Thompson Werk

After finally feeling comfortable enough with WordPress, I endeavored to recreate my site. Having a growing appreciation for typography, it made sense to me that my redesign would move away from the heavy use of images and rely more on well thought out text. While I cannot say my typography skills are great, I am pleased with what I have been able to do. The use of Georgia as my primary font adds a touch of elegance and complexity to what was typically, and admittedly, a mundane site. I wanted to give my site such traits because I hope to focus more on my history related interests, while also showcasing my web design projects. Therefore, it made perfect sense to make this site appear far more professional, which necessitated the need for better typography and color choices.

One of my favorite aspects of the redesign was the new logo I created. Since I wanted my site to be more professional, the older, unimpressive, logo needed to be replaced with something bolder and memorable. Moreover, the new logo is simpler and more legible. Of course that is what most logos strive to achieve, but yet that is where the old logo failed.

Granted there remains a lot that has yet to be complete, such as most of the content, I am practically finished with the redesign process. So the plan is to roll out new content, section by section, over the next few weeks, while also fixing any bugs that may pop-up.