kurisuYoRHa ~ gravy to humankind! o7

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I think I'm finally feeling ready to launch my site... although there are still so many things I wish were finished beforehand 😣

I have so many ideas and posts drafted up already that I should just put the site out there; maybe someone'll enjoy the journey of watching this grow with me.

It can be disconcerting exposing yourself when your ducks aren't all aligned yet (especially true for me). But part of why I wanted to make this site is to keep others up to date on what I'm working on (which is always something)!

The other reason is to have a place where I can express myself with infinite potential and hopefully make likeminded friends; two things I tend to struggle with (but that's for another post!) 😉

I used Gimp to create some 88 x 31 buttons. I just added a few touches, the art isn't mine. I ended up creating many more layers than expected, as I wanted to animate them independently.

And so I also spent a day and night learning to animate in Krita. It was a bit frustrating until I got the hang of the workflow. I spent way too many hours tweaking minor settings until I got the look and feel I liked.

I love the ui of NieR Automata! I've always wanted to implement some aspect of it, and adorning my site with elements inspired by its menus makes me smile 😊

I created a border that took a lot longer to make function than I hoped. I also created a favicon and mouse cursor inspired by the menu icons. I would like to expand upon these ideas someday.

I would also like to add a page showing my process and thoughts on my work here, eventually. I have many cool things planned 😎 All things in time.

Taking a deep dive into html and css, and surprisingly, some javascript is starting to stick too! That's how it is when you're hands on with a project in my mind; the passing knowledge actually sticks.

I created a button element that I don't currently need, but eventually I'll find a new way to implement it. The idea was to click a heading that expanded to show more text. Could be useful for hiding posts you've already seen, hmm...

Maybe you can tell; I got rly into hover effects! I like the idea of most elements providing some sort of feedback, so you get involved as you look around and the page feels alive.

That said, the hovering doesn't translate well to mobile, since it's more reactive to tapping (tap and hold functions may be something to investigate). Albeit, I have done a bit of optimizing page layouts for mobile and will continue to work on it.

My proudest work so far is writing a script that fetches a json file where I store these entries, so my blog section can update automatically.

I have a perfectly healthy obsession with Kurapika. Especially when he's in disguise. Or in a suit... 👀 In lack of a custom avatar for myself (yet), I've long ago adopted this look of Kurapika as it just resonates with me.

Maybe some day I'll get to cosplay or just casually wear a similar style to it. Speaking of avatars, there is one other look/idea I've had in mind... 👀

I wanted to have something on display. Currently editing offline.

I started by making a bunch of random edits while online, so any early viewers would've seen the dumpster fire that was deciding what I could possibly want to say about myself (which is kinda me most of the time lol).

Then learned that I could design my site offline and just upload when it's ready! How novel! So I began researching and finally found a reason to use vs code.

Creating my first website. I have a tiny bit of experience with html and css. I am using my time working on this site to learn and become more adept.