i'll be the tattooed man

site: In Revolution Network
collective web domain
version: 3.0

I am so happy with this layout. I know that it was two months in the making and that's a long time for such a little collective, but I put a lot of thought into every element, and I couldn't be more pleased with the result. This is exactly what I want my domain to look like. There's a fair amount of different script use going on in here, but hopefully it all integrates together well.

In exactly a week, in-revolution.net will be a year old. When I think about the fact that I used to change my domain's layouts twice a month, it feels kind of absurd to only be on v3 here. On the other hand, this is the 20th layout I've done this year (one of them I haven't been able to premiere yet, but it's in the wings), which means I am still making more than a layout a month. I'm content with that.

It didn't come out quite as much of a twin to the fanlistings collective as I had originally planned, but it is still Utena themed and as for the rest that's a sacrifice I'll gladly make.

in addition, I finally fixed the colorization issues Ampersand was having, and Fools for Love actually has a text-filled "about" page now.

And away we go. This is my first time using this journal for its new intended purpose. (Yes, I am absolutely lazy enough to not want to make my own blog when I can use a service like inksome.) I'm still sort of feeling my way back towards web design and vanity site owning, so these are more... tentative forays than actual sites. Enjoyable, though!

Two months ago I caved to the impulse to buy a new domain. After which I realized how ridiculously behind the times my web skills had fallen. But after a lot of reading up and messing around, I've come up with a collective site I can... work with for now, at least. A lot of the elements of this design are just me saying "ha! look what I couldn't do three years ago!" But I'm okay with that.

site: In Revolution Network
cellective web domain
version: 1.0

At the same time as I bought the domain, I put requests in for a couple of fanlistings. I used to pop sites like these out all the time, they're fun, they're easy, and they can turn into very nice little shrines with some extra work after the fact. I also wanted to finally master enthusiast. Little did I know that enth3 would make my task ridiculously easy. Anyway. I wanted to do something new, so I picked a series I didn't even know of when I was last making listings.

site: Low Place Like Home
Sleeping Forest fanlisting
version: 1.0

...then I got nostalgic. And lucky. The first fanlisting I ever owned was for this series, though not for the same pair. I really don't like this layout though. The concept works for me but the execution just doesn't. I may try and tweak it later.

site: Pay So Dearly
Tatsumi/Tsuzuki fanlisting
version: 1.0

And of course, this journal. I had originally intended to just use this layout, which is a lovely premade journal layout I would have been perfectly happy with (I really love her work!) But some of the coding didn't translate properly from livejournal to inksome. And since the designer has said that if you're comfortable with revisions you can make them, I turned it into something new.

site: Synergy@Inksome
update journal
version: 1.0

This all still feels a little jury-rigged to me. But it'll do.