HipHopticalIllusion, WooHoo! Options

[TheKnell]

Yay! Finally done with this! Since I don't feel like explaining about this layout, read about it in the 'EXTRAS' section.

Adding a nav section was really inconvenient, so I decided to make it a pop-up window. Heh. That's where all my crap is if you wanna know. Do you think it isn't obvious enough? I wasn't sure whether people would be smart enough to click on it. Heh.

Click the www, and tell me what ya think!

BTW, that's me in the picture :D Heh.

[MarilynBettieLup...]

U 4got 2 give the link 2 check it out, but I found ur Xanga on ur info section, but I'll put the link 4 U:

HipHoptical Illusion skin

It's okay, U should've added more color than white. Other than that, I think it's great ! Good Job !

[lileminemgnomy]

its uhhhh kinda..boring?? sryy....but yu really need to add more....

[souldreamers]

It's neat. But I don't like how you used the "transparency look" as the background of your blog. Good job though.

[hi-C]

U 4got 2 give the link 2 check it out, but I found ur Xanga on ur info section, but I'll put the link 4 U:

HipHoptical Illusion skin

It's okay, U should've added more color than white. Other than that, I think it's great ! Good Job !

Umm...her link is the the "www" link below the signature...

I think your layout is quite cool. I'm diggin the pop-up window. I like the gradient silouette, too. And that's a really decent vector. I love how you gave her blush

I personally like the color scheme. If there was more color, it would've detracted from the vector and overall design.

Awesome job.

[*StanleyThePanda*]

thats awesome. I love it. nice job.

[Jus2s1mp13]

Its pretty neat. I like the vector you did, and the animation with the hot hot hot.. Cute. Good job.

[fantasy_dreamz]

not bad =] the style is nicee

[mirage]

the banner's white bg seems a little simple, love the vector though =)

[TheKnell]

Well, it didn't start out so simple at first. I had a really complicated banner with a light green background and some other crap, but when I finished all the coding and everything, I didn't like it. Much too busy. Detracted from my vector and such.

So when I went back to the drawing board, I realized that being the idiot I am I somehow didn't have the vector saved as a .psd but as a .jpg with a white background. Kinda sucked, and I couldn't change the white background because it screwed up the edges of the vector. Heh. So yeah...

I personally liked the simplicity. I thought that if I made the banner too cluttered, it would have clashed with the busy text section under it.

As for the transparency look on my background, I actually really like it. Thanks for the input, though! Really appreciate the meaningful posts.

Oh, and lileminemgnomy, I personally don't like to have sites with a million banners that take 5 minutes to load.

Do you think I should add some sort of simple, pale background on the right? I'm thinking that might make it seem a little fuller for those of you who think it's plain.

[TheKnell]

Can somebody reply? Please.

[gigiopolis]

its uhhhh kinda..boring?? sryy....but yu really need to add more....

I disagree with that 100%. The problem people have these days is USING TOO MUCH STUFF. Everywhere you see is banners, dolls, javascript codes, music playlists, avatars, quizzes, clashing backgrounds, and bad spelling. It's absolutely horrible. Remember that LESS IS MORE...it's true when it comes to Xanga layouts. Honestly. *sigh* Looking through Xanga Showcase just makes me sad sometimes.

Besides, that wasn't even constructive criticism. If you think it's so empty, please, elaborate on WHAT it is she needs to add...or else you're not helping her at all.

Anyway, back to your layout. I think it's pretty good, except your vexel/vector is a tad blurry...did you use blur? Don't blur =) I love the simplicity of this (again, I cannot stress this more...but "LESS IS MORE") and at least your checkered background is subtle and not dizzy.

Great job =)

[ThePrincessofTKD]

i don`t know. it`s "okay", but not great. more should be done to the banner.

btw, didn`t i leave a comment on your xanga?

[TheKnell]

ThePrincessofTKD - Yeah, you did. I remember reading it. Isn't it still up there? I didn't delete it or anything.

I already explained about the banner.

Thanks barelyy_coherent for actually saying something meaningful! Heh. BTW, The vector isn't an actual vector. Heh. I got fed up with vectoring, so I just colored it all with a brush on PS, so that's probably why it's blurry. I'll probably give vectors another shot sometime. Heh.

[emptyminded]

I like that you did you're own thing. But the transparent blog doesn't go well. But the entry date thing was very smart. I liked the special words for each day. Keep up the good work.

[TheKnell]

I'm not sure I get what people mean by the "transparent blog"? Do you mean the background or the fact that all the blogs aren't boxed in w/ a background?

[DAYYUMM_DIANA]

oooo . . . they say transparent beacuse .. . you know how when you start up photoshop it has those gray checkerpattern when you make the bg transparent .. . haha! you're xanga's really pretty . . and that "almost vector" looks sorta like a real one ... it fooled me =D

[TheKnell]

Oooh! That's why! Heh. Well, that's not what it is. I just made those checkers...Hmm.