past layouts
VERSION 29.0 - GRADUATIONJune 5, 2010 - May 15, 2011
Well, one things for sure: this is one for the record books. Looking back, I really ought to have left it up until this June 5th, but,
well, let's face it: FIGAPALOOSA needed some freshness in its quite sad little life. And besides, I've been a high school graduate for
nearly a year. Time to move on. :)
VERSION 28.0 - ANNASOPHIA IN RED
February 14, 2010 - June 5, 2010
This layout was just sort of a random. :) Well, not quite. I originally made it for Valentine's Day, because of the nice,
pretty red, you know? I still can't believe it's been up for this long. Ah, well. It's changed now. :) I do really love this
layout though. These are some of my favorite pictures of AnnaSophia and I love the layering of textures I did as well
as the nice blurring around the edges. This layout's definitely up there on my list of favorites. :)
VERSION 27.0 - UNTITLED
November 17, 2009 - February 14, 2010
Sooo. No idea why this was up for so long. :) Probably because I was too lazy to make a new one - until now I
suppose. Anywho, I didn't really like this layout at all. It was a bear to code and it never really turned out right.
The only thing I truly liked about it was the banner and that may only be because that is my absolute favorite picture of Skandar. :)
Needless to say, I am quite glad to be rid of it and I have to say, I like the new layout a whole lot better. :)
VERSION 26.0 - GOLDEN PURPLES
August 21, 2009 - November 17, 2009
Alright, now I definitely know this one is record-worthy. :) I honestly didn't realize that it'd
been up that long. I apologize, even though I loved it and am still not tired of it haha. I just loved
the colors and such, especially all of the nice tealy-blues and the purples. And the yellows and reds
just made it that much more autumny. But, alas, it was time for a new layout and after going through
about ten different layouts - each a different shade of awful - I came up with our current one, which
I'm rather fond of even if the colors were a bear to code with. :) I shall miss this lovely one, however.
And it's amazing coding, which I adored.
VERSION 25.0 - EMMA IN SUNSHINE
July 3, 2009 - August 21, 2009
I definitely thought I'd set some sort of record with this one. I didn't. [Look below,
"Selena in Autumn."]. Darn. Oh well. So this layout was my very first layout
on my new host [Nicci] and
for a while I was having a hard time deciding what to do. Eventually I was just looking
through some of Emma's photoshoot pictures when I remembered the one which is
featured in this layout and I thought - "Oh, that'd be pretty." So I did that. It also shows
off my new-found skills at desaturating certain colors. (: And, it was actually
the layout that "told" me which name to use (because for a while I was considering
something new, instead of FIGAPALOOSA) and I fit FIGAPALOOSA onto it and it just
clicked, like it was meant to be there. Wow, that sounded deep. Anyway, I know a lot
of people really liked this one [*cough*Nicci*cough*Erika*cough*], but
I was in the mood for something new. And I love the new layout, so. (:
VERSION 24.0 - TWILIGHT
March 27, 2009 - July 3, 2009
This layout isn't new. It's quite old, actually. February 2008 old. And this is, I think, the
third version of it that I have made. I originally made it for a contest run by Nicci
when Pixie Dust Designs was still up and running. Anywho, it didn't win and so I
changed it for my page there, but I can't recall if I ever used it before. And I was feeling
extremely lazy when setting up my temporary home over on FreeWebs
so I was just like "What the hey, I'll use this one." So there you have it. And I love it anyway. It's probably up in my Top 10 Favorite Layouts,
that is..if I had such a thing. (:
VERSION 23.0 - HOLIDAY 2008
December 23, 2008 - March 27, 2009
Mmm. This was my lazy layout. The layout I made simply because I needed one a bit more holidayish, haha.
But I don't know, I like it well enough. I saw the picture and was like "Hmm. This seems sort of Christmassy." I think it
was the blanket.. And I adore the writing. I got to use my ribbon font for the first time ever! Haha! (: But then, alas, my host
shut down and I was "deleted." So no more Holiday layout ): Which is probably a good thing as I hadn't changed this for ages before that, haha (:
VERSION 22.0 - SELENA IN AUTUMN
October 15, 2008 - December 23, 2008
I love this layout :) I really do - it's no surprise to me that I haven't changed it in months. The colors are just so fun and I just loved it.
