Aug
19
2009

Site Redesign

A site redesign was long overdue, and I’m very pleased to finally show off the new Under The Bed Studios. Like most designers, it’s almost impossible to nail exactly what we want for our own personal sites. Because of my split-career choice the design for this site has been doubly difficult. I needed to incorporate both the music and web aspects of Under The Bed Studios and maintain a slick, modern look for the site. After at least six different all-day attempts at a home splash page I ended up going the self-portrait route. Yep, that’s some semblance of me on the homepage in the orange shirt and red Chucks. I’d never tried a vector illustration of myself before, but after much tweaking it seems to have turned out okay.

This site has come a long long way since the initial launch in 2006. This is officially version 4.0 and it’s brought with it a new color scheme, logo, and a new emphasis on the blogging element of the site. The blog will no longer be a place for updates (which I never made) on the work I’m doing. I will instead try to impart some of the knowledge I’ve gleaned in my miniscule three years experience in web design. I love to teach and I love to learn. I hope that some of what I’m able to put down here will be of use to some of you out there. It’s been a great three years and I’m looking forward to many more.