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to Shanghai Doll, Arisu's little bit of the web that houses her anime, manga, and game focused graphics. This is version 04, somnium, featuring the 2^nd Sheep, drawn by Armcho, from the MMORPG Trickster Online Revolution.

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Very Brief History

Shanghai Doll is a project established by moi, Arisu, on Sunday, May 6, 2007 in an attempt to do something with my very bland, very lazy life. Shanghai Doll been through two other names, Transferred Out and Shanghai.Doll (big difference, that dot), five layout changes, one spontanious alias switch by the owner, a three month haitus, a ton of affiliates but suprisingly no host changes. Yet.

Mission

Shanghai Doll's purpose in life is to showcase my graphics. Hmm, anything else? No, not really. While the graphics here are available for visitor use, provided the visitor follows my terms of use, they are usually not made for visitor use. They are made when I feel like it, with the exception of any requests I feel like doing. As such, don't expect updates on a regular basis.

A point I feel noteworthy about my graphics is that I rarely use any resources outside 1) the image I have, 2) any other images I have and 3) any default brushes, patterns, gradients and/or filters included in the program I am using or any I have made myself if any. Why? It's simple to take an image, tweak it, slap on a texture and brush or three and call it a day. You didn't do anything, however, anyone can can do that. There's very little skill involved and the work can hardly be called yours. While this view may be a by-product of being an artist, I firmly believe that as a web/graphic designer, I should do as much as I can on my own, stopping just short of actually drawing all and any images I use.

Past Layouts

This was originally on a seperate page, but I never had much to say. All layouts, once replaced, will be put op for download in the miscellanious section; please check there for credits and any comments I might have on the original design if any. Arranged from newest to oldest, partial layout views are 1007 by 750 pixels and full layout views will contain the entire page on the last day thwe layotu was used.

V03: Midsummer Akira E. Ferrari, Aika S. Granzchesta Animanga/Aria Sept 20,2008-Mar 24, 2009 Partial Full

V02: Synthesis Kururu Sumeragi Animanga/Air Gear Apr 06, 2008-Sept 20, 2008 Partial Full

V01: Untitled Alice Margatroid Game/Touhou Jan 25, 2008-Apr 06, 2008 Partial Full

Arisu

• Age: 17
• Design Experience: 5 years
• Coding Experience: 5 years (yet grossly underdeveloped)
• Programs Used/Have Used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0, Notepad, Smart FTP/Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Gimp 1.2, Open Canvas 3.03E Plus
• Contact: chireimu(at)gmail.com (email) / one.big.nine(at)hotmail.com (MSNM) / Cirn0 (AIM)
• Myself: As you can infer from the very brief history, I see myself as a boring person. A very, very boring person. I read. I draw. I web design. I play games. I go to school. I watch a grand total of one hour of tv a week unless something interesting is on the History, Discovery, Geographic, or Food channels. See, that's the definition of boring right there. I suppose I have some interesting traits; I'll let you know when I know. In the meantime, if you want to know anything else that entails a semi decent conversation, my contact information is right up there until I feel otherwise.