02/03/2025 08:59PM
Really quick one because I'm exhausted. I intended to add a lot more but the power was out for 15 hours due to snow, then today I've just been exhausted. I've been doing some other stuff on the back end and uploading art to websites.
Anyway, the 2008 gallery.
Peace Out!
02/01/2025 08:38PM
This will be another quick one today, I added the 2007 gallery! And tweaked a few of the 2006 gallery pages real quick to make them more consistent with the other galleries.
Another little thing I did was darkened the icons for all the galleries that are currently "COMING SOON". This way it's a little more clear which galleries have art to view and which ones do not.
Peace Out!
01/31/2025 09:31PM
A quick one today, I added the 2006 gallery!
I think I might actually tweak the gallery designs a little, possibly make the thumbnails bigger, like the gallery icons are. But that's a plan for another day.
01/30/2025 07:08PM
The gallery selection has been updated with icons instead of text titles! This was always the plan, just needed something simple originally. Choosing the piece I'd used as the icon for each year wasn't as hard as I expected. I either went with my personal favorite or a piece that challenged me, though I tried to add variety too. Until the end that is. I actually started with 2024 and by the end, well. It's Shela, Shela, Shela, duck!, wait I mean, Shela.
Overall, I'm happy with it, I will be doing the same for Sketches, and I think Doodles has enough for icons as well. Scrapped won't be big enough to need a year selection. I'm still going through files so I don't know that I'll finish those anytime soon. I'd honestly rather just get everything uploaded to the main Gallery first. Anyway, I've rambled enough.
Peace Out!
01/28/2025 07:30PM
New homepage is live!! It's simple but I like it. Overall I'm happy with the new pages and back end changes. I would like to actually update the background and some colours too but I haven't decided on what I want to do yet.
The next updates will likely be to the Gallery, adding art pieces slowly from previous years. I think I'd like to also make some different selection images too. Beyond that, it'll be a slow trickle. Still a lot going on offline.
01/27/2025 09:58PM
Updates are fully moved here now :)
The 2023 and 2024 galleries are fixed now as well. Still need to set up the Renegade Rejects site and fix up the homepage.
01/27/2025 08:07PM
Well it's been a lot longer than I said. It's been a busy time and I've had some health issues in that time. I'm okay, still working through some stuff, recovering I guess, but I'll be alright. I've mostly been active on BlueSky but also been working on fixing up my old stomping grounds again.
In terms of the website, you'll probably notice that the sidebar has changed, both the category names and some of the links as well. I really am working on this place being a space for me. It's not a product, it is my space, my fun zone! That being said, I want to change a few things like the colours and background in the near future, I tried to make that easier on myself by updating the back end a little. It has broken the mobile layout slightly, I'll try to fix this later but I'm not going to stress about it. Sorry if that makes this harder to use.
A few gallery links are broken at the moment, I'll be fixing those slowly as I wanted to change a few more back end things. Them being a little more tedious, I didn't want to hold up the rest of the website. That being said, this will also be the last update on the homepage that you'll see. One of the new sidebar links is Updates and that's because that is where I plan to post these from now on. The homepage will get a makeover which makes the sidebar a little more clear to newcomers. I will however make a clear sign on the homepage when there is a new update, as well as bring attention to when a page has received new updates. I hope you look forward to it!
Oh!! And lastly, "Rebels with Dangerous Thoughts" has been renamed to "Renegade Rejects". It's a long story but I'm glad for the change. It'll be a whole lot of fun!!
Peace Out!
08/04/2024 09:47PM
The 2023 illustration gallery is up for your viewing pleasure! The extra back end work for these pages isn't as annoying as I thought. I'm sure I won't be saying that when I get to later years where I drew a LOT more but for now, it's not too bad.
I plan to continue to slowly update the galleries for now. I might have a blog post coming soonish but I keep starting to write and then getting annoyed or tired half way through so we will see! Beyond that, I've been starting to get the Webcomic Faves page together. I really want to work on any of the projects pages but I just do not have the energy to tackle them currently. There has been a lot of IRL priorities to handle and it'll likely continue this way through August, so I may not make as many updates as last month. Still I hope you enjoy!
07/28/2024 09:49PM
So I didn't want to go through the effort of adding every gallery without completing the layout for the illustrations, so that's what today's update is! If you go ahead and view the 2024 gallery and click on any of the thumbnails, they will take you to a new page that displays the illustration, with some information.
The new page layout includes:
-Title of the illustration
-Completion date of the illustration
-A description/commentary that allows for more than just a handful of words
-Ability to click on the smaller thumbnail and view the full image like before
I'm pretty happy with the results. It's going to be more work for me on the back end, yes, but it's worth it if it gives me the results I want. It will take me some time to get the rest of the galleries up still, but I think that's going to be my biggest goal for the next few months. Until next time!
07/24/2024 10:41PM
The first blog post is up! It's about my experience with mental health meds and what I've been going through the past few months. It's probably not everyone's cup of tea and it honestly felt weird to write, but it was also cathartic in a way. It was interesting to think and look back on the experiences. I want to write some more blog posts soon, I've had a lot of thoughts going on and writing it out has been good for me. Until next time!
07/23/2024 10:03PM
Finally fixed the resolution on the website. It broke when I started this, couldn't figure out the problem, never fixed it. Didn't help that this was after I found out the responsive layout was broken af, so I was just wanting to get the website fixed asap. Now it's finally where I want it.
Blog post still coming soon, just want to refine it and give myself more time to build the page for blog posts.
07/22/2024 09:51PM
Just a quick little update:
-Added gallery images so you can select a gallery by year
-Added this to the Sketches as well
-Added the 2024 completed pieces gallery and made the year selectable from the completed pieces page
All this stuff is subject to change later. Some years may be combined for lack of art in the gallery selections. I also plan to change how the galleries are displayed, creating pages with commentary on the pieces. For now, they are just viewable. But all this will come later, when I have more time. What will be coming soon is a blog post, I'm hoping to have it up by tomorrow.
07/14/2024 06:01PM
It's been a minute, I have been working on this website a lot behind the scenes but it doesn't seem like it when you guys can't see progress! It didn't help that I was on vacation from June 29th until July 6th, so that slowed progress for a bit.
The main thing I've been working on is organizing all of my illustrations for the gallery. Originally I only really went as far back as 2015, with a handful of other drawings, and even then it wasn't a complete gallery. Well in the process of moving things around, I decided to go digging deeper into my harddrives and online galleries. I have been able to dig up stuff as old as 2008! (Actually as old as 2006 but it was only one or two pieces) None of it was really organized however, so not only has it been quite the adventure just finding it all, but then I still am trying to organize from oldest to newest in each year. It'll be worth it to have my most complete gallery in one place, but it is extremely time consuming.
However when it comes to progress you can see, I have updated my old Caruso Legacy webpages to be linked here instead and got all the images uploaded! The website was never finished so there's still a lot to be added on there, but it is viewable again! I adore this project so it felt good to get the webpages back up. I want to try to focus some updates here while I continue to organize files.
But that's about it! I'll be back at you guys a lot sooner for the next update :)
06/19/2024
Updates and Additions:
-Added text to the About page
06/16/2024 01:03PM
Alright there's finally a website here! Sorta, lol I've got the layout worked out and I'm happy with it. There will be a few adjustments to things later but for now, I wanted to keep things simple enough to get the pages worked up quickly. All of the links except the one for The Caruso Legacy should work, that one is going to take a few adjustments before it's running, but I didn't want to focus on it right now. Everything is marked as "COMING SOON" so there's still a lot of work to be done! It'll be fun to look back at these updates in the future to see the growth this website will take. :)