But I really wanted to do something more holidayish what with it being Christmas and all. Still, I originally was going to make a new layout for Thanksgiving but I just got tied up with a bunch of things. So the new layout is sort of, Christmas and Thanksgiving - in December ;)
Still. Over two months. That is definitely a record :)
VERSION 21.0 - HIS FIGHT
August 24, 2008 - October 15, 2008
This wasn't supposed to be a layout, aha. It really wasn't. I just saw the middle picture and I was like "Ooooh! I've got to make something out of that!"
And so I did. At first it was just a simple LJ banner then it morphed into a wallpaper and then I thought "This could maybe be a layout.." and so I showed
it to Nicci and she insisted that I make it into a layout. So I did and we both agree
that this is the best layout FIGAPALOOSA has had yet :] But after awhile [over a month - record :]] it got boring to me. I'd just seen it too much
and the colors were very drab and dark and I needed something fun. So I made the new layout :]
VERSION 20.0 - BIRTHDAY
August 4, 2008 - August 24, 2008
Oh, this one was just lovely. I actually hadn't planned on getting rid of it so soon buttt what with converting to PHP and putting up the Fig Presents section and the Icon Archive I'd just seen it far too much and I got a little sick of it.
But I loved it at first - the colors were just so pretty. And I was planning on changing it - but later, after September 8th or so - but I just started working on the new layout [which was originally going to be a wallpaper] and I decided to switch it up :)
VERSION 19.0 - GEORGIE IN RED
July 16, 2008 - August 4, 2008
In the end, this one was just too red for me. I really loved it while I made it and for the short time it was up. The coloring of the picture of Georgie was my favorite piece :] But it was just - very bright. And it didn't seem to suit me very much, well it did but GAH I dunno. Regardless, I wanted a new layout for FIGAPALOOSA'S birthday so it needed to come down then anyway :] But I did like it, don't get me wrong - I did :] I also had to experiment with a new mapping program to image map it - my CuteMap trial ran out :\
VERSION 18.0 - NARNIAN BEACH
June 12, 2008 - July 16, 2008
*sighs* I just loved this one. I adore that part in the movie and I figured
it was the perfect way to get through the school layout to more 'summery'
layouts :] I also loved the coding and the colors - I'm depressed I had to get rid of those.
I really did love them. Ah well, I like the new layout well enough I suppose :]
VERSION 17.0 - S.S. FIGAPALOOSA
June 10, 2008 - June 12, 2008
Haha. Now I know you're looking at this (unless you're Nicci, who happened to see this one beforehand) and thinking 'Alright. I know I have never seen that one before.' This layout was never physically up on the site. I made it, coded it, tried to put it up and failed miserably. For some odd reason the layout just refused to show up. So eventually I got frustrated and made the new layout. I really like that the site name is actually on the side of the boat though. But that's about it :\
VERSION 16.0 - SCHOOL DAYS
May 29, 2008 - June 10, 2008
This one is important, haha. I used Image Mapping for the first time ever on this one. And it worked out so well I decided to use it from then on - or until my trial of CuteMap runs out ;) I find it ironic that I put this one up just days before I finished school for the year. But I absolutely loved the pictures so I used them. I also used Polaroid textures for the first time on this - something I've never done before :)
VERSION 15.0 - RECITAL
May 19, 2008 - May 29, 2008
I loved this one. I made if in honor of my upcoming dance recital (on the 8th of June :)) and I loved the gray and black and random pink. I experimented with coding a whole lot when I made this and I loved it also. But, then I found the amazing pictures of the 'Pevensies' and (sigh) I changed it. But I loved it while it lasted :)
VERSION 14.0 - DAKOTA & ELLE BRIGHT
In case you're looking at this layout with a very confused expression on your face, I only had this up for about a day or so and I never actually finished coding it. It was just too bright for my poor eyes and it was all too summery. It bummed me out a bit haha because at the time I still had at least two weeks of school left :)
VERSION 13.0 - ROCK & ELLE
This one was just sort of random, hehe :) It was so long ago I hardly remember making it and all of that. I just know I was looking through some Elle pictures and I absolutely adored these so I had to make a layout using them. I really like it though - the coloring and things especially. Still working on why I took it down because I'm not honestly sure why - it was so pretty :)
VERSION 12.0 - PRINCESS SELENA
April 18, 2008 - May 2, 2008
As I've said, this one was made in 'celebration' of my high school's prom. I heard it was fun?
