I launched this new design about 2 weeks ago, and just until now I realized that I needed to write about it. First, let me give credit where credit is due. I did not write the entire theme by myself, as a matter of fact, I didn’t write any of it, I just modified and added lines of code (mostly CSS). I did all this thanks to Sandbox, which is basically a clear canvas for people who want to start out making WP designs. I did run into some trouble making the whole thing centered, but nothing too complicated.

I started out with the new logo design in Photoshop CS3. Tried out some new fonts (after installing 4200 of them, which I had archived) and came out with the new JJMELO wording. Then I took one of my favorite pictures (the biplane, original here) and turned into a vector file with Illustrator CS3. Then I made a shield (learning how to use the pen tool in Illustrator) and put the plane on top. After that I installed the Sandbox theme then used Dreamweaver to modify it to my liking and about 4 hours later, this is what I got.