Aenemya

I almost didn’t believe this day would actually come : my portfolio is finally back online after a mere two years and a half of being on hiatus. The site got completely hacked late 2006, forcing me to take everything down and postpone the new version until today, where I stole free time from my traditional busy schedule.

I am finally able to share with you new artwork and design, such as :

The new gallery is more dynamic and also more selective: I kept only my favourite (and best?) work. You can fullview each picture thanks to the neat Shadowbox plugin, which will enhance your aenemic experience.

I also created a new link page from scratch, where I gathered my favourite artists. Check out their work, you won’t be disappointed! There are also new banners for you to use if you want to link to Aenemya.com from your own website (thanks in advance!).

At last but not least, I created this brand new blog in order to keep on writing as I used to in my French blog (now closed). I’ll talk about ART, obviously, inspiration, gear, and anything else that is Aenemya-related. Why don’t you subscribe to my RSS feed now? Thus you won’t miss a bit :)

Some thoughts…

I must say it was pretty odd not to have my own personal art space on the Web for last few years. Of course there are the various online profiles and galleries such as deviantART or Myspace, which are good alternatives to a regular portfolio. Nevertheless, I have always thought that a personal portfolio, patiently crafted with sweat and hard work, would better reflect one’s work as any other dull online profile.

I have always thought that creating a new website is, for an artist, a good way to show another side of their creativity. Of course, it’s not always possible to do everything by oneself since it requires some technical knowledge, as well as some strong usability notions. However, I think the interface design part can be achieved by almost any creative mind around there.

Aenemya was never meant to vanish, however I was trapped by being too confident in the crappy PHP scripts I used to use to generate my previous gallery. You will never catch me fooling around and doing no database backup. I’ve grown quite paranoid when it comes to data! But I think it’s a good thing. You often tend to neglect this – let’s admit it, rather boring – task, focusing more on the design and cool stuff. I learnt it the hard way.

I lost all the comments and guestbook messages you all wrote back in 2006. This is the reason why I didn’t have the courage to set up a new gallery comment system, although you can still comment on my blog entries. There’s no guestbook anymore either, I feel like these things do actually belong to other dimensions (like La Lune Mauve). This said, feel free to write me personal messages through my contact page! I’ll do my best to get back to you ASAP.

Now that I have gathered all previous work on this shiny new portfolio, I have to seriously consider creating fresh pictures again. I realise it’s been some time since I actually had time to work on personal projects ; I’ve been mostly working on commission the last two years, not speaking of my studies and various internships which did also reduce my free time. I’ve been writing a lot, too ; I realise writing has earned a place of choice among my creative process.

Feedback needed!

Now it’s up to you : feel free to comment the new blog entries, and share your feedback about the new site, especially if you experience any technical difficulties.

Thank you for still being part of this, so many years after the site first launched – you rock! To show you how grateful I am you are still following my work, I put 5 aenemic wallpapers together, that you will be able to download if you subscribe to my newsletter (see the “Aene’s Newsletter” box located in the top left sidebar).

In the next few days I’ll try to blog about the inspiration for Aene’s new version, as well as on my brand new Wacom tablet. I also have some more browser debug to achieve, although I already tested the site in most browsers. Anyway, stay tuned, folks :)