Ugh. I furiously tried to pull together an update before Spring Break ended for me. Fortunately, I was able to design two layouts and code one. Unfortunately, my Spring Break is over. So, as my update, I have sort of a set of graphics featuring the movie 300. Personally, I thought the movie was amazing and made some graphics featuring awesome scenes from the movie.

I added one Div/CSS layout featuring Gerard Butler as King Leonidas in 300. I really like this layout's grungy feel. It would make a good blog layout. I also added two 100x100 avatars featuring, once again, Gerard Butler and the prophesy from 300. Lastly, I added two PNGs featuring characters from Imadoki and Naruto.

This update was suppose to happen the middle of last week, on or near my birthday (April 4th) to celebrate it. That, of course, didn't happen. But I'm 16 now (hence the title). I had a party on Saturday that went well. For my birthday, I got a 19" Widescreen LCD moniter. It's purely awesome. Not that it will help my skill at all, but it's a lot better than my old one. <3 Yay.

Site-wise: I totally and completely was planning on a new site layout last week. After my birthday I got caught up in a lot of different activities (mainly cleaning) and wasn't able to desgin it. I hope to design and code it within the next month. I already have my idea for the layout, so it won't take as long as it normally would. As for responding to emails, I am the worst at that. I've responded to one email since the site opened in January. I'll try to get out emails asap. Sorry! I do not believe I have any more plans for the site iteslf besides the new layout. Hopefully my next update will have big changes. Maybe.

I hope you all had a nice Easter! :]

I'm back about one month later with a rather large graphics update (for me). I have added one new Div/CSS layout featuring a character from Full Moon Wo Sagashite. I personally love the coding I did with it. The design is ok, pretty basic. That's the last one I have on stock on my computer, so I'm going to have to actually design something. *gasp*

My other addition is 2, count 'em, 2 wallpapers! The first one features a character from Doujinshi Arts. I kind of like this graphic. I was experimenting with gradient overlays. Rainbow seems to be the only color scheme I liked... The warped lines sort of bother me. They don't look right somehow, but I figured "Hey, Someone might like it." So, I added it. The second wallpaper features Hitsugaya from Bleach as a silhouette. I really like this wallpaper. In fact, it's my desktop image. :] It actually looks like real wallpaper with the vertial lines and such. For the subtitle, I had been reading too much Jane Austen. ><;

In other news, I'm contemplating opening a blog/art portfolio. My art isn't amazing like Chie's but I would like to showcase some of my sketches, graphic design, and web site developments. I also want to learn to code PHP on my own in the process of developing the site. Then I wouldn't have to rely on my brother. Keep in mind this is in pre-pre-pre-production. It's still an idea. I haven't designed in a while. My aunt's site has slowed down to a managable level where I can do both sites and still focus on school. So, that should be less of an excuse now. I haven't heard anything on my other job so far... I still have to accept it. Lol.

I do not believe there is anything else. Affiliation is still open. Please apply. Until next time!

So! I'm back with updates. First of all, I would like to welcome Chie of Seikatsu Designs as Illumination's first affiliate! Please visit her site. <3 Speaking of affiliates, I believe the affiliation form is now working. -.-; If you still get an error message, please send me an email at amei@amaryntos.net. Thanks. Also, please apply. I'll be accepting 4 or 5 more.

Second, I have added 1 Div/CSS Layout. It can be viewed above or on the layouts page. 'Tis very shiny and took me a while to code. The character featured comes from Omnibus Collection. I plan to start coding another layout soon. I have some on my hard drive. Don't expect more than one at a time... Life is a nasty little bugger.

Lastly, I added 2 100x100 Avatars. The first one corresponds with the layout I added and the second one features a character from Ragnorak Online.

I'm still developing my aunt's site and I might get another developig job as well. ^^; Please be patient with me and keep in mind that I do visit the site and check my email once a day. (Missing my email check is very rare.) I try to update only when I have substantial news, so my updates are sporatic. Please comment. I love to hear from my visitors! <3 Until next time.