Two Wheel Motive

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ERIC BLOOMQUIST

...A BLOG ABOUT DESIGN, BIKES & OVERALL GOOD THINGS

So I redesigned my blog... (& learned some code too)

So as many of you already know I started a blog not too long ago on Wordpress. Well, recently after using it I thought it may be fun to try my hand at designing a site with similar functionality from the ground up. Plus, why not stylize up my blog a little while im at it. I thought it would be an awesome opportunity to implement a fun user interface with modern HTML5 & CSS3 with the traditional comment and follow functions of a blogging site. This meant I also got the opportunity to learn a lot about the back-end server-based code that makes sites like a blog run. Granted this is a lot of the computer science and coding I dreaded in college, its honestly kind of fun to write something that actually works and looks good. Well maybe not fun but gratifying at least! So after a few weeks designing the layout of my new blog and creating the site images, it was time to finally sit down and compile it all into a cohesive code of all of it's elements. It was also important to me to do this all while maintaining a design system that was responsive across multiple platforms. It was for sure a challenge, but I definitely am proud of where it is at and it will only continue to get better as I maintain the Two Wheel Motive blog.

So stay tuned to see more designs and feel free to browse the new Two Wheel Motive!

SO I REDESIGNED MY BLOG... (& LEARNED SOME CODE TOO)

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So it’s been TOO long and I’ve been TOO busy... (in a good way)

So over the last few months I have been up to a ton of projects all across the board. Realizing I am becoming more and more drawn to the design and creation of tangible and tactile items through some of the more hands-on work I’ve been completing, I have chosen to pursue this avenue. Ever since I was a kid I have been building and creating, whether it was with my grandfathers Erector set in his workshop or the bins and bins of Legos in my bedroom. For a long period of time and even entering college I wanted to design cars and actually started studying mechanical engineering. Although I soon turned my studies towards Graphic Design because at the time I felt I was more so interested in the creative process of design rather than the mechanics of it. However now being out of school a few years while actively pursuing freelance graphic design work I have realized that art I am drawn to create in my free time tends to be these more tangible items and it shows that my passion for mechanics, and how-and-why things work, still burns inside me.

Hopefully in the next few days I will able to publish some of the stuff I have been working on over the last few months and keep everyone tuned in!

JUL

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SO IT'S BEEN TOO LONG AND I'VE BEEN TOO BUSY... (IN A GOOD WAY)

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