I stopped developing, artistically speaking, somewhere around age 10 or 11. Maybe that’s because by the time I was 12 I was diving into the BASIC programming language on my Atari 400 home computer (yeah, I’m that old) and rewiring my brain to predominantly work with logical structures as opposed to creating things that were more oriented toward aesthetics. No matter the reason, whatever biological or psychological trait one needs to look at a blank page and see what could be, I don’t have it.

Ohio + binoculars = owl

Case in point: When I originally set out to come up with some sort of logo for Ohio Purge Watch, I thought I’d just take an image of Ohio and combine it with binoculars.  The result was something resembling the face of an owl.  Sadly, it was the best I could come up with at the time, and the owl was allowed to perch at the top of my site for several weeks.

Today, however, thanks to the generosity of artists who publish their work for the public to use freely,  I am pleased to announce the retirement of the owl.  May this blog post be its final public viewing.  Now, onto the owl’s replacement…

This before and after image gives you a full view of the transformation:

Old site header vs. the new design. Say goodbye to the owl!

Like I said, I’m rather bad at this “making things look pretty” part of web site development, so anytime I’m able to actually overcome my artistic challenges and create something that falls more on the non-hideous side of the spectrum, it’s grounds for a happy dance.  Excuse me while I go privately put my white-boy rhythm on display!