Well, long ago when the internet corruption of "domain craze" finally set itself upon me, I, being a person who likes creative titles, wondered what to name this place that wasn't already registered. Some of you who play PC games may remember the Zork series. One of these Zork-themed games is called "Zork Grand Inquisitor". I won't get into the entire detail of the story behind the game, or the plot of it, but the domain name kind of comes from there.
The Ethereal Plane of Atrii in Zork was a sort of parallel universe used by Enchanters, commonly shared by lost gym socks and GUE Tech, the Enchanter's school. I loved the idea of a place like that and imagined that my webpage, which used to be a hodgepodge of different things (anyone remember the design with the lava lamp? Raise your hand!), would fit in quite well on the Ethereal Plane, right next to the gym socks. Though of course it doesn't stink. Or at least I don't think so.
So why etherealplains.com instead of etherealplanes.com? At the time - and this was long, long ago - it was taken. I have no idea if it still is. I suppose I could go check. But in either case, I ended up choosing plains as the spelling. Later on in my life, when that domain ran out, I switched over to a .com. People are still confused enough over THAT without changing the spelling, too. And that, as they say, is that.
"This looks nothing like Zork!"
Yes, yes, I know. Well, the site has come a very long way with me, through a slew of different design changes. I doubt we're looking at the same design now that it will appear as in the future, even. About every two years I hack the site to pieces, pull my hair out re-learning html and css, and have a go at making something new. The current design is a try at something clean, that doesn't use anyone else's graphics. So far, so good.
"Lava Lamp!?"
You do not want to know. Trust me. Just trust me.
"So, about this site design of yours..."
This site was designed in Photoshop 7.0. The font I've used here is called Notepad. Rights go to me for the artwork you see at the side of the page. It updates when a new painting is finished, and possibly colors on the site change then, too. I have no idea, it'll depend on what I paint next. In fact, any artwork you see is mine exclusively, or I'll tell you if it isn't. Which means don't steal it, or ... well, I swear bad things upon you. Bad, bad things. Also, all the writing is mine unless I say so. Don't steal that, either.
This site has been designed with a resolution of 800x600 or higher in mind. It will load in 640x480, but it won't be pretty. It SHOULD expand to the size of larger browser windows. I suggest browsing on this site in IE 7, or the newest distribution of Mozilla Firefox. It was designed with the highest colour setting out there, and will look a bit different if you're surfing here on a mac, the RGB renders brighter. By the way, I can't say how it loads in Opera or Safari. The possibility that it'll break in these, or earlier browsers, is large.
"How often do you update this place?"
I will be doing my level best to update this place as *soon* as any new work is completed. I'm working on a new comic project, so there may be some current sketches or 'speed paints' posted to the 'current' table on my main page. When the comic's live - assuming it ever goes live - there'll be a link. There are currently some plans in place for a new painting, but finding employment, moving, this comic, and adminning a forum are taking up most of my time. Writing is more likely to be updated.
