It’s Coming...

What’s coming? I think a new design may be coming. I’m not sure why, but I’m ready to move on from this one. There are some things about the navigation that are really bothering me. I may invest some time in making things work better with this template, but if I can muster up some creativity, I may just redo it all.

Since the last update, I’ve put up some new Jojo PSDs. They’re cute, I think. I tried to make a set of it, but I only ended up being able to do two of them. They match, though, so they should be pretty good for layouts or blends.

Today I put up some new stock photos, too. We went to the park for a while and I was going to take photos but the D60 was full and dead, so all these were taken with my p-o-s camera. They’re still pretty nice, though. I hope you can find a use for them. If nothing else, they’d make decent brushes or even textures.

I was playing around and made some new 88×31 buttons, too. So use’em and link me. Let me know if you do so I can link you back.

New Layout: _overcast...

I’m proud to announce Lala Land’s first layout release since her reopening! I spent the entire day working on learning to put this site into 100% CSS and getting it validated. Now it’s here for you to enjoy, and I really hope you do.

Can you believe there was no one online to get feedback from? I guess people have better things to do on a Friday night than sit here and critique for me. How dare they? Hah. Despite the fact that the layout was validated both in XHTML and CSS, there may still be some issues, so let me know if you find any. I checked the way it looks in both Google Chrome and IE7, but not Firefox or IE 8. I’m going to assume it works the same, unless someone tells me otherwise.

I also put up some new content yesterday, which was PSDs. I found a really easy to understand tutorial on my new affiliate’s site and decided to give it a shot. It’s much easier than I expected and I wish I had sat down to try it sooner. So the two new PSDs can be found in the graphics section, but here are the previews. I’m working on a whole set, which should be ready some time next week.

I set up a few affiliates last night, too. Welcome to Josh and Jana. Thanks for accepting me, even though my site is still fairly new. I won’t disappoint you! I put up some new adorable banners for you to link me with, too.

Just Some Updates...

I’ve been working on the site some, but nothing too spectacular yet. I found an old layout I drew up, so I’m going to work on getting it coded and uses it as the basis for my first Wordpress theme. I hope to release it very soon. I’m a lso looking for some suggestions of things you would like to see on the site, so please comment with a few.

1. First update is an addition to the brushes family, a 2nd set of grunge brushes.

Download Grunge Set 2 For Photoshop

2. I’ve put up some buttons for you to link to me with. It seemed kind of self defeating to ask people to link back to me for using my stuff, but not offer a button to link me with. I followed a tutorial (poorly) to make these buttons and I like the way they turned out.

3. I also added a Facebook for Lala Land, which I’ll be working on. The button to view it is on the sidebar and I got it from here (more than just facebook, they have many web 2.0 icons). There’s currently nothing on the page, but you can view it here and go ahead and become a fan. I plan to put all my freebies up there, too. Maybe even a few extras.

4. I put up some stock images from my own photography. These images are only to be used with credit back. Don’t even look at them if you’re not willing to credit me if they’re used. This includes any sort of textures, brushes, or any other way the image may no longer be identifiable.

5. I added some new fonts to the fonts page. I found these online and I loved them, so I thought I’d share them with everyone.

Download Cash Font / Credit Owner

Download Skirules / Credit Owner

6. I also added a ‘Mentoring’ section that I plan to turn into a service matching advanced users to beginners to help them grow. Before I spend the time getting into all of this, I’d like to know if this is something that would interest anyone. Would you like to help others achieve their potential? Would you like help from someone who already does what you want to do? Let me know if you think this is something I should move forward on. This is taking the place of the old “sponsoring” section Lala Land used to have. I took that word down for fear that Google would misinenterpret it send me to my doom.

Lastly, I’m trying to get a better reach and more readers, so I’m ready to link exchange with those who might be interested. I have standards (it can’t be a link farm) but I’m not going to turn down any sites just because I don’t think they’re “elite”. Let me know if you’re interested. Also looking for suggestions on how to make my site more popular.

Grunge Brush Set 1...

Just a quick note to let you know I am here and I am working! Even if I’m not blogging, I’m working on the site. Unfortunately it’s mostly behind the scenes right now, but I did take some photos today and turn them into Photoshop brushes for you. It’s been a very long time since I’ve made anything, especially brushes, so they may not be the best. But let me know what you think. Let me know if there’s anything you think I should improve on. I made them pretty big so you could use them for whatever you want because it looks like Photoshop will let you resize it. As usual, don’t download unless you intend to give credit and a link back.

Download Grunge Set 1 for Photoshop

I also uploaded all the old brushes I could find. I don’t know what they look like anymore or what they’ll work in, but I listed the date next to them so you can see how old they are. I tried the Photoshop Blinkie Blocks and they really suck. But they work. And the PSP brushes should work in the older versions. I’m not sure how PSP brushes work anymore, but I’ll be working on how to make them so I can offer them, too. Enjoy!