Past Layouts

Spectacious has gone through a lot of phases. Each layout describes my past and current obsessions. I spend about five hours on perfecting the positioning, coding, and...it's just indescribable. I was absorbed with Hollywood back in late 2004 and 2005: Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Jojo, Star Wars (which I still love), and much more. I slowly moved on to making anime layouts which were a lot easier. I used to do a lot of blending and I truly, truly miss my old technique in graphics making. I wish to be able to approach the "sparkles era" once more. In addition, each layout displayed here shows my growth in webdesign. I will admit that I am proud of myself to be able to reach this far. So yes, enjoy!

Version: 33
Title: weeeeK
Featuring: NEWS
Year: 2008
Comments: I FREAKIN' LOVE THIS LAYOUT I had so much fun designing this layout...you have no idea! I like the colours, the images, and how I placed everything. Also, this layout is my inspiration from the Limited Edition CD cover.

Version: 32
Title: Love So Sweet
Featuring: Hana Yori Dango LA cast
Year: 2007
Comments: This layout has been up for literally 9 months. I never got tired of staring at it because I loved the organization and the image placings. It was the first time I've used Wordpress as well! I call this a success!

Version: 31
Title: Ouran High School Host Club
Featuring: Characters from Ouran High School Host Club
Year: 2006-2007
Comments: This was the first layout that stayed up for more than a month. I loved the colours and everything about this layout! I'm still very proud of this creation~

Version: 30
Title: A Legend is Born
Featuring: LoZ: Twilight Princess
Year: 2006
Comments: My favourite Legend of Zelda layout ever. I remember thinking how much I missed blending so I decided to make a blendy layout. Also, I was obsessed with this series because of the gameplay. It's simply amazing. This layout was a duplicate from of my premade llayouts from my graphics site.

Version: 29
Title: Time for a change
Featuring: TRC: Syaoran
Year: 2006
Comments: I picked out a good image of Syaoran from the manga and decided to colour him. It was my first time colouring manga images and really like it. Unfortunately, this layout was the result of my webdesign block. I mean, look how carelessly done this is!

Version: 28
Title: Rewrite
Featuring: Fullmetal Alchemist
Year: 2006
Comments: I LOVE THIS LAYOUT. I seriously ldo. It was my first time working with manga images and I wanted to try out a new technique of designing layouts. I was a bit skeptical at first, but I had TONS of fun while I was designing it. 

Version: 27
Title: These are things I'll never say
Featuring: Cagalli and Athrun
Year: 2006
Comments:Cagalli and Athrun = MY OTP. I loved these two from the very start (their first meeting). There's more chemistry-- wait, I'm supposed to be talking about my layout. Well, basically  this is the last layout that I've done some blending. I really love the green in the banner and the shininess.

Version: 26
Title: Eternity will awaken
Featuring: Kira and Lacus
Year: 2006
Comments: I really like this layout. The blending and the placing...I think it looks great. This layout didn't stay up for long because it was too...pink. But I have to say that is my favourite image of these two.

Version: 25
Title: Smile, Fall silent
Featuring: Chobits
Year: 2006
Comments: I messed around with this layout and it turned out like this. I was showing my offline friend my blending "skills" and as a result, I decided to turn this into a layout because I lacked ideas.

Version: 24
Title: Smile
Featuring: Fullmetal Alchemist
Year: 2006
Comments:I didn't like the blending on this layout. I was bored at the time and decided to do a random FMA blend. I was experimenting with brown...and that's pretty much it.

Version: 23
Title: _______
Featuring: Artwork
Year: 2006
Comments: I really liked this image. I was looking through some calendar images at school one day and came across a beautiful painting of fairies. I decided to use the image and turn it into a layout.

Version: 22
Title: Destiny Fulfilled
Featuring: Full Moon wo Shagashite
Year: 2006
Comments: I had no idea who these characters were (at the time). I thought the image was beautiful though. I think this layout is quite decent in terms of blending. The layout was HUGE though and it covered more than half the visitor's computer screen. Not good at all...

Version: 21
Title: Merry Christmas!
Featuring: Fullmetal Alchemist
Year: 2005
Comments: Best Christmas layout I've made, in my opinion! It's my favourite Christmas image of FMA too! I wanted to make an abstract wallpaper for my desktop, but I ended up adding the FMA image and voila, it became a layout!

Version: 20
Title: Memories
Featuring: Fullmetal Alchemist
Year: 2005
Comments: I made this layout after I watched the FMA movie. But to  be honest, I was going to turn it into a wallpaper and submit it to AnimePaper (thank  goodness I didn't). But I was so obsessed with the series back then, I just wanted to put up a FMA layout. It was the first anime layout I've uploaded after a while.

