3,2,1 We have lift off…
June 4th, 2009
So I’m launching my site. Well kinda. I’m still updating my portfolio still and it will probably take a bit of time. I am super excited for where this site is headed and the general direction of the internet as a form of media. I’m aiming to bring quality content to a wide audience.
My original interest in Graphic Design was sparked by graffiti that I saw driving into Philadelphia at a young age. I was mesmerized by the fact that this beautiful artform was placed on the top of abandoned buildings. I knew that those artists risked their lives to have their art seen. That influence made me want to have my art seen by as many people as possible, I just went about it in a different way. Creating fliers for nightclubs, posters for bands, mixtape cases for djs, etc. I gained recognition from an audience of my peers and total strangers.
While at the Art Institute of Philadelphia 98-00 the internet was hitting computer users over the head with a hammer, with it’s power to reach a limitless audience. I was instantly hooked. I started consuming as much as I could. Downloading fonts, wallpapers, searching for media, sharing sites with friends, etc. I knew that I had to get on the web but I wasn’t really digging the whole Flash preloader heavy MB thing that was such a major force in those days. I so I stuck with print while still consuming the web until I found out about Zeldman and web standards. This movement spoke to me and I fell in love with the proper way to create a user-friendly website. I made the jump from print to web in 2006 and I’m loving every minute of it.
Wordpress
This website is powered by wordpress and I created the theme from scratch. It’s a wonderful CMS that I enjoy working with. A plugin that I am using in a major way is the Art Direction plugin created by Noel Jackson. It allows you to style each post so your website will always look fresh.
I’m cranking a way on a few wordpress plugins that I plan on releasing on this site in the not too distant future. Themes and tutorials for wordpress are also in the works, so stay tuned. I’ll have a newsletter sign up on the site shortly that will allow you to subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter.
What’s in store for the future
I have developed fonts, css goodies, and vectors in the past, expect more of them in the future along with a podcast. Everything is being developed and organized so please be patient.
Previous Versions of robertfauver.com
Here are previous versions of my site. Some versions are currently lost on CD, DVD or my hardrive somewhere but they’ll be up soon. Beware links may be broken and I might not ever fix them since I am no longer updating those versions of the site.
That’s pretty much it
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This my second draft of this post. There might be a third. I wrote this after 2 shots of espresso @ 6AM and had to revise a bit later after I calmed down.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. – Carl Sagan
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