Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em social media sites are only getting stronger, and they are not going anywhere. The shear volume of them can be a tad overwhelming. That being said, they are vital to your success as a blogger.

The basic look is still the same, but the site has taken on a bit of a different header. The logo was made a little bigger and the splatter was turned. I also changed my slogan and make it look handwritten.

FreshBooks is the newest sponsor for MyInkBlog. They provide an awesome online invoicing and time tracking service. If you are a freelancer like me, getting on board with them can really help you organize things and save you much needed time to get back to designing!

I just wanted to give a quick shout out and thanks to Alex from That Indie Dude. Alex is a uniquely gifted freelance web and graphic designer. In his newest post, he features MyInkBlog as one of the best free design resources around the web.

I am excited to announce, PSD2HTML has jumped on board as a site sponsor, you can see their ad on the sidebar to the right. These guys do an amazing job of tranforming your .psd, .png, .ai file, or even existing HTML markup into well-written XHTML and CSS code.

If you’ve ever needed a simple content management system for one of your web clients, then you should definitely check out CushyCMS. It takes seconds to sign up for and within a couple minutes you can make portions of your site fully editable. The process is real straight forward.

I am thrilled to announce markup4U as my first sponsor for MyInkBlog. You can see their ad on the sidebar of the page. markup4U is a top notch PSD to HTML service provider. They charge only $175 for the first page and just $85 on each page after that. They can slice and code PSD, PNG and AI file formats into valid XHTML and CSS code.

I’m really stoked to have my grass texture tutorial featured on the Photoshop Lady website. This site is an awesome source for some of the best Photoshop tutorials on the web.

MyInkBlog has gone through significant changes the last couple of days, and more are soon to follow. I think this new design is much easier on the eyes and allows for more expansion in the future. There are now related posts at the bottom of each article to help with navigation.

I will be updating my wordpress theme tonight and over the next couple of days. So please excuse the look and any bugs you may find. I like the theme I had, but it doesn’t accommodate all that I want to do, and I think readability is a bit of a concern.