Oh yes! I will take that.
I’ve been the chief web developer, designer, project manager, and sales agent for years. Although I like the independence of it, I now see the usefulness of a team. I’ve got the web development and design part nailed down but I think I could use help in the sales department and maybe project management area.
Blue boxes are drawn around the individual assets
Creating a layered header by cutting small transparent .gifs and weaving them together with html and css delivers smooth sharp loading even on slow internet connections. This approach is a lot of extra work and most people may not notice much difference but to me it’s totally worth it.
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You need some accurate information on where you are today.
A web audit can show you how people are using your site, evaluate competitive opportunities in your market, and examine your technical and logistical situation. Understanding your website’s environment will let you target your advertising spend, and in doing so, increase conversions and market share.
seo
Working with line-art on the screen you can sometimes see a moiré develop. It has to do with the angles in which lines intersect one another. Below I’ve drawn a perfectly square set of gridded lines and over-laid another with just a few degrees of rotation.
When even straight lines intersect at angles it creates a disturbance
The 15 year history of Daddy Hinkle’s as a company has developed on quite a collection of vintage line art. This is classy vector art made right at the beginning of computer graphics. It is all set up to print as cleanly as possible so bring that over into the 72 dpi world left some interesting possibilities.
Because this is an all-black line-drawing I could make a transparent gif
There are lots of reasons really but it comes down to the simple fact it wasn't working for me. Like any person I have a lot of different interests. My last website only allowed for my portfolio and a web related aspects of who I am. That turned out more confining than helpful.
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