http://www.mikeberryart.com Figurative Art • Sculpture • Ramblings Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:45:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've been so busy lately, its been hard to even think about this blog, or even my art. We bought a new house April 30th, and repairs, packing, and moving have consumed our lives. Jacob developed an ear infection last weekend as well. He seems to be ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=169 [singlepic=55,175,,,left][singlepic=54,100,,,right]Well, it appears Bryan Larsen has started a new project, and it looks intriguing. Two models, one clothed and one nude, dramatic lighting, lots of warm wood texture, and a back-story rooted in[singlepic=53,100,,,right] Greek mythology. Sounds like a winner already. The image to the left there reveals ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=165 [singlepic=52,180,,,left] Here he is, Jacob Daniel Berry. Not only is he my brand-new beautiful son, but he's also the primary reason this blog (and my art) have all but vanished lately. Taking care of him is a full-time job, which is tough, because I already have one ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=152 [singlepic=50,150,,,left] I am so impressed by this guy's work. His name is David Malan, [singlepic=49,100,,,right]and he works as an Illustrator and professional Artist out of Utah. I check in on his blog from time to time, Brilliant Anyway, and I never fail to be amazed by the ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=149 [singlepic=43,100,,,left]I think I've got my blog completely up and running. I've got the galleries working, random artwork on the sidebar, the ability to post pictures within my posts, a blog roll, and all elements skinned (or "themed" as WordPress says) with html and CSS control of it all. ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=135 At last, my gallery is finally live! Every two steps toward this goal seemed to be followed by one step backward. It's this NextGen Gallery that I'm using. It has an amazing back-end (just like your mom, -- zing!), but it's just so overly complicated and difficult ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=122 I've made great progress on my galleries.  I've completely skinned them to match my theme, and I've added room in the layout for a description.  The only remaining tasks are to make the css work with IE6, and tweak the "album" page.  Once those are done, then I'll be able ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=24 Well, this gallery thing is going to take longer than I thought. I'm trying to modify it somewhat to both match my theme, and to allow me to post longer descriptions with my images. Unfortunately the javascript that loads the images is kicking my ass. I may ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=20 I've found a gallery manger/generator that I think will meet my goals. It's the NextGEN Gallery by Alex Rabe. It's extremely popular, and integrates exceptionally will with the WordPress backend.  I have to say that I'm impressed.  It doesn't do everything my heart desires, but I can't imaging ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=17 I decided to build myself a theme before beginning my blog, as I hoped making it feel like mine would encourage me to post.  There is still a lot to do here, but this is a start.  First and foremost, I need to find a way to build a gallery ... http://www.mikeberryart.com/?p=11