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About the Profile

My profile is was Halloweenie-themed for the month of October, and I really have no ideas that spark in my head so far aside from my list for profiles before I ever leave Gaia that's on my deviantART.

I have had also decided to enter this profile as my entry in the Custom Profile Contest, one of the only profile contests in the Profile Discussion, where I first learned about coding profiles and web design in the first place. I won as an Honorable Mention, though I do definitely need more work on colors, profile process and overall appeal. Well, no one's perfect you know. :P

Screen and browser compatibility

This profile is FIREFOX only, in a 1280 width resolution. (A 1024 width is fine too.) Please get it by clicking on the Firefox logo to the right if you haven't already.

And do you seriously really want to know what happened to this poor waste of space? If you're still reading this from the start of the first sentence, congratulations, You've reached level 1!

Credits

First-things first
The avatar art above that you see? P-shaw, that was done by my twin sister, Marti-Hiiku. Her dA name is Kukoyimo, incase you want to ask her for some. ;D
Now, for what I used
-Avatar art from My twin sister (as stated previously above)
-GIMP with no brushes from any sites, first actual time playing around with it
-Paint.NET for the simple stuff and when GIMP's killing me
-Web Developer for on-screen coding, you can get it here for Firefox.
-w3schools for a basic overview of all CSS in general. Starting out with guides in Gaia is helpful, but learning from scratch to the basics of all CSS coding helps too.
-CSS3 Info for helping me see and use CSS3 implemented into the profile.
-gickr for easy animation of my patch.

How on earth did you make this profile?

For those of you thinking that making profiles is easy... generally, you're right. It is for other people; it isn't for the mind challenged. Me being one of those. The steps (in simple broken-down terms) are as follows.

Quote:
1. Create the concept/main idea/focal point of the profile.
2. Get to designing it. Layout, pictures, fonts, typography, etc.
3. Code it up and kill your brain noggin when in a jam.
4. All finished.

Personally, that only applies to those that know what they're doing. As for me, the process is similar, but way longer. Especially me and my profile right now in this case.

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1. Come up with idea/main idea/concept of the profile.
2. Think about placements of sections, what sections will be used, limitations, etc.
3. Think about colors to be used.
4. Get to making graphics.
5. Get crazy over ooglyness of the graphics and scrap everyhing, including the initial idea, and back to the drawing board.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 til satisfied with enough hampering around and laziness.
7. Get to making decent graphics. While working on that, code parts of profile that will not need graphical help by use of background property at all.
8. Insert graphics.
9. Get more coding in bit by bit.
10. Clean up coding as I code.
11. Repeat steps 7-10 til satisfied.
12. All done, when satisfied.

Now... for my graphical ability. Let's say that I definitely tried playing around in GIMP as much as possible. icon_sweatdrop.gif I'm still in the 'boxxy prison box' as many will probably comment, but I'm working on breaking free of it. Eventually. icon_ninja.gif I don't know. icon_pirate.gif

As for coding... where do I start? Not going to brag, but it's taken me a year to get to where I am now with CSS. I have very little knowledge in HTML (though I hear it's similar and is the 'body' to the CSS; and in coding you can actually somehow read/sift and understand it well) but that's way off-point. Point is, in the beginning I had no clue as to what I was doing but simply went with the flow. Eventually after some realization of playing around in Paint.NET, realized that coding Gaiaonline profiles is like making layers and such on Paint.NET/GIMP/Photoshop. That is the best analogy I can come up with, aside from viewing the web as a 2-or-3-dimensional graph that's waiting to be beautified. Hope that helps for you avid-interested. =]

As for how to make your own, go to the Profile Discussion or better yet, scroll down abit further for great guides. ^_^

Cool guides to making your own profile

Minishop Links

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http://tinyurl.com/ktoph7
http://www.dreamkitty.net/images/gaia/sample/banners/shopbanner.jpg
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Updates

I've got tons of things to do per day 'cause I keep putting them off, so here they are. Updated every now and then.

