[x] the layout
Before starting this layout, it had been almost a year since I last did anything
related to HTML. Even worse, it had been nearly 18 months since I really worked
on a layout, so I was very rusty. I decided I would keep things simple without
being too basic. I hope I've accomplished that with this layout.
Both original images were taken from godsson.net.
Editing was done to better capture the idea that I had in my head for the layout,
but the changes were kept to a minimum to keep things fairly simple. The splash
page was very much in the vein of the splash page from the last layout, which
featured Pistons Ben Wallace and Michael Curry dancing (or.. well, trying, at
least). When I saw the original
image, I jumped at the idea of continuing at least one trend, maintaing
some level of consistency from layout to layout. As for the image you see above,
I still wanted to keep things simple but not too basic. At the click of a few
buttons, the image underwent
enough change to be classic yet elegant. Or something like that.
[x] behind the name
Destroy & Rebuild is, fittingly, the title of one of my favorites by Nas.
The title fit with what I was doing: destroying and rebuilding this personal
site. I was sick of what this blog had come to represent, which was my past
immaturity and argumentitive tendencies. So I tore the bitch down and put this
up.
[x] past layouts
I've had six or eight layouts in the past, but for the most part, they were
horrid. Here, you'll only see the last one, which I thought was so good that
I left it up for over a year.
Hell, who am I kidding. I only left it up for so long because I stopped caring
about this webspace. :P
The Beast - a layout that was done twice. The first, a super simple layout that got boring fast, so I took the two original images and slapped them on a niftier looking background.