I launched this little blog about two years ago, basing it on a site design that I created roughly half a year before, using the essence of design 3.0 of this site. (Does adding the blog make it version 3.5?) That makes this incarnation of bradblackman.com about two-and-a-half years old, which is an eternity on the web. (How many redesigns has Facebook seen since then?!)

Funny thing is, I got the idea for this redesign right after I launched the blog, and I am only now putting it into play. It’s been through a lot of reiterations since then, and it looks nothing like the original sketch, but the basic idea has been the same: make the whole site dynamic, and tie it all into WordPress somehow. So I did just that: use WordPress to put everything in the same database, from the front page to the portfolio to the blog posts. (For example, the portfolio page uses a special template to show only items in the portfolio category, which is excluded from the other pages.)

Along with this new site comes a renewed dedication to my work, both online and off. A combination, really. My plan is to do more art, especially the little pieces I started doing last summer, and posting them online. I figure if it gets me creating more, it can’t hurt, right?

I’m just glad I’ve finally gotten this finished, so that I can focus on making more art again.

But is the site really finished? Probably not. There are a few posts that could use an image to go with them, but I think my time is better spent doing other things right now. I’m sure this site will continue to evolve, although probably not at such a glacial pace now that everything is in WordPress. I can already see directions it may take, such as putting the blog posts on the home page directly. There’s a chance I may resurrect the old desktop wallpaper downloads page.

But for now, I want to focus on making art and blogging about it.