I’m actually learning new things, among my frustrations. Photoshop isn’t frustrating; it’s WordPress. It seems that, in order to do any of the things that were easy-peasy with my FrontPage, GoLive, or Dreamweaver, I’m expected to download (or usually buy) a plug-in. I realize that this flexibility is supposed to make things better, and, I suppose that it will in the long run. But for now, all I can see is the “long” in “long run.”
For today’s art project, I’m working on a new and improved version of this graphic that I made for my Home Page. This version to the left, uses my old-style icons for all of the where-to-go items.
My new one is going to have actual things you’d expect to see on an old scratched piece of metal. I’m thinking industrial!
Then, of course, I’ll get to write tutorials, detailing how I created each of these! I think that my Torn Paper tutorial was my most popular of my Archive Tutorials.
I’m feeling a little Rip-Van-Winklish, coming back to this world, after so long away. The truth is that, in actuality, so much has changed — even the styles of graphics that are popular now.
I wasn’t really locked in the basement for all of those 12 years. I was doing creative things — like designing interiors for homes! While it wasn’t ever a paid job, and my training has been OTJ plus a couple of classes, I’ve done some neat work over the years. Maybe I’ll make a webpage and post some pics.
Yesterday, I did some file work, finding the files for my old wp part of my site. I made this so that it opens into a new window. I still haven’t worked out how to make those pages part of this new site. … or how to make my Archive pages part of the new site, really. Challenges abound! Good thing I’m young.