Hey, all.

So, I recently decided I was sick of all the pop-up and banner ads on my free Angelfire website, and decided to pony up the dough for the real thing.

...okay, actually, Victoria paid for it - it was a present

So, now I've got a URL that I can quickly relate in an interview, more space to post stuff, and just generally a more hassle-free experience (I hope).

Check it out, and let me know what you all think!

http://www.ianthecomicartist.com

Cool!

I like that ROM piece in the pencil gallery, Ian. Very nice!

like it ! ( but theres a couple pieces missing, hint hint )

Nice work Ian. The site looks great.

Looks great!

Not bad... for a guy from Canadia.

What he said!

Excellent layout on the new site. I will be talking it up!

Cool, Ian.

Thanks folks

I'm still tweaking ideas, and I'll be updating it regularily, adding more content all the time. I'm kinda thinking, now that I have all the pictures in the various galleries being links to larger versions, I might shrink those small pictures a bit more, fitting more of them in that area. Or something.

I'm still trying to keep the basic layout as simple as possible - no flash animation, no frames, no pull-down menus or anything. And keeping my email link on every single page (for those impulse-purchasers )

I haven't hit every gallery yet, so maybe I missed something...

But for those impulse purchasers, if you have art just laying around under the pizza boxes and stuff...

Have those in a For Sale gallery with price and a shopping cart for easy checkout.

Very nice, Ian. Looks great.

That could also cause a dramatic rise in spam to your e-mail account, Ian. You might want to make an image with your e-mail address spelled out. I'd give you some JavaScript code to pop up their e-mailer automatically just like the link you have, if you want.

Serge - I've been thinking about something like that - I prefer having an email discussion with clients, becuse then we can discuss the price - it's more about selling new commissions rather than pieces that are already done. I should think about that, though, especially in the 'pencil gallery' and 'inking gallery'.

Jim - well, I'm not too worried - it is all linked to my Hotmail account, which has really good spam protection. Besides, seeing what kind of nonsense people try and sell you can sometimes be funny

And thanks Trevor

That Galactus & Nova piece you have in the Colour section is absolutely fantastic. Great work on the site, too!

Hey Ian,
Feel free to put any of your Strongarm covers up there - except issue 5 as that's a spoiler.

Great site! Hope it lands you some more work!