Well, it appears I have re-entered the realm of freelance web development and programming. I presented some "sketches" to a potential website client and they loved them. I use the term "sketch" to mean rough design options that are not so polished as proper mock-ups, the idea being to have some ideas on the table so I can get a sense from the reactions about which design direction I should follow through on. Once upon a time, in the early days of the web, I would literally show up with hand-drawn sketches for this purpose. That approach doesn't fly so well anymore, but I still think of and refer to this early stage in the design process as "sketches".

Anyway, this puts two half-decent contracts into my sales funnel, which isn't bad considering I haven't been actively looking for this kind of work at all. I also have two prospects for full-time work in Toronto.

In the mean time, I'm keepin' on keepin' on with my other autistic artistic endeavours. Last Sin City I got to try out the new flash is a somewhat controlled environment for the first time. Funny (but not unexpected), having the more professional gear in hand had people lining up for photos. A few of them I was quite happy with and added to my portfolio page. Most of them, however, I'm a little disappointed with. I should have been using a longer shutter speed to catch more ambient light outside of what the flash was illuminating. Next time I'm thinking of bringing in a coloured light to put in the corner that the offset flash isn't reaching.

Also along the lines of person projects, I finally got around to using both the IP addresses available to my ADSL to logically split Gothic BC away from my personal sites, and valerian's personal site and store. Presumably because of the odd nipple, Gothic BC has managed to get included as "adult content" by more than a few American-produced content filtering products. My rule of thumb is to not show anything you couldn't find in a European fashion magazine