Heretik Studios has changed (FINALLY!)

Dear Web Citizens,

If you're reading this, first, thanks. I've been a ghost the past few months. The fact that you even bothered to come back and see what's happening means a lot. You're awesome.

Now to business.

After planning to overhaul the structure and functionality of Heretik Studios since late 2008, I have finally, FINALLY actually gone ahead and completed the revisions. You might have noticed that this blog looks completely differently than it did before. If you did not notice this, there are some wonderful advances in modern optometry that might be worth looking into. Just sayin'.

Heretik Studios has been completely facelifted, rehashed, cut up, and put back together again. The key word for this iteration (dubbed version 3) was simplicity. No more wacky, cumbersome pages with links pointing in every other direction. No more unnecessary files (there were MANY of these... trust me, I checked). No more useless pages (can we say "rants" anyone?).  Right now it's stripped down to the bare essentials of my creative world -- artwork, Gun, & poems. Add to that a short blurb about me, the online store, and of course The Heretik Times, and we've got a website.

I hope you enjoy the new, cleaner layout and find it easier to navigate. It's certainly easier on the eyes than the old, poop brown-colored version 1, or the hurried, inconsistent version 2. I'm still adding a couple of little things, but the core content is live and accessible to all once again.

With this update, comes what I hope will be my official return to the arts. It has been way too long. I've gone through an insane number of significant changes since the start of 2011, just as I predicted. I won't even begin to list all of the personal, academic, and professional events that have transpired, as that would take up an entire volume. Suffice it to say, a lot has changed, and it has kept me busier than ever before. Unfortunately, I set art aside in pursuit of my career and scholarly goals, and in the process began to forget that art is just as important a part of my life as the other things I love.

In light of that, I'm now raising a glass to toast not giving up on what I love, and raising a pencil to a page to let my imagination run wild again. I look forward to seeing what comes of it.

Saludos amigos.