Number: 7
Name: La Chimère
Characters: Maggie, Anita, Michelle
Series: Read or Die
Finished: June 12, 2008
Yay! My second ROD layout! And it's not incredibly ugly like the first one! I wanted to do another ROD layout, because: one, the first ROD one I made was the most hideous thing I have ever seen; and second, I am really starting to get back into my webwork, something that I am insanely passionate/obsessive over. Those who can wield paper as a weapon are known for their passionate love of books, so there's something I can agree on. Hopefully, my collection of websites will be able to grow like their collection of books. Of course, I'm not going to go overboard *laughs*
The name of this layout means "Fantasy" in French. I really couldn't think of anything better. The layout just gives off a dream-like feeling, so haha, there we go. The word for dream in French is a little bleh to me, so I chose fantasy. It also hints at the fantasy I'm holding about possibly being able to have a lot of websites, that I can keep in tact and updated -___-' But with any luck, maybe my dream will be a reality xD If it ever happens, that CD layout will be called "Reality." HAH!
Image: Anime Paper
Image Editing: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.0
Image Editing: MS Paint
Brushes: Brushes by Pange
Coding: Notepad
Commenting System: HaloScan.com
This layout was made with the usual tools, with the addition of two lovely brushes from Brushes by Pange (Haze and Rectangular, I believe) and the slight abuse of the dissolve function ^^; I finally put the tile effect to good use, to make the background less boring.
All in all, I'm pleased with this layout. The color palette is a little lighter than usual, but it's still very pretty. You can see the hint of orange/peach in the layout, but it doesn't overpower you, right? Hehe. I feel like eating a peach now ^^ I especially like how the background came out. The only part I don't like is probably the placement of the navigation. Meh. (And now that it's all put together and uploaded, I'm seeing ugly little imperfections all over the place >__<)