Scribbles & Words Redesign
For those of you that have been around since the birth of Scribbles & Words, I realize the constant shedding of clothes seems like watching a child find it’s way in the world. For some of you, this is exciting — change gets you all riled up. For others, it’s like dating teenagers when you’re in your late twenties — tired and played-out — you just want a solid, well-established personality to vibe with.
Well, the good news is, Scribbles & Words will always be in a drift of change. The better news is, it has also hit its stride in terms of personality — the unstable, red hair and lip-ring stage has passed — now it’s all about collared shirts and frequent-flyer miles. You won’t have to worry about another lifestyle change until the day Scribbles & Words dawns an Italian suit and drives a Maserati GT into the sunset — it’ll be a while.
New Theme
The underlying theme is Chris Pearson’s new masterpiece: Thesis from DIY Themes. It is by far the best theme I have ever had the pleasure of customizing.
Tighter Focus
The first website I ever created was hideous. It was a blog of sorts and after a few months the dismal aesthetics persuaded me to call it quits. This process repeated itself more than I want to admit. I created blogs, websites, businesses…then I trashed them — for several years. That’s what we young people do — we play with the gas pedal a bit — until our legs are long enough to push it full throttle. Last year I decided enough was enough and I installed WordPress on one of the lonely domains rotting in my GoDaddy account. ScribblesandWords.com was that domain.
Originally, when I bought the domain, the idea was to blog about drawing and writing, hence scribbles and words — well, I got carried away. I tried to fit two or three blogs into one and the fat bastard started to have heart problems.
Long story short, I chopped off the excess weight and went back to my original idea. When time permits, I may launch another blog dedicated to entrepreneurship/innovation/internet marketing/advertising, but for now, Scribbles & Words simply cannot bear the weight any longer.
From this point forward: Scribbles & Words — Design better. Write better.
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Jay. That little guy in the logo with the cane rocks. He looks masterfully elvish, wise, and omniscient with a hint of mystery. I love that logo.
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You know, that was just an after thought. I needed something to break up the text a little so I modeled it after the “put your ad here” banner I designed. I love it too — funny how that happens. My best work is always accidental.
@James From that description it makes me wonder if that little guy in the logo is Jay
@Jay Great new revision. The nice part is everytime you’ve re-designed its gotten better and it’s always been interesting. Progress is wonderful
OOOooOOOoOOoO!!! redesign so good! nice work!
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Redesign yet again? Have you thought about making your previous themes available for download, or sale even? They were pretty darn good.
Oh, and I like the non-cluttered look. Maybe you can advise James to redesign Men With Pens for a cleaner look?
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@JustMe - The little man is called a Scribe. Their kind has been out of work for so long that I decided to adopt them all and give them a new purpose. They work for me now. You can think of me as Wonka and the Scribes as Oompa-Loompas.
@Sasha - Thanks. Good luck with On Center Mag.
@ Rudy - *thinks nasty thoughts*
@ Jay - DAMN! Did you bribe them? Is that why they all left me? Ungrateful wee sods. GIVE THEM BACK!
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Me likey! S&W v16.43 is looking tasty. As an additional bonus, I can put the slightly wider look down on my list of reasons to buy a 30 inch monitor. What’s not to like?
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Liking the new design.
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@Rudy - One of these days I will design my own WordPress themes and put them out there, but for now, I’m just a master customizer.
@James - I’m available for clean design work, and I have a whole boatload of little scribes to do the job…them being so familiar with their old stomping grounds, it should be a snap.
@Nick - Thanks todoodlist…I’m really diggin’ HeadersUp and Goburo, really solid stuff. You should be able to get that 30 inch in no time.
@Andrew - Thanks Andrew, means alot coming from a designer.
I have long been a fan of Chris Pierson and, like you, implemented this new theme last week. I love it!
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Ain’t it great!
I’m working on a blog right now that will hopefully show how versatile the theme can really be.
I really dig Chris Pearson’s themes too. What a nice redesign, although I will miss your old one with its large, nautical-looking header. But the scribbly style fits your blog, too.
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I’ll miss it too. I should start a page with all the headers I’ve gone through…
Wow - I really like this design. Great typography and layout! Nice job.
Thanks Christian, although Mr. Pearsonified gets that credit.
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