Dudes and dudettes! Sometime when I wasn't looking, this community hit 5000 watchers! Holy smokes! Thank you, everyone!

In my last entry, someone asked whether or not I'd ever consider designing for non-LJ blogging sites. I actually started out designing for other sites ages ago, but I'm now curious about doing it again.

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I did this about a year ago and thought I'd give it another go:

The "Ask This Layout Maker A Question" Meme

Simply leave a question pertaining to my layout making / graphic design habits, inspirations, or techniques and I'll try to answer it the best I can. If you've ever had a question about how I work, now's the time to ask!

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I have some queries for people who use Plus accounts in order to get a better idea of how they work and how you use them.

Please note that this post is not for voicing your thoughts on yaoi LJ ads and whether or not you like them; there are more appropriate venues for those opinions. Ads are here to stay whether we like it or not, so this post is about finding out how best we can deal with them as lovers of design.

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I was randomly looking at the userinfo of the community because I'm thinking of revamping it and I noticed that there are now 3000 people watching this community!



You guys are awesome! I'd do another contest for this milestone, but since I haven't yet delivered on the prize from the last contest (hi, I suck), that's probably not a great idea. But if you've got any other ideas, I'm all ears.

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