Starbright Illustrations (blog)

This spaceship design is an example of the sort of spaceship that might be used by characters in a science fiction role-playing game when they want to avoid being seen as they go about their adventures.

It’s a good example of the sort of science-fiction illustrations I’ve been doing recently, illustrations more orientated towards role-playing games or graphic novels, and also the work I’ve been doing on StarbrightIllustrations.com, making sure its focus is right.

The work I’ve been doing on Starbright Illustrations, turning it into the showcase for my work that I’ve always intended, is actually a lot of fun. It’s creative and colourful and intuitive, mostly using the free web design app Kompozer. I have done a lot of work on the science-fiction illustration gallery, and I believe it’s ready for visits from the public.

It’s a full-colour selection of the best of my recent work. Most of the images are spaceships, but there are also a few robots and vehicles too.

At the same time as providing an outlet for my work the blog and website carry ads too, and these have been making a little tiny bit of money, usually between five and ten ponds a month, which is enough to cover the costs of hosting. I was thinking perhaps I can do a little better than this, so while redesigning the site to make it a better display case for my illustrations and art I also did a bit of research – Googling – to find ways to make the site more SEO friendly, and improve ad performance. One thing that came up time and again was keywords.

It seems having really good keywords on your site will greatly improve ad revenue. So I found a list of keywords, and it makes depressing reading. They are absolutely all about finding loans and more money.

I think I’ll stick to my spaceships and illustrations, there’s no way I’m going to write about loans, car insurance and mortgages, just to increase my ad revenue.