Haha. I liked this one; it was alright. But I was looking at my old Luna layout and I thought 'I really want a layout like that again' so I attempted and got this new Elle Fanning layout :)
But this one was nice while it was around. I think I'm turning into a change-my-layout-every-week-freak, hehe :)
VERSION 11.0 - SELENA IS ORANGE
April 12, 2008 - April 18, 2008
This one was so bright! Hehe! I really liked it. It featured my font yet again. But I wanted a princessy layout ever since a saw a picture of Bonnie Wright wearing a crown.
Hehe, Princess Fig :) Plus our prom is this weekend (4/19). I'm not going but I thought it'd be nice to do something kind of fancy :)
VERSION 10.0 - TOO DARN HOT
March 30, 2008 - April 12, 2008
Hehe. This one is amazing. Just because it's name comes from the amazingly hilarious musical 'Kiss Me Kate'. I made this one shortly before my high school put that show on - hence the name. I also made it right after I saw The Spiderwick Chronicles starring Freddie Highmore :)
I still really love it. I'm kind of depressed to have to put it up here to be honest.
VERSION 9.0 - 2ND KITES
March 20, 2008 - March 30, 2008
I'm really depressed to see this one go. But I made the new layout and I couldn't resist. Anyway, I still like this one. It took forever and a day to make, but it turned out pretty amazing if I do say so myself. Just in case anyone's wondering about the name: [THE KITE RUNNER SPOILER WARNING!] The pictures are from the very end of the book/film where Amir & Sohrab fly the kite together. And Sohrab is kind of Amir's second chance; his chance to make up for what happened between he and Hassan. So yes. 2nd Kites :)
VERSION 8.0 - QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP
March 12, 2008 - March 19, 2008
I made this one especially for St. Patrick's Day. I was very satisfied with and I honestly did love the way it turned out, but then I finished reading the Kite Runner and I just knew I had to make a layout for it. So that's why this one was up for so short a time. I'm sorry if you really liked it. I hope you like the one though! :)
VERSION 7.0 - DAKOTA BLUE
February 16, 2008 - March 12, 2008
Aww, I'll miss this one. I loved the colors and the pictures of Dakota were so fun. But I really wanted to make something St. Patrick's Day worthy so this was taken down. I did keep it up for almost a month though :)
VERSION 5.0 - BONNIE & KATIE
January 30, 2008 - February 15, 2008
(Sigh) I really do love this one, still. And I would have kept it up for much, much longer but then I saw the pictures of Dakota and I had to make a new layout. And I wanted something different :)
VERSION 4.0 - EXTENDABLE EARS
Honestly, I don't really like this one. I made it while hunting for some screencaptures of the Christmas scene in OOTP. I came across this and just randomly decided to make it. I'll admit the colors are fun, but I am definitely glad to be rid of it.
VERSION 3.0 - CHESS
This one honestly reminds me of Sony Vegas. I love how it's all glowy. I made this just for Halloween but ended up using it for over two months I believe? I had a lot of trouble with this one. I was originally going to attempt to use image mapping. But then I figured out that that was just not going to work. I still love it though. I'd still be using it if I hadn't gotten totally sick of it :)
VERSION 2.0 - LUNA LOVEGOOD
Now this one I absolutely adore. I made this, oh goodness I don't know September maybe? But I really love it. It features the lovely Luna Lovegood here portrayed by Evanna Lynch. I just love the colors with the greenish-blues and the pinks and everything else. It was amazing, but I wanted to do something a little different so I (sadly) took it down.
VERSION 1.0 - KING'S CROSS
My first layout, back in August of 2007. I made this shortly after Order of the Phoenix had come out and I had just finished reading Deathly Hallows. Looking back at it, I really don't like it much. It's so plain and simple. But this was also made before I started seriously graphicing :)