LoisTavaf.com or LITDigitalArt and Such using Wordpress

It’s been over five years since I set up a website for LIT DigitalArt and Such on Wordpress. Back then, I used a desktop computer and had the help of a colleague at work. I took a lot of notes and I remember there was a lot of “code” - it wasn’t user friendly. A lot has changed in those five years. Now there is a Wordpress app, and the site itself has become so much easier to navigate. But before I started to make any changes I double checked with the contacts at Wordpress. They assured me I wouldn’t mess anything up when I started to make changes. I began with the front page and found it much easier as I went along. There are seven tabs on the top - home, about, gallery, from photo to painting - the same as home, shop, let’s talk, and custom portrait. What I really liked the most was to link everything I have on a variety of internet sites to the shop tab. So my Redbubble, Pixels/Fine Art America, Zazzle, Amazon books, Merch by Amazon T-shirts, and Etsy shops are all in one place. And the about page links all the other stuff - Pinterest, my daily blog, Facebook business page, instagram, tumblr, you tube, and LinkedIn. Twitter was already set up on the stationary right column. It took quite awhile to get the whole thing refreshed, and then I tested all the links before I was comfortable sending the site link out on social media. I finally included it on my LinkedIn page to share as an update and have 166 views so far with a few likes. I’m really glad I enjoy doing this kind of stuff because it can be very time consuming. Now my email signature includes only one link - instead of many - to everything I have connected to my digital art. Now I have to work on getting it seen! I can use the Wordpress app to track my progress on the stats page. And maybe every once in awhile I’ll add a note on the blog. 

iPad Five Year Anniversary - What A Difference It Has Made - For Me!

I can't believe it's been five years since the iPad changed my life! Since that April day in 2010, so much has happened because of it. I waited by the door for it to be delivered and things have never been the same. I had a feeling about it like no other gadget before it. Now I have three iPads - the first one is now my husband's - and the other two are used exclusively for all my art - and maybe a few games! I downloaded Sketch book Pro and my love for art was reignited. It started with doodles and sketches, and became three children's books - as apps in the Apple Store published by StoryChimes, a New Yorker Eustace Tilley win, self published children's books on Amazon, and commissioned pet portraits from all over the US, Canada, Australia, and Puerto Rico. I even have a "gallery wall" at the Wagtime Shop on Capitol Hill. Along with all the art is the social media that ties it all together - this blog about living in the Capitol City, Facebook business page, tumblr, Pinterest boards, krrb ads, my etsy shop, twitter, a Wordpress personal website, and the most recent Rebelmouse that pulls a lot of it in to one place. The iPad makes it so much easier to coordinate all of these things. It has become my mobile studio - which is a lot cleaner and neater than watercolor and pastels - that I take with me whenever we are out of town. Yes, some of this could have been done without the iPad, but not to the same degree. Thanks Steve Jobs for having the vision. Happy Anniversary IPad!