Pages o’ Fun Version 5.0 – 2005-2011
Sometime during 2007 I switched from hand-coding my web site to using the Drupal CMS system. I adopted my static template to the Drupal system.
Author: Robert Gomez
Pages o’ Fun Version 4.0 – 2001-2004
This was one of the longest running look ‘n’ feels for the Pages o’ Fun. This one had a few nice little Flash illustrations on the side.
And here are the Flash animations that were in the left gutter:
And then there was this thing that was hidden in the header strip:
Pages of Fun: Version 1.0 1997-1998
Wow! This page is pretty clunky looking. Although I think there was briefly a version before this which didn’t use frames, this is the initial version of my pages. I like the puke-inducing pastel colors (seriously). I still enjoy the raw, whos gives a crap about usabilty feel of this version, and the oversized, safe-for-toddlers navigation. Otherwise..eccchh!
Pages of Fun: Version 3.3 Dec 1999-Sept 2000
One of the first things I did when I bought by new computer was update my personal site. I was and am still pleased with this result. It was my first serious use of style sheets, and for awhile had some cool animated buttons at the top. The animations were kind of flaky so I got rid of them early on. I liked the organization and relatively clean text layout.
The big problem with this version was that it rendered rather poorly in Netscape 4 despite the fact that it used a different style sheet for Netscape. A problem I still deal with in the current site, but to a far lesser degree (Please leave Netscape 4 to die, it is a really terrible browser…6 looks promising though). It was also way too table heavy for my more simplified HTML structured tastes, making it tedious to update and change.
Pages of Fun: Version 2.0 1998-1999
This version is many ways a slickened up version of v1.0. It uses much of the same color palette, but uses frames in a much more… er… elegant way. Say what you will, I think frames are a great idea and wish they wouldn’t get phased out like it looks like they will be. Anyhow, this site was typical of its time in that it was loaded with plug-in requiring sound effects, bloated rollovers, and lots of tables. Although, I was rather pleased with the liquid design that would fill the browser no matter how wide you stretched it.
Ajenda Illustration – 6. Next Steps - Digital Image
A series of illustrations I did for a Web site promoting Ajenda Interative Media.
Ajenda Illustration – 3. Profile - Digital Image
A series of illustrations I did for a Web site promoting Ajenda Interative Media.
Ajenda Illustration – 4. Strength - Digital Image
A series of illustrations I did for a Web site promoting Ajenda Interative Media.
The Preacher - Sculpture
Carved Basswood and Acrylic Paint
Here are a couple of views of my latest side project. This carved figurine was originally intended to be part of a chess set (this would be a bishop) but carving wood in 3-D didn’t turn out to be as easy as I thought it would be. Although now that I have painted this guy, I can imagine an entire set would be quite nice. On it’s own it looks like a bit of wall decoration from a cheap seafood restaurant. All it needs is some netting and a plastic crab.
Think Pleasant Thoughts - Pen and Ink Drawing with Digital Coloring
This is a cover illustration I did for the Chicago-based lefty magazine, Lumpen. The general theme of most of the articles in the magazine is of the “Corporations are evil” variety. In this issue, there was much about the Genoa riots against free trade.
As retarded as I think the protestors are (I mean come on… smashing the windows of businesses is going to help the world’s poor?!?) I wanted to make an image that didn’t put blame on the cops yet didn’t come across as pro-fascism. Basically we have the thoughts that are running through the heads of the cops moments before they march down on the angry protestors. It can be read two ways. I one sense it pokes fun at the seemingly insipid thoughts of the riot cops, on the other hand, these are the same thoughts that run through most peoples minds (with one violent exception) and in that sense it humanizes the cops.
Anyhow, fight the man… buy American… say no to drugs.