Another Happy Customer

by on Jan.23, 2012, under Dark Art

"I am totally blown away by what you've created! I truly love what you've done with every aspect of the page! Amazing! Can't wait to show the rest of the industry when it's live!" 

- Face Off Season 2's Matt Valentine, in response to first round of proofs for his upcoming website redesign
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Another Happy Customer

by on Jan.23, 2012, under Dark Art

"I am totally blown away by what you've created! I truly love what you've done with every aspect of the page! Amazing! Can't wait to show the rest of the industry when it's live!" 

- Face Off Season 2's Matt Valentine, in response to first round of proofs for his upcoming website redesign
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Horror/Haunted House Website Owners Take Note: Google Doesn’t Want Your Filthy Money

by on Jan.20, 2012, under ChadRant

It would appear that Google can’t tell the difference between actual depictions of real violence and hand-illustrated / Photoshop-fabricated haunted house marketing imagery:

This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does not accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
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Hello,

During a recent review of your account we found that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our program policies
(https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=48182&stc=aspe-1pp-en).

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EXAMPLE PAGE: http://rgvscreams.com/schedule.shtml

Please note that this URL is an example and that the same violations may exist on other pages of this website or other sites in your network.

VIOLATION(S) FOUND:

VIOLENCE/GORE: As stated in our program policies, AdSense publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on pages with violent or disturbing content, including sites with gory text or images.  More information about this policy can be found in our help center (https://www.google.com/adsense/support/as/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=105954).

VIOLENCE: As stated in our program policies, AdSense publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on pages with violent content. This includes sites with content related to breaking bones, getting hit by trains or cars, or people receiving serious injuries.  More information about this policy can be found in our help center (https://www.google.com/adsense/support/as/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=105954).

ACTION TAKEN: We have disabled ad serving to your site.

ACCOUNT STATUS: ACTIVE
Your AdSense account remains active. However, please note that our team reserves the right to disable your account at any time. As such, we encourage you to become familiar with our program policies and monitor your network accordingly.
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Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team
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For more information regarding this email, please visit our Help Center: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1342779&stc=aspe-ai4-en.

What cooperation? It’s not like I was given (a) a choice or (b) a means to argue about it.

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New Year, New SinisterVisions.com

by on Jan.09, 2012, under Dark Art

Well! What was supposed to be a code patch turned into me realizing I haven't updated SinisterVisions.com's core code/design in over 3 years, which isn't a good position for a professional web designer's website to be in. So I took the weekend and rebuilt it almost entirely from scratch.

I've streamlined the navigation and simplified things significantly; hopefully I've made the site a lot easier to move around in.

Although I still have a little tweaking to do, it's 99% finished and ready for perusing. Even better, it should look exactly the same whether you're in Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari, on a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device (only caveat being, since it is a graphically intensive site, it may take a minute to load on some devices).

I hope you enjoy it!
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SinisterVisions.com : Issues & Updates

by on Jan.06, 2012, under Dark Art

My navigation system has arbitrarily stopped working within the same 24 hours that I've started working on a new version of SinisterVisions.com (it's been more than 3 years). I'm going to make some basic alterations as a short-term patch, but otherwise will be kicking the re-design into high gear. Bear with me.
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SinisterVisions.com : Issues & Updates

by on Jan.06, 2012, under Dark Art

My navigation system has arbitrarily stopped working within the same 24 hours that I've started working on a new version of SinisterVisions.com (it's been more than 3 years). I'm going to make some basic alterations as a short-term patch, but otherwise will be kicking the re-design into high gear. Bear with me.
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Dust to Dust In The Pumpkin Graveyard

by on Dec.22, 2011, under Pumpkin Graveyard

Dust to Dust In The Pumpkin GraveyardThanks to the unseasonably warm weather, Final Death came on swift wings to the Pumpkin Graveyard this year.

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Merry Creepmas!

by on Dec.01, 2011, under Creepmas

I said I’d do it, and I have: The Halloween scarecrows are still in the front yard, now decorated for Christmas as part of the first annual 13 Days of Creepmas! See the full photo set on Flickr HERE.

Creepmas Scarecrows 2011 03

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Insidiousness

by on Nov.30, 2011, under Music and Sounds

Whether or not you liked the film Insidious, Joseph Bishara’s score for it is positively bone-chilling.

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Artistic Inspiration

by on Nov.26, 2011, under Dark Art, Family, Halloween

Received and framed the gorgeous Phantom City Trick ‘r Treat poster, which inspired Ripley…

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