Well for starters I’m typing this out on my new iPad, that I’m totally in love with, with the word press app I just downloaded. Super easy to use and I have a lot of ideas to utilize this little invention. For one thing, I finally bought one of the many cameras I’ve been dying to have, that being the Nikon D90. So I’m really getting into the photography world and actually have a few
Photo shoots lined up, including a wedding! I think with the iPad it would very useful and sleek looking to show potential clients my work through here quickly, rather then your everyday laptop. I have the same idea for my web design clients too.

In life related news I was hired as a graphic designer for a nursing clothing line called Motherwear. I really love it and it’s a refreshing change from all of my past web design related jobs. There I create their seasonal catalog, edit their garment images for both print and web, help with marketing, and in a few weeks, will be assisting with the photo shoot for the summer line. It’s a very fun job indeed!

Well, I would write more but I’m being beckoned, so this is what I will leave you with until next time. Have a Happy Easter everyone!

I’ve been pretty busy this past month to be honest, packing and throwing away things have taken a major part of my time, but I’ve also been designing and coding like crazy. Yea, where are the fruits of that labor for this poor site, huh? Ah well, at some point I’ll redesign this site with my own design, but just not right now.

Like I mentioned a few posts back, I’m creating a multimedia company. That’s basically what I have been working on this whole time. I wanted to build my portfolio and have been taking a few clients here and there. So far, I have a really good thing going on with it and am actually happy that it’s all going in the right direction. If you’re wondering, the website is RoxehMedia.com, but it’s of course under construction. I’m looking to have the grand opening around the middle or end of January 2010, so wish me luck.

Another website taking up some of my time has been Twitter believe it or not. Micro-blogging is so much easier! If you guys have a Twitter account, be sure to follow me. I’ll follow back! =)

Well, its back to designing and coding for me. Thanks for all the comments and good luck wishes, very much appreciated! I’ll be sure to comment back as soon as I can.

1. Update my portfolio: Yep, I definitely need to finish this, I’ve been putting it on hold for far too long and I know that when I move, I will need it more then ever and I just can’t have it looking a hot mess as it does now.
2. Come up with a set structure for my new productions company: I already have the name(s) and domains. I just want to create a set logo and foundation for my company before getting too heavy into legal issues and what not. I’m always coming up with new plans for it and I just need to sit down and put what comes first, first!
3. Start music project: I have this music project that I’ve talked over with two close friends that I would like to get going here in Orlando before I go. I feel like it would be very beneficial to musicians locally in the Central Florida area. If things go as planned, I’m thinking of expanding it nation-wide, of course I’m getting ahead of myself here, but sometimes you gotta look at it in the long run.
4. Keep up with contacts here: Oddly enough, I’ve been bumping into a lot of people here who have the same passion or are already in the film making business that I know in the future would be a wonderful contact to have. Its a shame that I had to meet them a month before I was going to leave! Ah well, that’s what Facebook and Twitter are good for.
5. Lastly, new design for Urbanroxy.com: God knows I have been trying to get this done for quite some time now and one day I will accomplish this one simple goal…I just don’t know when exactly. ٩(×̯×)۶

I know with a level headed mind and some good ole patience, I can and will do it!

Oh, before I forget…I’ve been addicted to this free gaming site I found on an online buddy’s website. Its called OMGPOP! and is hella fun! Not only are the games free (and free to sign up), but you get to play with people from all over the world. It makes playing the games that much better! Check it out today!

I was just thinking to myself that I really need to update this site more. It’s looking a hot mess right now. Every time I do make a new layout, I get sick of it right away and trash before it even becomes live. Its becoming a bad habit. I’m just not satisfied with my designs for this site. Anyways, hopefully in the future, I’ll have a design that’s worth putting up instead of these crappy themes I keep stumbling upon.

In other news, I bought another domain and will be creating a “network” of sorts with it. I’m thinking design & hosting, that will be a part of this network. Sounds exciting in my head! I’ve already made a logo (that I can’t wait to see on a business card!) and am currently creating layouts for both projects. When I have a more solid foundation of the two projects, I’ll let you all know more about it.

My biggest mind blower here is whether or not I want to keep WordPress or hand-code everything. I mean, I know to an extent, I will be hand-coding everything, but WordPress makes things just so easy! Like I’ve said in a billion posts before this one, I miss coding everything on my own!

This probably such a small detail to most, but a big step for me and this site…argh I don’t know what do!

Any suggestions, comments, or questions…please and thank you!

Thank you to those over at Rev.iew.me for reviewing my site and giving some helpful constructive criticism. It is highly appreciated and currently being implemented where it needs to be.

If you do not know about the site, I highly recommend for you to visit and sign up! It is the best and easiest way to get your website reviewed by many helpful members. =)

Like most people I try visiting CSS galleries and other’s website to find that “OMG instant inspiration”, but it just doesn’t come to me. I’m wondering if maybe my creative juices are just being sucked up by me working on client websites? Makes sense and then it doesn’t, right?

Well, I dunno. I just felt like ranting about this, since it have been on my mind for quite sometime and hopefully SOON everyone can see a much tasteful layout then the normal template. =(

Question of the day: What helps inspire you to create a new layout for your website?

PS: YAY! Barack Obama is president! =D

For now, I’m not going to design anything over the top for it, since I want to keep my original designs…well…original and feel like it could be stolen at any time on those types of websites. Ah well, its fun creating little gifts ideas and t-shirts. Oh and the Keds Shoe designing is fun too! If anything Zazzle is really is easy to use and get hooked on. If you ever have the time, please be sure to visit my shop:

Urbanroxy Shop

Also, be sure to check out all the other amazing shops on the site, and if you have the time and the urge, sign up! Its free, fun, and fast! =D

In the Web Design ABM, they had presidents and lead web developers from local design companies around the area, also from local radio stations. We were all able to talk about the new trends and what employers are looking for these days for entry level. I was really surprised by some of the answers.

The Digital Design ABM was a little larger then Web designs and was more informative. Everyone had really outstanding responses to some of the questions that students asked and also that the instructors asked the board members. I felt much more comfortable responding to some of these questions more so then in the Web Design ABM and I feel a little bad for it. In the Digital Design ABM there were presidents, senior art directors/designers and head managers from Disney World, SeaWorld, and local graphic and print companies. I was really impressed and honored to be invited to attend this meeting.

Contacts like these in this industry are highly wanted and I was lucky to be able to meet all of these people and hear what they have they have to say about the industry. Remember, networking is a key feature to success in the multimedia industry. To be able to know people higher up in the scale then you can sometimes get you by in certain aspects in life believe or not.

Well, let’s see…

I’ve actually been working on WHMCS (web host manager: complete solution) and tweaking it to my liking. At first, its a little tricky to use, but once you start mess around with it more, the better understanding or feel you have for it. Hopefully I can make an awesome WHMCS template like the ones on mywhmcs.com. One day, when I’m not lazy…haha.

I’m also thinking of scrapping WordPress. I’ve been practicing more on my CSS based designing and think that it is time to get back into making and coding my own layouts. I’m tired of tweaking templates to my liking and don’t feel like creating my own for WordPress either. Anyways, I liked coding my own layouts much better and had fun doing it. Believe it or not, but I got many more hits and visitors when I did it then too, not that I’m all about the hits and what not…lol. >_>