Get to helping my Eric get better in Spanish (Don't want him failing)
Continue cleaning up the freebie profile shop thread I've planned to open soon
Make a guide on the text-container/pictures container (Probably make this a thread instead)
Make thread helper badges for the CPC
Make profiles for two friends, Michelley and Russo
Reorganize all my music on my Zune
Get to reading Malcolm X and doing the dialectical notebooks
Try to read the AP US Brinkley textbook.
Finish writing my essay attacking and defending idealogies
Buy more minishop pixels I need to calm down o_o"
Bootygrab more for said pixels
Add the pixels I have recently bought to my toybox Getting to this <_<;



*Note, I may not be online as long as I used to be (8 hours while doing hw). My parents are too busy being 'culturally different' accusing me for not doing my schoolwork, which I do perfectly fine on compared to my fellow classmates who choose to take the easy way out and cheat on all of their work. Honestly, do you want to find out that your future pharmacist, teacher for your kids, lawyers, chemists, and future were all cheaters who don't know what the hell they're supposed to know or do? I bet not, and I refuse to be apart of such a monstrosity. icon_talk2hand.gif Give me work or give me death 'pee-el-zee.'

Equipped List

Egyptian Gold Anklet (left)
Egyptian Gold Anklet (right)
Biancamella 4th Gen
Gold Pocket Watch
Solar Hairpin
Lovely Genie Pink Headpiece
Sally the Rubber Ducky
Teal Bar Earrings
Simple Teal Skirt
Teal and Sea Green Reversible Bracelets
The Cosmos
White Stockings
White Solar Flare Belly Tattoo
Angelic Mood Bubble
White Bunny Fleece Hat
Elegant Snowy Leggings
White Ruffled Top
Lovely Genie Silver Arm Bangle
Yellow Heart Droop Chain Belt
Lovely Genie Pink Belly Gem
Baby Pink Fuzzy Bath Slippers

Other ways to contact me & Other Misc. Links

Facebook | deviantART | Myspace | thiscrush | xanga
Skype: Swell Sundae (rarely on this)
AIM: Lord Sundae [Note, this is the one I use for my friends, my other one; HarukoHaruhara19 is reserved for family, close friends and loves icon_heart.gif You know who you are.]

Me and my love

    This boy and I (upside-down image to the right showcasing some long months ago) have been each other's bright light in our lives. How I found and met him is quite a simple story really.

    I was in the ninth grade (American school-system. Kindergarten, then elementary school:grades 1-5, than middle school/junior high:grades 6-8, and then to where I am now, high school:grades 9-12). It was a sunny St. Pattie's day that the first love in my life had -gasp icon_gonk.gif- dumped me. As young girls who have their first failed relationships do, I cried for days on end. Many days in fact that I wanted to kill myself. But I didn't. Why? Because a friend of mine by the name of Wimmer came around to me one day and requested that my presence be at his lunch table. I don't remember exactly, but it was on this day that I met his friends. The one in particular- Eric.

    Like my last lover, he was a mystery. No one knew his origin, religious views, past, likes, dislikes, etc. Nothing. All they knew him for was his sarcastic wit. Over the months of hanging out everyday at their lunch table, I grew happier and happier each day. Despite not eating lunch (was not in the mood for it at all), they all still asked if I wanted something. I politely declined no each time.

    But I did want something. And it was him, obviously. Just a week before school ended that year I pondered two weeks prior in my sleep about having a relation with him, the same as my first love. After all, the two were very similar, minus the talking part (past one was a mute). The two were the same in just about everything- style, choices, decisions; the list at the time seemed countless. But it was clear that the two were very different people. The past love hung out with those that talked way too much about school and all that blather, Eric talked of the normal child things I never grew up talking about 24/7: video games, food, health, society itself. Many things that I cared less for usually, due to lack of empathy.

    Anywhatzits, on the exact last day of school -June 16th, 2008- I asked him out at the end of the lunch period. What he said after I repeated my question three times due to a loud lunchroom? Yes. And the two of us agreed upon that if it didn't work out well, there'd be no hard feelings.

    We didn't bother to ask each other for ways to contact one another for the entire summer. Ever. Literally. So when the first day of school came around in early September, I scoured allover the school hallways to get to him. And I did. And it was awkward, being boyfriend and girlfriend at first, because it was his first relationship, it was my second, and how we acted at first was completely unlike my first one, where most things flowed naturally because we knew each other. In this case at the time, we didn't click immediately.

