Construction
June 23, 2010: Hello lovelies! Popping by to say that there will more than likely be site maintenance tomorrow. I'm a little tired at the moment, but I think I've figured out everything... X) So, the site will be all wonky tomorrow because I'll be reformatting it. PHP BABY! 'Bout freaking time, eh? xD Lulz, I hate my iframe...I'll keep everyone posted. If I do it right, it should be quite messy. -starts backing up files-
*Maintenance beginning @ 2:10PM NST/PST* : Expect down pages/broken links until Friday evening, at least.
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Our Lives on Holiday
June 22, 2010: My updates are getting a little off of the regular pace. That's because I have a life that needs tending to...offline. xD I spent much of my Thursday and Friday trying to disinfect my little sister's PC after she got one of those nasty fake anti virus programs on it. The matter was eventually solved and all Trojans, related spyware, and 51 additional system vulnerabilities were all tended to. X) I should totally get paid, right? And my Saturday was spent at a family reunion, where I got sick after eating this really yummy cupcake. Dx
I also spent a good chunk of one of my days learning how to clean manga images...harder than it looks, let me tell you. X) I settled for novice product, which you can see here. It's an extra short chapter that came with volume 20 of DGM. Aorin107 kindly posted her RAWs, translations, and extra volume material to an LJ post. And that's why updates are a couple days late, mostly. C;
Updates are a bit brief this time. I have just one new layout and it's a shop layout featuring a bunch of the KHR boys.
I also have 7 new icons for Bleach (3), Code Geass (1), & Vocaloid (3).
I also opened up a fun new petpage for banners. It is called Applepious (coolest pun ever, right? 8D) & I'll probably be updating it again in the next few days.
So, if you're like me, you're watching the World Cup and wondering where the hell all of the men ran off to. I mean, you're seriously going to spend 5 minutes rolling around on the ground in sheer agony because you jogged into an opponent? What's worse, you get the guy THROWN OUT OF THE GAME BECAUSE OF IT? @A@ Baaaaahhhhh, well, I thought this would be an appropriate clip to share in this update.
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Waka Waka
June 15, 2010: I came up with the idea to make Hetalia World Cup sprites while shampooing my carpets, of all things. Between the puppy's potty training and my poor beast getting sick every other week (sensative stomach), it should have been done months ago...the puppy doesn't understand why I keep chasing her off the carpets either, haha. D8 ANYWAYS, I'm likely not going to do every character (just because of time) & I won't be doing non-existent characters, like Portugal & Mexico, simply because I hate making OCs. Sorry. D: But please enjoy the ones that are up now!
^ Ikki was conceived before the decision to make Hetalia World Cup sprites. C:
I also have updates to the music player & adoption center!
Unrelated: New KH title? With playable Riku? o3o Lol, and it's on yet another new game system...poopie.
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Eye before thee, except after 'c'
June 14, 2010: I have a new Demyx userlookup. Seriously, with all of the KH requests that keep coming in, I'm almost thinking we should become exclusive to KH. Just kidding, but there are a heck of a lot of them. xD I also have a new Pein userlookup. I realize it's more pink-ish than I had initially intended, but I still think it's pretty cool.
There are two new KHR vectors of Dino & Hibari (2 versions). As well as the Demyx & Pein PNGs that were used in their layouts.
And I have four new backgrounds available. One new misc. design & three new shape bgs. They are scraps from the new layouts. C:
Because news today is depressing (haha, but isn't it always :p), here's something to brighten your day. Mild language warning.:
I will have another small update within the next 24 hours.
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98% of us will die at some point
June 7, 2010: Bahaha, um, I was a bit slow on the updates this week. Sorry. Q~Q I had a few adventures this week & I got wrapped up in a vector project...I didn't/don't like some parts of it and OCD me spent all of Saturday making almost no progress on it. XD It's not like a super complex one either...It's quite average...I just hate some of the detailing the artist tried to put into the image. D: Sooo...I'm gonna look at it again with fresh eyes in a few days. XD
I GOT MY LAPTOP BACK, btw. That was one of my adventures this week. :B It's soooo cooool. I can play KQ without the darn thing shutting itself down now. ^^
Starting with layouts, there's a new Namine & Roxas userlookup as well as a new petpage layout just in time for summer! Yea, the images were all vectored by myself. The larger hibiscuses came from a real picture and the palm tree was free handed. The smaller hibiscuses were re-vectors of some edgy vectors, with a few adjustments. Unlike some of my other petpage layouts, I took my time coding this layout and I must say, it's quite pimped out. B) You've got special text areas, anchor links, and other fun toys to play around with.
The hibiscus pattern from the petpage layout is also available as a background for those that want it.
The NA Kingdom Hearts BBS site recently updated and they put up larger versions of the Ven/Terra/Aqua "attack" images, so I've ripped those. They aren't as HQ as I would have liked though.
Our Adoption Center has also been updated with 4 new pets, including an island ruki & disco kougra, so check those out soon!~
And for petpage updates, Picturesque has been updated with 7 new pet images and Towairaito_Graphics has been revamped so that it's not breaking any rules, for all of those report happies. :B It will be updated along with the main site, but feel free to link it freely now as I don't believe it's /really/ advertising the site any longer. Think of it as a "sample page" now. ^~^
PS, TNT has not replied to my question about anchors (I did thoroughly explain that things worked in all major browsers now; stats weren't removed, they just require an extra click to get to; and linked them to previous spotlight winners who used the links in their layouts.)
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