Website Redesign Progressing Nicely

It was about a week ago that I decided it was time to give my website a fresh look, to tear down and rebuild my website and my personal "artist objective." Since then I've put in quite a bit of thought into my brand and what I want to develop. I've spent most of time up late at night adjusting the overall layout, adding and removing pages and sections, determining a color scheme, optimizing custom experience by adding in a ton of navigation links and anchor points to "jump to sections," and now I'm pretty much where I want to be. I left the fun part for last, uploading and updating my portfolio pages. I hope to finish this today, although I must admit I'm pretty tired of looking at this right now and I could use a break, but I'm determined to get this done and I'd rather just push through and finish it so I can sleep easy tonight!

When I finish these uploads, I still have some more graphics I need to design and add into the pages just to give some fun life to each page. That will be a project in itself though. After I add in those "splash" images, I will be moving on to the next phase and updating all of my social media accounts. After that is the final stage, working on new material and self-promoting to try to get some freelance and commission work. I'm not quite there yet, but within a few months I should be all set and ready to take submissions!

I do have commissions open for illustrations, graphic design, and Wix web designs. My other services will open up when me and my fiancé, Nick move out of this tiny apartment. Last summer I tried so hard to start learning how to paint, but with white carpets and a one bedroom apartment to house 2 people and 3 cats, I found myself having to set up my "work space," cover the floors, and then break it all down at the end of each session and put every single thing away. That was a lot of time and work to get everything out and put it all back just for an hour of paint time, it will be much easier and less frustrating once I have a work space again.

For now, I have to just deal with this small living space and draw sitting on the couch. It's uncomfortable, but I can't just stop drawing. I have to keep myself from getting rusty! And this also makes this a great time to work on my website and brand. I can't wait to get out of here though so I can jump into painting. Adapt and overcome, use the best of your time and your resources, and focus on priorities that can get accomplished with what you have available!