Nov 01 2006

CSS Reboot: Bloom

Site, Design 12 Comments

I decided to participate in this season’s CSS Reboot and came up with “Bloom,” Skylight’s 17th version. I was browsing through an old issue of Time Magazine, when I saw a picture of the King’s Forest room at Hotel Fox and became instantly inspired. (Even the name of the hotel itself was enough to tickle my fancy. Hotel Fox? How cute is that?!) I have never been attracted to the color orange in the past, but that particular hue really caught my eye. Skylight’s previous layouts had a lot of blues, greens and grays in them — I wanted to use a color that I haven’t used before. I was also going for a slightly more grown-up look, something feminine but not frilly. Of course as dictated by tradition, the design still had to feature a cartoon version of me, hehe. Aren’t all personal websites at least partly narcissistic, anyway? :-P

Skylight v.17 - Bloom

Let me know what you think or if you have problems viewing the new layout. I double-checked everything, but it’s possible that I missed a kink or two.

12 Comments

  1. King Echo 11.01.06 #

    I like it : ) It’s very adorable. The room that inspired you, though… kind of freaks me out! Though it does have its cool elements.

  2. katherine 11.01.06 #

    waaah! ang sarap niyang tignan..

    ganda ng layout nikki! *thumbs up*

  3. Nikki 11.01.06 #

    Thanks, Echo! :) As for the room, Time’s photo only focused on the bed and the wall behind it. I’m not too crazy about the rest of the room either, hehe!

    Kats, I’m glad you like it! :)

  4. pravin 11.01.06 #

    yep, looks pretty neat :D

  5. Terry 11.01.06 #

    Nice reboot! The new colors look great. :)

  6. Izza 11.02.06 #

    There must be a shade of gray here somewhere… I can smell it. >.>

    *sniffs around*

    Okay, I found nothing, but I’m on to you…

    LOL Lovely layout. ;) And you have a picture of ickle Crackerlingikins on your profile page!!! *melts into goo*

  7. Abdelrahman Osama 11.02.06 #

    Nikki that’s fantastic I adore your colors and your sense of simplicity.

    I’ve rebooted too.

  8. Kew 11.02.06 #

    Nice reboot…

  9. Pearl 11.02.06 #

    i love the colors! :) redesign is love. ;)

  10. Erika :) 11.03.06 #

    loved the new color scheme!

  11. tin 11.06.06 #

    nikki! wow! :) very different from your usual style… epekto ba ng bagong graduate? :) haha. joke lang! yay! may kasama na akong mahilig sa orange. haha. :) congrats on your graduation! :)

  12. Malin 11.07.06 #

    I really like it! It’s a color scheme you hardly see around the web :)
    I joined the CSSReboot too, for the third time :)

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