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The next stage of my Horse Web and Graphic Design site.

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So I’m finally at the validation stage of building my site.
Naturally I’m running into easy issues like Seamonkey Composer not
  using proper end tags. Of course, I didn’t expect it to be
perfect, I only used it because I was in a big hurry to get all
 that Cafepress stuff up.

Then there is the external link issue. Turns out my referral tags
 have unsupported characters in them. There is nothing I can do
about it. Nothing. The referral links are designed by Greeting Card
 Universe and Zazzle. If I want my royalties I must use them.

Finally there are the bizarre CSS issues. I gave up on those when
 I realized I was getting two or three different results from the
same validator and the same css stylesheet!

At long last I joined a horse community called Barnmice.
Looking forward to reconnecting with the horse community.
I already joined Deviant art the other day, and they’ve certainly
inspired my art lately in many ways. There is some truly brilliant
 stuff up there.

So this just leaves what to do about the original Starhorsepax .
I’m hoping to redirect the original URL and recreating it as a
kid’s site.

Now if only in this business I can actually make some money
instead of just spending it. Horses and art are good for the soul.
 Hopefully I can translate that into earning money too.

Moonlight Prancer Horse mousepad
Moonlight Prancer Horse by starhorsepax
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My new and improved Clydesdale, with the cool brush effects added.

I really love free brushes for Gimp and Photoshop.  Moon is by Hawksmonte, Water by Obsidian Dawn.   Most of them I found on Brusheezy

 

Updates

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I finally have my animation gallery up and just need to link it in..  It’s not my best artwork, but then I was more focused on getting the hang of Flash then the finer points.   My ‘computer crunch’ is little more than a doodle and certainly sounds like a cereal.  But anyone who has ever fought with a computer will enjoy it.  It was done in CS3. Check it out:  Animations

 

Now I have to figure out CS5.5 and I hope to combine my real art with the animation.  Fortunately I like that kind of challenge

A case in point:  I’ve wrestled for hours with Inkscape gradients trying for a fuzzy teddy bear. This was after a critique on Deviant Art.  I may post it as a tutorial or a sort of how to (and how to NOT) do it.  And I have that nice Adobe Illustrator waiting for me to use.  But how could I ignore the challenge  of the not at all intuitive freebie Inkscape?

 

Welcome to Starhorsepax Designs Blog

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This blog is all new, the website is too. So please be patient with it.   The shop navigation isn’t up yet and I haven’t filled in the prices or finished the contact page.

Friendly suggestions for improvement are welcome, just keep in mind I’m not claiming to be finished.

But if you are looking for a web designer and or graphic artist I’m here and ready even if the site isn’t complete.  My specialty is horses and other animals.  In addition to here you’ll find me on Zazzle, Cafepress, Greeting Card Universe and I’ve just joined Deviant Art.