The New emcanimator.com Website is Live!
Eleven years ago I first built and launched my website as an online portfolio to display my art. I was newly graduated from California State University Monterey Bay then, and the oldest geek in Information Technology and Communications Design’s class of 2011. My former CSUMB classes in web design served me well, enabling me to go beyond the first site I built in Yahoo! Geocities. (Does anyone remember Geocities? This was back in time before Content Management Systems, back when building and maintaining websites was still fun for me.)
Using the WordPress CMS I pretty much on my own built and maintained that original website over the next decade. My 2011 site was hosted by Monterey Bay Design, the web design and development company run by the talented Deborah Ryder. A lot of proverbial water has passed under the bridge since then, in history, technology, social culture - and in professional and personal life. One thing I was never able to do in that time was to configure my site for e-commerce. But the time had come for that to change, and I needed help. There was a lot of “back end” work to be done that was way beyond my capabilities; and frankly, for me that kind of stuff wasn’t fun any longer. I’d rather be making art - and promoting my art to those who might want to see it hanging on their walls (well, that ‘promoting’ bit’s another story…)
Building an e-commerce enabled website doesn’t come cheaply. It wasn’t an easy decision for one like me who had sworn to quit day jobs forever and strike out on my own as an independent fine artist. But I decided not so much to spend money as to invest in the future of E. M. Corpus Graphic and Fine Art. I was confident in the steady and reliable service of a decade with Monterey Bay Design. Deborah was sensitive to my professional needs and financial constraints - and she’s highly competent in what she does.
We started at the end of July 2022, then worked through most of August. My painting time at the easel languished during this period. While Deborah did her magic, I was busy re-sizing and uploading high resolution images, tweaking texts, wrangling with new web hosting, print-on-demand and financial services, and on and on. If you need a web designer and developer, Deborah’s the one to see at Monterey Bay Design.
Well, it’s here. As of Thursday the new emcanimator.com is up-and-running: The site is fully ADA compliant, and its enhanced data and privacy security meets all U.S. and EU standards. I can easily (and I promise more frequently) post opinionated rants on my blog and respond to your comments. You can safely and securely purchase fine art works online, and through an interface with Fine Art America order a wide variety of prints. You can sign up for the Art of Subversive Dreams newsletter, and although I’d love for you to speak to me directly, you can can always send me a message from the site.
So, what do you think?
