SOCIAL ART BLOG

Posted by: Liwis57740

Crisp Fall Updates!

Hello friends, glad to be back and posting, and thrilled to talk to you about the recent updates to ArtStars.

From first glance, ArtStars looks unreconizable, and it is.

I had been planning for a new logo sometime soon and possibly a few internal updates as well; as I began to edit I began exploring options and got carried away in the best way... I started the homepage again from scratch!

The current homepage is the result.

I got tired of the boxed-in, sturn look of the former style and went for something totally different.

I wanted the focus to change from box to   and let me be honest it was definitely a disigner struggle, having everything to flow and be propotionally pleasing while also trying hard to make it mobile phone accessible.

It was hard, and I can't believe I did most of it within one night, as with most of my art  projects, once I have an idea I don't want to stop until I've got it down, same went for the redisn, I consider my blog one of my greatest art projects and I hope that shows through.

I asked myself how I could make the homepage even simpler, as that has always been my goal.

I want someone to see the homepage for the first time and having a good feeling. Ultimatelly I wanted the homepage to look like a paint pallete with tons of splotches of paint everywhere, I feel the idea stayed true to originality, fun-loving, and art-speciafic deisgn!

My other designs consisted of modernizing and having less boxes and more clean lines; they were good but I tried to look "outside the box" and do something completely unexpected and push myself from my confort zone.

Seeing the outcome was inspiring! I understand that this is the most drastic change I've ever made and getting used to it is even hard for me, but for now I am really happy with it.

After the homepage was complete, other pages naturally had to have simple changes as well and the new logo became clear to me!

Now everything flows and I am super happy to be able to share the all these changes with you! 

My old slog "create outside the box" no longer felt right and so I went back to "Art for all!", symbolic of a brand new ArtStars, but holding onto those original core values and hopefully serving everyone the best of it's ability!

Stay artsy!