    Somewhere along the line though, we did. On two specific days- October 20th, 2008 and December 12th, 2008. Those two days were just magical, because those were the days we first kissed. :$ October for the first-peck on the cheek, December for the actual. What makes these two particular days alittle more special-er are that the 20th is his birthday, and the 12th... has a kinda-funny story behind it. xP

    Anywho, the both of us after those two days at that moment fell for one another. We just 'clicked', like missing puzzle pieces to each other's lives.

    Him hailing from the city, knows what I talk about whenever I mention Chinatown, smelly garbage and strange people. icon_rofl.gif
    I, hailing from the land of s**t's-so-boring here and disagree help him understand the opposing spectrum of his hodre-drumness.

    He's been the one to help me out more than me helping him though. Whether it be to cheer me up by introducing me to my new-nowadays great gal pals and friends, a club that actually cares for its members, a face to talk to, a shoulder to cry on- he's done and been there for just about everything for me where no one else can. It's even more of a bonus that he does this for most of his friends too. And I love him for it and everything he is. icon_heart.gif icon_heart.gif icon_heart.gif icon_heart.gif icon_heart.gif

    And when the time calls up for it, I'm sure this'll be my response-

    Quote:
    "Babe, you've been my
    guiding light,

    shining star,

    and everything...

    Now, I want to be yours."


    Yep, saying that sometime in the future one day. A great year and 4 months with you, and even more sure to come. ^_^

    Did I forget to mention that the other day my sister compared me and Eric to Yoko Ono and John Lennon from the Beatles? icon_xd.gif Here's the comparison.

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`Devon 11/22/2009 7:38 am
`Devon

Ps1? o-o I never had my own ps1, just 2 >.>;;

_Deadly_Nightfall_ 11/21/2009 9:06 pm
_Deadly_Nightfall_

D:

X Muse Z 11/21/2009 8:55 pm
X Muse Z

Hey, the list you gave me has some pretty good links in it, would you mind if i added you? could always use the oppion of a good artist

_Deadly_Nightfall_ 11/21/2009 8:07 pm
_Deadly_Nightfall_

Rawr!

_Deadly_Nightfall_ 11/21/2009 7:14 pm
_Deadly_Nightfall_

Okie dokie.

_Deadly_Nightfall_ 11/21/2009 7:04 pm
_Deadly_Nightfall_

Haha no. We're not. And against nothing, really. :B

_Deadly_Nightfall_ 11/21/2009 6:54 pm
_Deadly_Nightfall_

That too!

_Deadly_Nightfall_ 11/21/2009 6:41 pm
_Deadly_Nightfall_

Chargeeeee!

akioni jae 11/21/2009 6:36 pm
akioni jae

you know how computers have OS's?
cell phones do too.

android is what droid runs on, my phone has android too

_Deadly_Nightfall_ 11/21/2009 6:30 pm
_Deadly_Nightfall_

Aww. That's not good.
But hopefully you have fun!

Cute Lava Critters <3

From , these are my pets. <3
You can look, but you cannot pet nor touch. D:<

My first one, Miyan-Miyan

Kei-chou//////////////////////Alli

Everyday cuties

Listen up!

As few know, I; Swell Sundae am a major minishop pixel-addict. (It's a secret! icon_ninja.gif)

As addicts do, we often
stalk
lurk
mass-order
contemplate about ordering
► eat out entire shops
take freebies <3
massively bootygrab from time to time
tip with every order
buy our friends minishop pixels
► Stay within the shadows icon_ninja.gif
have no lives
subscribe to tons of threads
always say thank-you
grow extremely poor in gold and items
► always follow the rules as much as possible

Now that you know how to identify me how to tell who is and is clearly not. <_<;

Avatar Art I've gotten so far




I'd like to receieve some more artsu please, so here's my requests. ^_^ Clickie to reach the journal abouts it.
And here's where it'll all be. icon_smile.gif

Pixels I bought on the last day of October xD

Some of my favorites icon_3nodding.gif

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Swell Sundae

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Click here to see my toybox. (Note, this is page one out of nine and there\'ll be more in here as time goes on.)

About Me~




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