Show and Tell: Random Nicole Blog Redesign

Nicole Stevenson of Random Nicole recently asked if we could rework her blog to be a little more visually appealing, and a little more integrated into her website. Her starting point was like many small biz websites – a great website that links to an external blog hosted elsewhere (in Random Nicole’s case, Typepad).

The result is a little disconnected – going from a nicely designed website to this is a little confusing visually:

Random Nicole's Typepad Blog Before Our Collaboration to Redesign it

Nicole had a specific vision for her blog rebuild, and sent me this mockup as a starting point:

Random Nicole Blog Layout Comp

With that, I got to work! Utilizing my super customizeable secret weapon ultra-favorite WordPress theme, I was able to build it almost to the letter. The best part? The blog is now another page of her site instead of a redirect to a Typepad hosted blog. Why work so hard to get blog readers to see what you’re up to, just to have the site traffic go to someone else’s website?

Random Nicole Blog Redesign - AfterIt was a pleasure bringing Random Nicole’s artistic vision to life! A giveaway is going on over there this week to celebrate the new blog design, click here to read all about it!

Freelance Illustrator Steph Calvert • Steph Calvert Art | https://stephcalvertart.com

Freelance illustrator Steph Calvert is an award-winning artist with 24 years of experience working as a creative professional. She is based in McDonough, Georgia, just south of Atlanta.

Steph Calvert has expertise as a children’s book illustrator. She is an expert surface pattern designer for art licensing and creates line drawings for publishing and product design. Steph has years of additional expertise as a mural artist, creating original art, and logo design for small businesses. She is currently querying literary agents with her first author/illustrator book projects.

National SCBWI Conference, 2023
Illustration Summer Camp – The Highlights Foundation, 2021
Make Art That Sells, 2017
BFA in Computer Art – SCAD, 1999


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