New Site Graphics, more cels added, General state of things

Well, if you noticed, I just recently finished a new background. I think I ended up with 30+layers before I merged all the line art down to one layer and so on. Still, I think it looks decent. Inspiration was Usagi's (Sailormoon) bedspread. Also, I finally added a homepage banner. It is partially how I originally invisioned it. Also, I changed the site colors from gold to blues for two reasons. 1) The blues looked better with the previous background, and work well with this one. 2) Everyone and their brother seems to have gold and black as their default.While it is nice( Heck I've had it like that for several years hehh), and would have fit the Galaxia theme I originally intended to go with when I first opened the gallery, I wanted to be different. Have something more, unique. Or at least, something that set it apart a bit. Its easier to remember something when it gives you reason to. ^_^

In addition to those things, I've been trying to get everything photographed as it comes in. So far, I only have to photograph the Inners playing poker and Sailor Chaos vs Princess Serenity. There is still a package enroute from Germany, several douga/genga sets from Japan that are with the deputy currently as well as a few cels. Among new series, I plan to be adding (3 cels) Cutey Honey F, and also CCS. Though, it seems that my main focus will always be Seiya, Galaxia and Usagi in her forms.

Also, in case anyone was curious, the style for the thumbnails is based upon what a negative looks when you make a contact sheet. Basically, you take your roll of negatives, put them in negative sleeve page, lay said page down on a sheet of 8x10 photography paper, expose it to light and then develop it. The end result is a color positive of each negative you had in that negative sleeve page. Sort of like an index print. Anyways, thats the idea behind those.

Also, in relation to those, Both the cels and douga/genga are numbered in order from when I recieved them. I don't know if I'll continue to number them this way, or just restart at zero and treat it as a standard roll of 36exp. Probably overthinking the whole thing anyways. I did think some might find it interesting though to see the order in which stuff was aquired.

For the sequence section, I already have the thumbnail mask created for these. These will not be numbered. They are made to mimick what a black and white negative would look like after beeing printed onto a contact sheet (like the aforementioned color negs).

So far thumbnail wise, I have them almost all done, and only need to upload them as I upload new cels and genga/douga. Comming soon items do not have these types of thumbnails. This is because I want to use the best image I can, and not go about doing needless work.

Last to note, I added a "Newly Added" catagory. I honestly can not remember whos member gallery I saw this at, only that it seemed like a common theme, and a well thought out one at that. It is for that reason that I decided to impliment one. I figure I'll update the "recent developments" and move items out of there once they have been in a month? or perhaps only a couple weeks. "Recent Developments" is the term being used as it is in keeping with the photography theme :D

Thats about it.

boy, if I don't talk a lot. *grin*