Version: 19
Title: The fear of loss
Featuring: Natalie Portman
Year: 2005
Comments: Quite surprisingly, I really like this pink layout. I really liked this image of Natalie Portman. There's so much emotion on her face and I just think she looks absolutely gorgeous. Pink really complimented her photoshoot.

Version: 18; version 2
Title: The Goblet of Fire
Featuring: Harry Potter
Year: 2005
Comments: This is the second version of the previous layout. I really liked the result of this version because it's not as hectic and crazy as the other one.

Version: 18; version 1
Title: The Goblet of Fire
Featuring: Harry Potter
Year: 2005
Comments: At  first, I liked the layout. But I knew I could make a better one because it seemed so...messy and ugly. Plus, I was experimenting with new designing techniques at the time.

Version: 17
Title: Behind these Hazel Eyes
Featuring: Kelly Clarkson
Year: 2005
Comments: This layout was HUGE (that' s what I remembered anyway). But I really liked it. I especially like the borders on the layout. 

Version: 16
Title: ________
Featuring: Hilary Duff
Year: 2005
Comments: This is one of my favourite layouts. I really liked what I did with the blending and placing all of those Hilarys side by side like that. Plus, the "grunge" effect was quite popular at the time. I really like the font for 'Spectacious' too.

Version: 15
Title: Grade 10 Memories
Featuring: My offline friends and myself
Year: 2005
Comments: I wanted to dedicate a layout to my school friends. Grade 10 was the best high school year ever for me. And it was also the year where I took the most pictures of my friends and I!

Version: 14
Title: _________
Featuring: Pita Ten
Year: 2005
Comments: I made this layout for the sake of making another skin for the site. This was carelessly done. Look how awkward it is~

Version: 13
Title: Baby Cinnamon
Featuring: Baby Cinnamon
Year: 2005
Comments: I thought this character was adorable. The images were easy to use and I didn't have to do much blending. I thought the banner was picture perfect.

Version: 12
Title: Sith Happens
Featuring: Hayden Christensen
Year: 2005
Comments: Do you have any idea how gorgeous he is?! I absolutely ADORED his photo shoot with his Darth Vedar t-shirt. I spent the most amount of time on this layout to make sure the layout and colours suited Mr. Christensen~  

Version: 11
Title: It's Fate
Featuring: Anakin and Padme from Star Wars
Year: 2005
Comments:  MY OTP! I loved their relationship so much I made a dedication layout for them. I liked this layout because it was cute and snuggly.

Version: 10
Title: Rise Lord Vader
Featuring: Star Wars Episode 3
Year: 2005
Comments: After I watched the third installment of Star Wars, I was immediately obsessed with the entire series (I liked Star Wars before the 1st episode came out..so my adoration for this series lasted for about 10 years and still counting). I wanted to make a Star Wars layout because I wanted to promote it. I wanted people to like this movie. Sure, it's geeky when you think of it, but the plot is fantastic!

Version: 9
Title: __________
Featuring: Jesse McCartney
Year: 2005
Comments: I liked him back then. So I decided to make an orange layout for Jesse. It's as simple as that.

Version: 8
Title: Not that kinda girl
Featuring: Jojo
Year: 2005
Comments: Well, I liked her and her songs because I thought she was a wonderful singer. It's also a tables layout. And I like the blue.

Version: 7
Title: Super Heroes
Featuring: The Incredibles
Year: 2005
Comments: I got hooked with this movie because  I thought it was amazing. And alsoooo, this was my VERY FIRST TABLES LAYOUT!

Version: 6
Title: Inspire
Featuring: Ayumi Hamasaki
Year: 2005
Comments: I really liked Ayumi Hamasaki and her songs (and I still do!) I decided to make a layout featuring her. Her lyrics are also in the layout as well. I really like it.

Version: 5
Title: Chosen One
Featuring: Shaman King
Year: 2005
Comments: I had a temporary obsession with this anime series. This is one of my favourite blended layouts of all times. I especially liked the colours.

Version: 4
Title: Van Helsing
Featuring: Van Helsing
Year: 2004
Comments: I was obsessed with this movie ever since I watched it! This is another dedication layout. It was also my favourite layout in 2004.

Version: 3
Title: ________
Featuring: Tsubasa Reservoir  Chronicles
Year: 2004
Comments: This was originally a wallpaper. I liked the result of it (at the time) and decided to turn it into a layout.

Version: 2
Title: _________
Featuring: The O.C.
Year: 2004
Comments: I wanted to get creative because I remember downloading these cool brushes. So basically this layout was an experimentation (and to show my love for this American show).

Version: 1
Title: __________
Featuring: Hilary Duff
Year: 2004
Comments: WHOOHOO!! The first layout features....Hilary Duff! Yay...This layout was based from an inspiration.