01 January, 2008
(1 ) 23:49 Remodeled. That took me long enough. It's been half a year since I last changed the layout, and this contains even less original work than the last. I'm very partial to the little flying schoolbus on the previous layout though, and I'm sad to see it go, but I think everyone's a little sick of it already (me included, I must admit).
It features a scan from the manga Beck, which I'm reading now. I extracted the image by erasing the background by hand. I know there are probably other ways to do it, but I'm more comfortable erasing (actually I did masking, but it's about the same, except that it's easier to undo mistakes).
I spent most of my time drawing the stripe things. And yes, I'm aware that there are still a few kinks in the lines. Who knew a few lines were so bloody difficult to draw? Again, I'm sure there's an easier way to do it, but I haven't figured out how. What I did was to draw paths by hand using the pen tool and then fill them. It's a bit difficult to see if the paths are perfectly smooth though, but I think with a bit more practice I can get it right.
I stole the pink/orange colour combination from scan.
And this layout is not compatible with resolutions with widths larger than 1280 because I'm too lazy to make the background tile. :P I tried, but it was really too much of a headache/I couldn't be bothered. So if you have one of them hugeass monitors with 1600 or more pixels wide, well I think there won't be any stripes on the right of your screen because I have the background set to no-repeat.
Oh, updated the sidebar info, which I haven't touched for a long time. Didn't want to put in latest information about me, since it'd make this blog easier to find via Google than it already is, but what the heck. Idon't write anything worth writing self-censor on this this blog anyway
Oh, and there are a few things that may not be immediately obvious (haha a bonus for you people who got this far into the post). "Aprilesque" is written on Koyuki's pant leg, and I'm pretty proud of editing that in. It's not 100% convincing, but I think it works. And if you just thought I was using alternate colours for the title and missed the "s", well you're not wrong, but read the light coloured words on their own. It sums up the way I look at life. :) The title itself is also an open-ended incomplete sentence:
It features a scan from the manga Beck, which I'm reading now. I extracted the image by erasing the background by hand. I know there are probably other ways to do it, but I'm more comfortable erasing (actually I did masking, but it's about the same, except that it's easier to undo mistakes).
I spent most of my time drawing the stripe things. And yes, I'm aware that there are still a few kinks in the lines. Who knew a few lines were so bloody difficult to draw? Again, I'm sure there's an easier way to do it, but I haven't figured out how. What I did was to draw paths by hand using the pen tool and then fill them. It's a bit difficult to see if the paths are perfectly smooth though, but I think with a bit more practice I can get it right.
I stole the pink/orange colour combination from scan.
And this layout is not compatible with resolutions with widths larger than 1280 because I'm too lazy to make the background tile. :P I tried, but it was really too much of a headache/I couldn't be bothered. So if you have one of them hugeass monitors with 1600 or more pixels wide, well I think there won't be any stripes on the right of your screen because I have the background set to no-repeat.
Oh, updated the sidebar info, which I haven't touched for a long time. Didn't want to put in latest information about me, since it'd make this blog easier to find via Google than it already is, but what the heck. I
Oh, and there are a few things that may not be immediately obvious (haha a bonus for you people who got this far into the post). "Aprilesque" is written on Koyuki's pant leg, and I'm pretty proud of editing that in. It's not 100% convincing, but I think it works. And if you just thought I was using alternate colours for the title and missed the "s", well you're not wrong, but read the light coloured words on their own. It sums up the way I look at life. :) The title itself is also an open-ended incomplete sentence:
Music makes me believe...
... that there is hope in this world.
... that everything will be all right.
... that I'm special.
... that I'm blessed.
... that I'm not alone.