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1 step back, 2 steps forward…

As you can see, I scrapped the old design. I just wasn’t feeling it. I kept trying to improve it, and it kept getting muddier and muddier.

So I spent this afternoon stripping all the styles and working on the structure. I wasn’t going to even deal with design until I gave it a rest for a while.

Then, when I was about to stop, I had a burst of inspiration and had to get it down before I lost it.

So there you go. I ended up spending 3 times as long as I intended, and I haven’t eaten for hours. I love this feeling.
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