The Flying Trilobite

Really? What browser do you use, Sean? I typical...

2012-05-21T23:41:09.119-04:00

Really? What browser do you use, Sean? I typically use Chrome.

In my browser, the top bar is too crowded, so the ...

2012-05-21T17:38:29.634-04:00

In my browser, the top bar is too crowded, so the title and copy type overlap.

Thanks Anonymous!

2012-05-19T22:44:13.702-04:00

Thanks Anonymous!

I love this, I have had asthma all my life. And i...

2012-05-15T21:56:30.500-04:00

I love this, I have had asthma all my life. And i absolutely love trees most of my artworks have trees in them somewhere!

Thanks Jim. Maybe that's the best idea. Use Bl...

2012-05-15T11:22:57.668-04:00

Thanks Jim. Maybe that's the best idea. Use Blogger or Wordpress and build a site then transfer my domain over to it.

Sean, Jim, Tygenco, Craig, what do you think of the dA layout here?

IMO, everyone's self hosted site should come f...

2012-05-15T08:39:45.091-04:00

IMO, everyone's self hosted site should come first, and services like Tumblr, Flickr, DA, Facebook should link back to your home. Yahoo is slowly crumbling into the sea and new services like 500PX pop up all the time. As these self contained ecosystems thrive and fail, search engines like the consistency of an artist's home site.

I'm a big fan of using WordPress on your own host - it's easy, as customizable as playdoh and there are TONS of great portfolio themes.

Works great for me.

Ha! The portfolio pages on dA are pretty sweet (a...

2012-05-15T08:25:30.391-04:00

Ha!

The portfolio pages on dA are pretty sweet (and cootie-free) compared to the regular accounts, and I think they look really professional. The regular account galleries look like a junk drawer.

At the moment, I haven't found another site I like as much to make it worth the switch, so I'm going to extend glendonmellow.com on dA for another 3 months and keep checking things out. Behance portfolios aren't bad, but the interface seems kind of clunky to me.

Cooties. That's the word I'm looking for. ...

2012-05-14T12:58:06.113-04:00

Cooties. That's the word I'm looking for. DeviantArt kind of has the cooties.

Hey, Glendon... I was going to be asking you for ...

2012-05-13T18:12:29.898-04:00

Hey, Glendon...

I was going to be asking you for advice on this one. Ha! Anyway.

My take on dA is that it's a good place for hobbyists, and that's the vibe it gives off. It does not specifically say 'professional.' Whatever you wind up doing SHOULD specifically say 'professional.'

Which is what I was actually trying to avoid admitting to myself when I was contemplating setting up a dA page...

Tygenco, I wouldn't be disappearing from dA al...

2012-05-11T09:51:07.210-04:00

Tygenco, I wouldn't be disappearing from dA altogether (though I'm also not very active there at the moment). It's just a question of using their portfolio service as a professional tool or not.

I think I may stick with it for now. I've looked at Behance and a few others, and I still like the layout of dA's. But my eye will likely keep roaming.

I have a free account with dA; it's working we...

2012-05-10T14:57:14.316-04:00

I have a free account with dA; it's working well enough for the time being, at least for myself.

I know that Yamino at one point did a HUGE overhaul of her dA account and moved the images around so that she could show it off as a portfolio without paying for the actual service.

Flickr is about $25 US per year for me and it works wonders. It allows for a lot of traffic (well, if I'm super lucky at least :P ) and it has great storage space.

I say do what you feel will work best. :) Have to say that I would miss you in dA though, if you leave for good.

Hmm. I wonder if I should consider Blogger's o...

2012-05-07T05:57:57.249-04:00

Hmm. I wonder if I should consider Blogger's own Dynamic Views to build a professional portfolio?

Thanks Craig! I've asked about it a couple of...

2012-05-07T05:25:14.595-04:00

Thanks Craig!

I've asked about it a couple of times in dA forums before. The problem is; "As of August 2010 the site consists of over 14.5 million members, and over 100 million submissions, and receives around 140,000 submissions per day. In addition, deviantArt users submit over 1.4 million "favorites" and 1.5 million comments daily.[5] The domain deviantart.com attracted at least 36 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.[6] As of July 2011, it is the 13th largest social network with 3.8 million weekly visits."

It's hard for the squeaky wheel to be heard over the squeaking, cheering, and explodiness of the other 14.5 million wheels.

That's a tought question. I just post my pictu...

2012-05-07T03:32:10.556-04:00

That's a tought question. I just post my pictures on a dedicated Blogger blog. It doesn't have 95% of the features you listed, BUT the traffic tracking on the new Blogger is incredible.

As I'm not big on the over the top portfolio, I'm not the best guy to advice, but I'd say for $30 you shouldn't be in on the april fool's joke and you should be able to track your traffic. I only pay flickr out of all my sites, but that is because I am storing some 4000+ photos vs. he 200 you can see on them for free. I get great traffic monitoring from flickr for this cost...

Depending on how quick your renewal is coming up, I'd send an ultimatium to them saying they should considering updating the premium package to include the traffic tracking or you'll be moving to a different provider. Probably won't cause a change, but you never know. Squeaky wheel typically get the grease.

Thanks Scott! Clever name. C.M., nope, doesn'...

2012-04-24T22:12:18.841-04:00

Thanks Scott! Clever name.

C.M., nope, doesn't know his parents. Good points.

Danna: me too. Lonely superhero connotation is apt.

Trilobite Boy has a hint of lonely superhero conno...

2012-04-23T16:50:12.292-04:00

Trilobite Boy has a hint of lonely superhero connotation, which I enjoy.

It depends....does he know his parents? If he does...

2012-04-21T00:45:49.307-04:00

It depends....does he know his parents? If he doesn't, he is just Trilobite boy....more anonymous this way....also the way "other people" may refer to him...

think about his personality and personal story...

Trey L'Bight? Though I voted for Trilobite Boy...

2012-04-19T21:50:32.268-04:00

Trey L'Bight? Though I voted for Trilobite Boyd.

Thanks Joseph! I remember someone (I think Morgan...

2012-04-19T21:23:04.775-04:00

Thanks Joseph! I remember someone (I think Morgan Jackson?) suggesting Trilobite Toby for similar reasons.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Humourous answers are allowed and encouraged.

I still think "Trilobite Boyd" would be ...

2012-04-19T21:13:32.119-04:00

I still think "Trilobite Boyd" would be the best of both worlds.

I don't think we'll see a real-life Miracl...

2012-04-04T23:39:06.743-04:00

I don't think we'll see a real-life Miracle-of-Science-style Martian legislature any time soon, although I'd be the first to volunteer were the technology available.

I haven't! Thanks for the link. I remember t...

2012-04-04T19:31:29.522-04:00

I haven't!

Thanks for the link. I remember the book Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson had interesting ideas for a government document.

Have you ever read A Miracle of Science? You might like that, particularly the Martian legislature.

It's natural, Sean. Partly a trick of the came...

2012-04-02T20:48:50.266-04:00

It's natural, Sean. Partly a trick of the camera, but his hair is pretty fine and in places, white-blonde like Michelle's was at that age. There's a definite stripe that's noticeable from certain angles.

Michelle said "he's always so busy" a couple of months ago too. Even playing, its lots of purposeful running around and exclamations. He never stops.

Does Calvin actually have a natural Mohawk, or is ...

2012-04-02T20:09:01.871-04:00

Does Calvin actually have a natural Mohawk, or is that a trick of the camera? He looks like a busy kid...