Hey Ravells - I sometimes get a quiet moment and pop back here to catch the latest.
Hey Ravells - I sometimes get a quiet moment and pop back here to catch the latest.
The ongoing sketchpad - Craig's Sketchpad (NEW)
Design and web services - CJ Productions
All the latest at my personal blog - Craig John
Photoshop Training Podcast - Graphic Basics (currently on hold)
I use Wordpress, also, hosted at A Small Orange (http://refer.asmallorange.com/13697 — Disclaimer: that's a referral link). I've found them to be the most affordable and easy to work with host that I've ever had. I pay $50 / year for hosting and $10 / year for my domain name ( http://www.bryanray.name ). That comes with 750 MB of space and 15GB / month of transfer bandwidth. They have a smaller plan that's only $25 / year for hosting with 150 MB storage and 4.5 GB bandwidth. All of their plans have unlimited databases, email addresses, subdomains, and add-on domains ( http://www.christian-gamers-guild.org is also hosted on my site, and the only extra I have to pay is for the domain name). It will probably take a little bit of learning to set up there, but they've got active user-to-user support forums where someone will likely be willing to walk you through getting things configured.
Another service that's been popular with people at my university is the Cargo Collective: http://cargocollective.com/ I'm not real sure what the features are, but one of my friends has been very happy. From what I understand, it's an easy to use template site with a content management system similar to a blog. His site is here: http://www.ludlowdesigns.tv/ Their page is not very forthcoming about how it all works, though, so I can't say much more than that.
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
http://www.bryanray.name
And using a website like www.deviantart.com ?
Having your own domain and website will look more professional though!
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
If you can't get hosting you might want to try Wordpress.com It allows you a free blog using wordpress. Though I don't know how good it will be for a portoflio (not wordpress itself, but wordpress.com) because unlike when you set it up on a personal server, wordpresss.com limits you on themes, plugins etc.
After checking out the Wordpress website, reading the instructions and downloading the software I can honestly say I don't understand any of it, lol. The instructions are for someone with more knowledge about computers than I have, so I'm going to seek out classes and on-line sources for the knowledge I need. In the meantime I'll continue expanding my portfolio and if it comes to the point where I need the website before I know how to create it myself I'll hire someone to create it for me.
Check out my works and download free samples at https://www.patreon.com/ierdesign
"Good teachers love inquisitive students."
"Great societies demand quality conversation."
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere."
the wordpress user groups are often very friendly, so you can always seek advice there
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