So for the past few weeks I have been secretly crafting a social networking/community based site. I’m not prepared to divulge all the details of the project yet but, I just can’t contain myself!

I’m really excited about this project for so many reasons. For starters it’s something that I have wanted to do for a long while. I’m also excited that it has come together so quickly. There were a lot of little details that I wasn’t sure I would be able to figure out, but they turned out to be pretty simple! But the best part of it for me is that the whole project is based around getting film makers together to…. ah wait… too much already! That’s all you’re getting.

I can say though, that I am 80% done the coding part. (I seriously have been dreaming in code… and not the cool “I’m in tron, fighting grid-bugs on a light cycle” kind of code either…)

Now the job is making things look pretty.

Brrr…. It’s cold days like these when I miss summer. We tend to take for granted not having to start the car 20 minutes before going anywhere, having to shovel the walkway just to get the mail, or wearing more than 3 layers just to feel moderately comfortable. Me and these brisk days are not the best of friends…

This last summer Laurie and I went to the Lupine festival in Sugarhill, NH. Here are a few images to maybe help you warm up.
I could take pictures of her all day!

So I think I have decided that this blog is going to be more of a photo-blog (now known as a phlog…or maybe a bloto?… nvm)

So in light of that decision here are some random older photos!

I turned 25 today! Seems so weird to think that a quarter of a century has already gone by. It seems like yesterday I was getting up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons, then riding my tricycle around the neighborhood… well… maybe that was yesterday…

Here is version 4 of oryanstudios.com. I think I want to make this one a little more personable and less formal.

Lately, I have very much been drawn to the idea of a super minimalistic site. I like the idea because it allows my work to shine and become the subject of attention without distraction. I find it hard to design for myself. Mostly just because I know all the possibilities and directions I could go. Once I get started thinking and dreaming up all kinds of different layouts and styles, it so hard to choose just one I love. With client work it’s so much easier. The client has a specific need and then research into their specific demographic and branding takes care of the direction and style, It’s just up to me to take the resulting theme and come up with something useful, memorable and intriguing.

Not to mention I love to tinker, so no doubt I will constantly be changing things until I decide I want something else. But so far I like it.