Introducing the new and improved brinlevinson.com! Brin is an an exciting artist who lives up in Portland, OR. I've known Brin since we attended the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) together, where he was studying character animation. His artwork is highly stylized (tending towards the dark and mysterious), virtuosic, and always tells a story that draws you in and sends your imagination running wild.

This site is built on WordPress and uses the phpFlickr library to pull in artwork posted on Flickr. phpFlickr has some nice features like caching and all the Flickr API integration needed to build a slick gallery. We're using the nyroModal jQuery plugin for an effective full-screen slideshow feature to get a great look at Brin's art. One thing we ported over from Brin's former site was the PayPal buy links that allow patrons to purchase both original artwork and prints in the store.

I'm happy to note that with some prior discussion to get on the same page about the new site, we were able to build and launch this in less than a week! If only every site could go that smoothly... I hope you enjoy the site and please send along feedback (via Twitter, comments...any which way!)