2009 has been quite the intense year for me thus far. I moved, I am still in the middle of starting another business and I put Carmine Magazine on the backburner. I can’t promise you that I’ve reclaimed this magazine from the backburner, but I do want to still keep it as current as possible.

We’re going to be going through a number of big changes on the site here in the coming months. I have interviews that have been in the posting queue for months and I apologize for that. I haven’t forgotten about you! Life just got in the way for a while. We’ve kicked off these changes with a new layout (pictured above) which is more graphic intesive and fits the focus of Carmine much more than past layouts. I’ve rearranged the sidebar and changed the way we display our ads.

In the coming months look forward to the About and Advertise pages to be rewritten. The future will bring less artist interviews and more actual content. You can also look forward to a page with information on our writers, more artist promotions, more art news, more articles, a few more tutorials, a new semi-regular feature I’ve been dying to put together for months, and hopefully lots of material to keep your inspired and informed.

Interested in writing an article for us? Have a tutorial you’ve been dying to write or share with the world? Feel like pimping out your collection of artwork or webstore? Drop us a line: carminemag@gmail.com We will take a look at your ideas and give you a real chance to get your work out there to our readers.

Want to pimp your art website in the form of a small ad on Carmine Magazine? Check out our advertising page and drop us a line.

Feel like pimping out Carmine Magazine on your blog? We have a banner created by Red Nails; Wrong City:

Be sure to link it back to http://www.carminemag.com !

I look forward to spending more time with this site and with you, our readers.

Jami Lee Rosa