Feel free to send me a PM if your question is not answered in this list wink
Did you make your profile? And the art?
Every piece of my profile was created by me, from the artwork to the little graphics to the CSS.
How did you make your profile?
Too long to answer sweatdrop I might do a breakdown of my profile process eventually, but in the meantime I'd recommend checking out the profiles that can be found in the Profile Discussion forum. You might also find my (normal) web design process useful as I approach making profiles in a similar manner.
How did you do x specific thing?
If you have a specific question about something in my profile just send me a PM and I'll do my best to answer your question.
Can I use your profile?
No - I've worked hard to try and create something unlike other profiles that I've seen and that expresses my individuality, and I encourage other people to do the same 3nodding If you feel you don't have the ability to create a profile, there are some really nice ones freely available from tektek.org.
Can you send me your code? Please?
I've decided to always say 'no' to this one. First of all because the CSS for anyones profile is in the HTML source code of that page, and anyone with a basic working knowledge of either should be able to find it without too much trouble. If you can't... well then I have doubts about your ability to take my profile and change it to something your own, rather than a ripoff of mine.
Secondly I've encountered profiles that copy my entire profile, or just change images/colours. If someone can tell that it was based on mine, then its a ripoff and makes me sad. So don't do it!
How did you learn how to do all this profile stuff?
I started designing websites around 2000, learned CSS properly in 2004 and have been working as a web and graphic designer since the start of 2005, so I suppose I had a bit of a head start when the new profiles came out. I can't remember exactly which tutorials online I learned CSS from, but I did find Eric Meyer's book on the subject useful when I was starting out. The design side of things was learned mostly through observation and experimentation and developed over time.
What do programs do you use to make your profile?
For the artwork and graphics I use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and I also use Photoshop for making mockups before I start coding.
I do most of my coding using the Web Developer extension for Firefox - it basically allows you to edit the CSS of a page and view the effects as you change things, so its very very handy. It also has some nice outlining and other features to help fix up little issues. Colorzilla is also really handy to eyedrop colours within a Firefox window. If you don't use Firefox... well there's a good reason to switch over!
I made my profile for Firefox and it looks fine, but I just checked it in IE6 and its all broken!!
Different browsers interpret CSS differently, which is really annoying when designing websites. I usually find it easiest to code sites to work in Firefox, then use this little hack to make it work in IE6 - IE6 is the only browser to still read a style that has an underscore in front of it. So for example, if a margin needs to be a different value for IE than it does for FF, just put in:
margin: 10px;
_margin: 20px;
...and it will be 10px in anything other than IE6, and 20px in IE6. Magic! It's good practice to try and avoid this kind of hack where you can though._margin: 20px;
I made my profile for IE6 and it looks fine, but I just checked it in Firefox and its all broken!!
Eh... all I can say is to redo it to work in FF then use the above hack to make it work in IE.
Can you make me a profile? I can pay!
Sorry, I've decided not to make profiles for Gaian gold (unless you have some DJ headphones to spare). I do this kind of thing for a living so you could see why I wouldn't want to dedicate my free time to doing the same thing for fake currency, right?
I quilted you, can you quilt me?
Sorry, the quilt on my profile is for very close friends and people who's profiles I find impressive and inspiring.
Do you do artwork commissions?
I usually take the occasional artwork commission when I'm low on gold and want to buy some sealeds, but it's not too often >_>
I have an art question!
I'm more confident in my design work than my art, but send on the question and I'll do my best to answer!
Can I add you to my friends list?
I'm sorry, but I really don't like random friend requests - especially from people that I've never seen or spoken to before. Please don't feel insulted.
How come you're not a mod anymore?
Didn't have time to dedicate to it properly. There's a slightly more in-depth explanation of my decision to leave here. No, I wasn't fired and I didn't leave in a huff xd
I want to be a graphic designer! Do you have any advice?
Do it for the love ^_^ Don't plan to become a graphic designer because you're under the impression that it's an easy job or because you have delusions of it being glamorous and highly paid - because it's none of those things. In my limited experience as a designer the ones who have real passion for it, who live design and spend their free time honing their skills as well as working in it make the best designers. In the end it is a pretty competitive field, so if your heart isn't in it it's hard to get far.
Apart from that vague bit of advice - build up a strong portfolio that focuses on the area of design you want to specialise in; build up contacts in the industry and don't be ashamed of using those contacts; get experience and be sure to get a good reference out of it even if you don't get paid; pay more attention to design basics rather than software. If you have any other questions feel free to PM me ^_^
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