assign to printed material. Sometimes that level changes with the amount of exposure one gets, all I need is to be stuck without cards once. As a designer, that is not just professionally embarrassing, but a deal-breaker in some situations. Allegheny Image Factory is basically a one-horse business, Feast of the Seven Fishes, and are constantly in need of small things here and there, which is great for me. (more…)

I am excited by an upcoming project, Chopper Zombie. I enjoy working on comics very much, and this will be a web comic first and then printed in a Graphic Novel form sometime before spring. This gives me the chance to work with people I like and to flex my creative muscles. If I have a direction I would like to go, all I have to do is demonstrate how something will work and they give me a blank check on most design decisions. More to come as the production nears completion.