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.
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 if any. Why?
It's wrong to take an image, tweak it, slap on a texture and brush or three and call it a day. You didn't do anything, anyone
can can do that. There's very little skill invovled 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.
Partial layout views are 1007 by 750 pixels and full layout views will contain the entire page on the last day of the layouts
use.
V01: Untitled
Alice Margatroid
Game/Touhou
Jan 25, 2008-Apr 06, 2008
Partial
Full
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V02: Synthesis
Kururu Sumeragi
Animanga/Air Gear
Apr 06, 2008-Sept 20, 2008
Partial
Full
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Arisu
- Age: 17
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- Design Experience: 5 years
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- Coding Experience: 5 years (yet grossly underdeveloped)
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- Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0, Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Gimp 1.2
- 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.
