EVERYTHING. I've come to the conclusion that my design for the logo which launched the site (built from that design by my good, hardworking buddy Jim), was simply too complicated and too trying as an initial concept to begin with. Bless him, Jim spent some time understanding what the hell I meant, what with trying to emulate the marquee of a personal favorite Hollywood bar, Boardner's, for no particular reason other than it seemed "neat" to me at the time.

Then I stuck up a creation of my own with various film awards above an admittedly drab title design. Hey - I'm just not a graphics person like Jim and the like.

The like being my Oscarwatch aqcuaintance Claes, a.k.a. Grizzly, who wrote earlier this week to suggest something more fetching and eye-popping to flow with the rest of the layout's design. Claes is certainly a gifted graphics fella, and what he suggested expressed the right amount of simpleness that was missing from my anal attempts at creating something overly unique, and with that, I've settled on the design you see above.

So a very warm and sincere special thanks to Claes for the work he put in. And same to Jim, sad to see my idea didn't work but that's the lay of the land in graphics I suppose. Both of these guys chipped in when they certainly didn't have to, and for that, I'm ever appreciative.

Please enjoy the further exploits of InContention.com.