It's about freaking time I have a header on my blog... Granted it's not looking the best right now... I couldn't figure out what I wanted, so for now this will have to do.This header is based on my favourites from the present, starting from the left to the past towards the right. I used Yakuri's art that she gave me for the first picture. I hope she doesn't mind, but I can always change it later. Rei and Saber are my two favourite at the moment. Lunamaria Hawke comes next. Although her popularity has waned she's still the reason why I like Gundam and started to make Gunpla again. Beside her is Selphie because I wanted a video game character up there. From my recent Selphie blog post, you ought to know why :P While Ranma 1/2 is the first anime I've watched in Vancouver, so they deserve to be up there. They finally filled the void I was missing ever since I moved here. And finally, Voltes V, which HAS to be there because it's the first anime I've seen! Along with Voltes robot is Megumi Ouka, the only female member on the Voltes team. She's the reason why I like the name "Megumi" and why I like a lot of Megumi Hayashibara's works. ^^;
I also wanted something simple for a layout so I can easily modify the width of the blog. I managed to make it slightly wider for both the content and the sidebar. Curse my inability to mess with HTML!
I wanted to make this header for my blog because I was making a figure.fm header that Danny was requesting. I thought to myself, "why am I making someone else's header when I don't even have one on my blog??" So that's good enough reason. The above is the figure.fm header and I wanted to make it into a 4koma comic like what I usually do with Saber Lily & Haruhi figma. I dunno if he'll use it or not, but I want to post it here because I want to keep my 4koma comics together :)Ok, one more blog header to go... and then maybe modify this header again... sigh...
EDIT: As you can see I redid the colours for the layout compared to the last one. Is it better to read? I made the background lighter and the text less brighter. Let me know if it reads ok ;)
Hahah, thats a wonderful banner, its simplistic yet it retains its cool factor, also it looks pretty much like a milestone.
ReplyDeleteNice changes. Love the Figure.fm banner too, very funny. ^^
ReplyDeleteNice change, and congrats on getting a banner for yourself! The figure.fm banner is simple but funny to look at ^^
ReplyDeleteNice touch with the custom banner, tho I have to admit that the old theme was a little easier to read than the new one, post wise.
ReplyDeleteAnd I know how you feel about HTML. Tried customising my blog once. I got it looking quite decently in firefox after a fair bit of work but when I tested it out on other browsers... orz
Nice new header! And the figure.fm is funny indeed.
ReplyDelete@GunStray: Thanks! Yeah it's pretty much like my otaku timeline up there ^^
ReplyDelete@bluebluewave: Thank you ^_^
@Q: Haha yeah, finally getting a banner, eh? I really wanted it that figure.fm simple because I can't really put too much in there since not everyone speaks English.
@GundamJehutyKai: Ah yeah true... I wanted to expand the post somehow... I'll mix it up with a lighter background later and see what works. Oooh I didn't test out the HTML on other browsers ^^; I only expanded the width though, that's all.
@Wolf: Thank you ^_^ Heheh I'm glad it's got that reactions by you and everyone. Didn't hear anything from Danny though, so might not be good enough ^^;
looks great, but my banner kinda big.. :D
ReplyDelete@Yamada: Thanks! Hmm, I checked yours and yeah it is big... I wonder if you can probably resize it down in an image editor or if you can shrink to fit when you upload the banner.
ReplyDelete@Lightning I'm thinking to make new one, and make a chibi of myself as mascot instead of Saber or maybe ^^;;
ReplyDeletereally love ur awesome fig.fm header! XD
ReplyDeletebut I dont like the blue background, my eyes hurt a bit reading it ^^; I think white is still the best
Sweet! It may have taken you a while before you made a banner, but that just goes to show that you'd rather post about stuff than make a banner, which is pretty important too.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see Selphie made it into your banner! :D
@Yamada: Ah ok. Good luck with that :D
ReplyDelete@YuKi-To: Even with the lighter blue, eh? Well let's see how this new colour work out. I still want the blue somewhere and the white feels too bright for me ^^;
@radiantdreamer: Haha yeah, I guess I did make more posts than worrying about the banner, but it really felt lacking without one XD
Sabre my friend, the drawing is yours to do as you please, please enjoy it and abuse it at your hearts content XD oh and btw HOLY SHIT MY DRAWING IS UP THERE EFFING AWESOMEEEEE~! =D
ReplyDeleteI really like the banner because it relates to the title of your blog "withing a flash of lighting" and it shows a lot of different stuff in between bolts. It reminds me of these Argentinian magazine called "Lazer", very good stuff although just recently got banned by japanese anime companies (why we'll never know).
hhmm... maybe I should make a banner instead of using fanart found in the net ^^U
@yakuri: A! There she is XD Thank you for the post-approval, lol. Oh yeah I still haven't really abused it yet >:P Heheh it does look nice up there, eh? ^^
ReplyDeleteI've also added the "rapid changing face of..." on the banner because I've liked so much anime from when I was young that there are new faces every time something comes out. So I knew I wanted those faces up there... It just took me a while how I want to put it all together ^^; I'm curious how that magazine looked like. The name even sounds very lightningy XD That's too bad they got banned... We are seriously lacking some anime magazines on this side of the world!
Ah... well technically yours is a banner. I was like so out of touch when you first started that you got a picture up there already ^^; Took me almost a year to finally put up something up there though XD
Nice, somehow it looks more... spacey. Must be the grey:)
ReplyDeletedifferent layout but still the same flash of lightning.
ReplyDeleteLove the new layout and header. Nice pics. ^ ^
ReplyDelete@aprilius20: Yeah, I guess the lighter background without the boxes really gives more space to it.
ReplyDelete@RyoBase: LoL thanks ^^
@Yi: Thank you! I was thinking whether I put in a yuri pic in there or not, but then I realize Saber and Rei is sorta yuri there XD
Nice change, especially with the background colour. It's much easier on my eyes. ^^
ReplyDeleteHope to see more new things from you.
@Tommy: LoL glad it's easy on your eyes XD I was messing around with so many colour combinations beforehand ^^; Will always try bringing something new here ;)
ReplyDeleteIm glad that someone is showin some Ranma Love.Finally a series I can relate to from my young days.
ReplyDeleteI feel so left out when other bloggers write about their first experiences with Digimon,Pokemon and whatever-mon.Gosh Im old XD
@Blowfish: Hey, I gotta put Ranma up there. They're significant in recovering my otakuness in Vancouver ^^
ReplyDeleteAnd technically the anime I like goes way before Ranma with Voltes V... which people always mistaken with "Voltron" here... >_<
Ive watched Animes in th 80s before aswell but then came a loooong time where I didnt watch any Animes...
ReplyDeleteAround 2001 I catched Ranma,a familar series, and got me interested again :P
@Blowfish: Wow only in 2001?? That's a huge gap in between. It totally changed my perspective of anime when I watched Ranma. Before it was just Super Robots, but Ranma opened up the ecchi side of anime XD
ReplyDeleteThat may just be me beeing German but I wouldnt consider Ranma Ecchi at all...It was around 1 pm on TV over here XD
ReplyDelete@Blowfish: True true. Over here in Canada and where I came from (Indonesia), the slight nudity is an instant 18+ title XD
ReplyDeleteI remember I couldn't rent the video because it says I have to be 18 years or older to rent it... And most anime had this sticker on it. What BS, eh?
Love the new header. Very retrospective. ^^
ReplyDeleteI find the content is spread out more and the colours is making it easier on the eyes.^^
@Optic: Thanks for the feedback! I'm liking the colours too. Still have to get used to this compared to the old one, lol.
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