Short answer: German road signs.

Long answer: This site was yellow. It was VERY yellow to be exact. I was going through a dry-spell visually and yellow is what I came up with.  I guess it was more of a punishment than anything.  In addition to the dry-spell I was researching design and art during the early days of the Third Reich and the creation of DIN 1451.  Unfortunately that still doesn’t explain the yellow…

New directions

Now the site is black; VERY black to be exact.  I had to remix everything to match some of my new endeavors to keep the visual experience all in one place.  While it’s a style that’s over the top, and über-trendy, it’s a helluva lot of fun to work with!  I got to keep up with the kids these days.  Besides, someone has to teach them what the 80’s really were like right?

It’s this new direction that’s to blame in part for my “soft-launch”.  I want to get my shirt designs out sometime this century and I needed a home base for everyone to start from.  My Spreadshirt shops are already built and I’ve already ordered my new wardrobe for the Summer/Fall.  I’m still working on how everything is going to fit together so there’s not too much redundancy or missed connections.

I would like a system to manage my content

I’m starting to thoroughly enjoy Wordpress as a CMS.  The community is great, the plug-ins are strong, and the back end (2.5+) has greatly improved.  I just wish it didn’t take me so long to make the jump.  Here’s a small rundown of what this site is built with:

• K2 - (Theme) An OG in the WP barrio providing an intuitive and malleable interface allowing for dynamic customization.
• Featured Content Glider - (jQuery) Dynamic Drive had a bare bones version of what I was looking for.  I just had to tweak the settings and give it a pretty face.
• prettyPhoto - (jQuery) Lightbox clone.  I like it better than Lightbox.  No rounded corners though.
• cforms - (Plugin) Learned to code PHP forms at the exact same time that I learned I never wanted to do it again.  Saves me a TON of time! Great customization and superb back end.
• Slide toggle - (jQuery) Butchered some jQuery that I think was from the home site.

Okay, but why black?

I needed a challenge.  I started down the shadowy path of light on dark and I couldn’t stop.  I also got hooked on the whole Electro, Neo-80’s Club Kid vibe while designing shirts.  So now you have bright, blown-out neon cutting through a starless city night.

Oi! What’s this about lying then?

I gots things to do.  Those things involve getting this up for people to see it, regardless of the state.  I’m pretty desperate to get those things I gots to do DONE!  On a lighter note, I want to launch the shirts with a good starting point for everything and I want to start writing again.  I miss hearing myself type.