A couple of things to mention today.
First, I’ve actually started adding some images to the “Archives” section of the gallery. This is just a mish-mash of some pre-college work that I happen to have laying around, with more hopefully on its way.
Also, my school endeavors have me running some separate, academic blogs to the detriment of this one. My goal is to ultimately consolidate them all down into a single cohesive blog. The benefits will be a more comprehensive blog that’s easier to maintain with far more frequent updates. I haven’t decided yet just where this blog will live or what it will look like, but if it stays here some major reformatting will be in order. I’ll post more on this as the project nears.
I’m On Internet Time
I recently read that 94 percent of blogs haven’t been updated in four months or more. It seems my little webspace has become just another statistic. Here is a man with a stretchy face to make it better.
[UPDATE] After much searching I found the source of my statistic: Harper’s Index from the August 2009 edition of the magazine. Harpers got it from Technorati, which is basically a very in-depth blog about, you know, blogs.
It’s Summertime
July is here and I’ve finally gotten around to cinching up the formatting on this blog. To commemorate this momentous occasion there is a new piece under Mixed Media (Actually it’s not new. It’s old. But who’s checking? Seriously. Is there anyone still checking this site?)
Also, my old chum Effword has a new music video up on YouTube for his song, “Alien”. No need to wade through the uncharted YouTube wastelands…everything you need to see it is right here.
As always, please remember to support your local, independent artists.
Rip City
In honor of the Portland TrailBlazers’ first playoff game in six years, I have posted a brand new piece for the sketchbook. Go look. Go Blazers.
Fresh Serving
I’ve just put up two new pieces, one older work that I finally got around to photographing (thank you, Mr. Sun, for making it all possible) and one brand-spanking new one. Check under Wet Media and Dry Media.
…Also, just to clarify, clicking on the little gears icon on the home page will always bring up the most recently added image. As the site grows you can easily check there first to find out if there’s anything new.
Enjoy!
Descriptions
In my efforts to accommodate smaller screen sizes, I’ve removed descriptions from the image footer. Now to bring up a description simply click on the series title (for example, click on the words “Scribble Studies” if you want more information about that series). Hopefully this will leave more room for the images themselves.
Initial Adjustments
The site has been live for a couple of days and I’ve had a chance to examine it and iron out some of the wrinkly stuff. Changes include:
adding rollover borders to the thumbnails so you see what’s being selected.
adding site navigation links to the blog header
reformatting all images and thumbnails for better web viewing
More changes are sure to come but it looks like the site has made it out of beta. Huzzah! Of course, you can always help make this a better place by leaving feedback and reporting bugs. Many thanks!
Hello and Welcome!
After a long and tortuous journey, samueltempleman.com is finally moving through the internet tubes to a computer near you. Best of all, the fun doesn’t stop here. I’ve designed this site with expandability in mind. In addition to standard tweaking there is still a great deal of content that has yet to be optimized and added, so first and foremost I would like to invite you to stop by often and find out what’s new. This blog will reflect the most recent changes and additions as they happen. Hopefully.
I might also feel inspired to pontificate about art and the meaning of life. We’ll see. It is a blog, after all.
