Archived Updates
May 3, 2011
It's been too long, but I've finally updated the galleries with new art. There's at least one new picture in each gallery, and you'll find them at the end of their respective sections with a blue border around the thumbnail. I've also tweaked the files for two images, one ("Acolyte" in Original Art) to correct a spelling error, the other ("OC Art 100 - Card Suits" in the same gallery) to add the fourth suit. Neither has a blue border since they aren't exactly "new."
Lightbox seems to be fiddly in IE, though I'm not entirely sure why. When I have some more free time, I'll have to play around with it to figure out what's causing the issues. In the meantime, if anyone's having trouble viewing the images in Lightbox, just close the image and try again, or right-click and then select "open in new window/tab" to see it outside of the Lightbox script.
As always, if you spot a glitch or error, please don't hesitate to contact me and let me know. You'll find relevant contact information under "About."
March 11, 2009
After some layout tweaking and assembly (and wrangling Lightbox in IE7), the site is ready to go live. The galleries are set up with thumbnails, which open the images in Lightbox windows (a JavaScript code) rather than new frames or windows or little popups or whatever. I rather like the effect, and there's less to fiddle with on the task tray this way. For subsequent updates, new artwork added to the galleries will have a colored border around the thumbnails to identify them.
To boot, I've got a good commissions guide going this time around, as well as some shiny new linking buttons under the Links section. The About section contains contact information as well as a brief FAQ, and there's even a link to my online portfolio (a sampling of some of my better works and projects, though I'll need to go through that again and update it) via the Gallery page.
In all, I think this redesign is working nicely, and can't wait to finish ironing out the bugs so it can spread its wings (so to speak). Speaking of which, if any visitors notice bugs or glitches with parts of the site, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail (contact information is under About) telling me where the glitch occurred and what browser you're using. I'll try to get on it right away.
February 2009
Finished designing the new layout for Summoner's Dreams, featuring the summon Seraph. The layout is nice and light, and actually uses CSS (that's a first) and no frames (something I haven't done in quite a while). Let's see how long I can go before I want to update again.