Arcane Palette Creative Design » artistic graphic design

we’re always re-evaluating ourselves and our styles.  it was one of our goals to do a new theme for the site every month.  so, that didn’t exactly happen, but we are nevertheless proud of our brand-spanking-new design for the site.  in case you didn’t see the old design, or need a memory jog, this is what the old theme, which we called primordial, looked like:

we liked, and still like, that design a lot, but we think the new look is a bit more welcoming while also being artistic, with lots of stuff that grabs your attention but doesn’t steal it away too much to detract from the content.  plus, as i realized when i was putting the final touches on the new theme and comparing it to the old theme, the dark colors, and cloudy grays in the old theme make it look wintery, whereas the lighter background and warm tones in the new theme make it look more summery to me, so i think it fits both for accessibility reasons as well as being more in tune with the season.  come to think of it, our twitter background is kind of autumnal…