I’ve been pretty silent lately when it comes to updating this blog. Mainly because I’ve been hard at work redesigning my website (initially posted about it here). I wanted to post a quick update to my progress. It’s coming along great. I’m very excited about this new look and functionality, and I’m thrilled that I’ll be completely dumping Flash!! Also in the works is an iPhone-friendly version. Here are some tease shots. Hopefully I’ll be able to post a link to the complete “beta” site version sometime next week. I will also be redesigning this blog. This presents some dilemmas. I get a lot of compliments on my current design, which I like. However, I need to have my blog fit the identity of the new site. So, I’ll have to work that out. I’m also debating switching the blog over to WordPress, although figuring out how to transfer all the feed info and stuff sounds like a headache. We’ll see. I’ll also have to figure out how to design a custom blog with WP (something I need to know anyways). So, stay tuned. As always you can keep up with the blog by subscribing via RSS, or signing up to receive updates via email. How fun is that! UPDATE 7/25/09: This post was originally written on my old blog. As of 7/24 my new site and blog has been released.

Yes, that’s right, a new portfolio website. I’m in the very beginning stages right now, and I plan on taking my time to make sure the concept is fully discovered and development is top notch. So, currently I’m only working with pencil on paper (and occasionally the scanner and Photoshop to resize/place images). I found some great website sketch comps at www.960.gs. Below are initial sketches in my discovery process. I haven’t nailed down a look quite yet, but the one I’m developing here looks quite promising. There’s going to be much greater emphasis on call to action, and highlighting/showcasing my capabilities. I hope to have progress updates here in the near future. This is going to be fun! UPDATE 7/25/09: This post was originally written on my old blog. As of 7/24 my new site and blog has been released.

Hello, all. With this new year I am making the move to full-time freelance. It’s a pretty scary move, but the right one. I am taking this opportunity to focus my marketing on gaining more professional illustration accounts (most of my clients are design-related). Below is a sketch of a promo-postcard that I will be sending out in February. It’s going to be fun.