The Layout Archive

I finally changed this drastic and abused place. Now you can easily view my past layouts in a more organized and eye-friendly fashion. It's great to see how things have progressed and how my styles have changed over the years. ♥ Victoria

025 Version: Volta

Once again, I was in a bit of a rut for a new idea. I just happened to be on Bjork's website, reading about her latest Album, and I spotted these two photographs of her. If you don't know much about Volta, the album art uses some really crazy costumes, as well as some very intense color schemes full of reds, yellows and oranges. However, these two photos that I saw, were the complete opposite, like the album went bi-polar! They were earthy looking and very serene. SO, I decided to use them for the summer design. I just went with elements from the photos, and used some ornamental, lacy brushes that created an overall aged look. I also decided to be fun with the navigation, and use rollovers, which I think are always fun for visitors. Anyway, after a few color adjustments, the finished product is what you see on the domain. Thank you once again, Bjork!

Below lists all the past layouts of Besaid.com. This does not include the past layouts for all my shrines and sites as well- only those appearing on the main domain. The screen caps are not full size, sorry! Click their thumbnails to view the larger size.

001 Version: Black & White

This was my first layout for besaid.com. It was an i-frame/divs layout that featured Tifa from Final Fantasy VII. I used some old brushes from V-Brush and experimented with fading images and opacity. For my first big layout, I was pretty happy with it because I never thought I could make something like it. Although it was colorless and simple, it brought a lot of attention to my new domain. The splash page was really beautiful, too but I never screen-capped it.

002 Version: Come What May

Version 2's layout was very pretty but a little boring because it was just a div layers layout and well I used brown. I blended the main image enough so it had a little glow to it which saved the layout from looking just plain ugly. It featured Nicole Kidman from Moulin Rouge! and lyrics from the song "come what may". I wish I did more too it but I was just starting to use photoshop during this point.

003 Version: Sarah
NO SCREENCAP SAVED

004 Version: Days of Thunder

This slim frames layout was very posh in appearance. I focused the entire layout around a warm peach color and I decided to use another Nicole Kidman image. I really enjoyed it's sleek look even though I kept it simple. I also pixelated a lot of it and used a very technical font choice. It was up for the spring and received many nice comments.

005 Version: Chosen

At this point, I really wanted to try something new because I was sick of my ultra simple layouts. I looked for many images until I came across a Buffy website. Here I decided that I wanted my domain to not only focus on video games but also Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So, I found a great lined pattern, some beautiful brushes and put this baby together.This was of course, my favorite layout at that time.

006 Version: Vaan
NO SCREENCAP SAVED

007 Version: Silence

Silent film theme, yaay! So yes, I made this beautiful layout featuring the silent film star, Marguerite Clarke. I made other silent film layouts throughout the domain to go along with the theme. I blended two images, one of the woman, and another of roses. Many brushes were used as well. I got a lot of really nice comments on this layout, so thank you to everyone. It featured lyrics from Sarah Brightman's "Eden".

008 Version: In This Labyrinth

This lovely layout was made for me by a dear friend, Sarah. It featured a haunting blend of images from The Phantom of the Opera film Version:. I really enjoyed this layout and thank Sarah so much for the nice gift. I received many nice and thoughtful comments on it as well, so thank you! I loved this one and it was up for quite a while, too.

009 Version:: Ayu

I am actually proud of this layout because it had a really awesome blend of Ayumi Hamasaki images and of course was colored with hues of purple and pink. I used a variety of brushes which made this all together, one spiffy looking layout that is hard not to stare at! I'll make sure to create another Ayumi layout in the future because she has the most unique photos.

010 Version:: Rinoa & Squall
SCREENCAP LOST

011 Version:: Padme

After seeing Episode III, I was inspired to make a Star Wars layout featuring the tragic Padme. I found a beautiful original artwork of her death and blended it with some other images of her character. It was a very solemn and sad layout that reflected what I felt about her after seeing the movie. I recieved some nice comments so thanks to everyone. Star Wars was not only a wonderful collection of film but the concept artwork is truly magnificent as well.

012 Version:: Leia

This layout was a semi-vector featuring a large image of Princess Leia from Star Wars along with Luke and Han. I liked this layout because it was a change and it was very clean lined. I used many brushes of flowers and stardust to give it a little pop. However, I got slightly sick of it after only a month. Look for more star wars layouts in the future because boy am I obessed.

013 Version:: Everlasting Love

Oh how a sailormoon layout was in much need! I felt like using an anime/manga image for once and I chose this image because it's beautiful and sweet. This layout was cute while it lasted but a change was needed after two months. To all you people out there who are thinking sailormoon?!, get over it because you know you watched it too back in the 6th grade. It will forever be my aww layout.

014 Version:: Build High

I came across a gorgeous photo of a Christian science church. Although i'm not religious in any way, I do love architecture and churches and cathedrals always have some of the most extravagant and beautiful designs. I edited the photo which was taken by a professional and changed the coloring so I got an array of purples and blues. It came out great and thank you to everyone for the comments! The navigation was also a little different with the boxes that faded in and out.

015 Version:: Forlani

At this point, I was running out of ideas for a new layout. As much as I liked the last one, it was up for a very long time. I was just watching a movie and Claire Forlani happened to be in it. She is an extremely talented actress but not many people know about her. I decided to use her for my next layout, especially because I discovered this awesome photo of her lying down. The layout turned out great, with a slight rustic and antiqued feel. I changed the navigation again and brushes used are from Insomniac.

016 Version:: Lady of Shallot

This layout of Besaid.com features a gorgeous painting by John William Waterhouse. It is called the lady of shallot and It illustrates the lines:
And down the river's dim expanse, Like some bold seer in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance, With a glassy countenance, Did she look to Camelot. And at the closing of the day, She loosed the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away, The Lady of Shalott.

017 Version: Rogue

This creation was the Spring layout for Besaid.com, featuring the extremely talented actress, Anna Paquin. Due to the spring release of X-men III, I decided to use my favorite character of the trilogy, Rogue (played by Anna). Being very warm and springy, I used a great photo shoot image and transformed it into a light and airy image featuring light and pastel hues. To learn more about Anna Paquin, visit here

018 Version: Oceania

You are currently viewing the Summer layout for Besaid.com, featuring the artistic and crazy musician, Bjork! She's one of my favorite musicians and she always takes the most unique photographs out of any other person. For the layout, I wanted something extremely simple and fast, but creative and original looking. So, I experimented with some brushes and stamp affects and came up with this little design. Very vintage, very pretty. I think I can now claim this as my "style".

019 Version: Harem

Even though my last layout was supposed to stay up all summer, I couldn't wait to post this up. I was playing around a bit with some scanned images from my Sarah Brightman book from one of her concerts. So, since the main images aren't exactly clear, (and they aren't supposed to be), I'll explain. The image on the left which is orange-y, is Sarah holding out her hands which are full of bright orange lotus blossoms. The second image is a profile image of her also holding the flowers. It's really quite simple but I used many layering effects and small, small brushes which have little text and lyrics. This stayed up for over two months.

020 Version: Summoner

Since this domain is named after a FFX location, you'd think I'd use some FFX images. Have I? No! So, finally, I've created this layout featuring the peaceful summoner, Yuna. At first, I put down gray newspaper brushes to give it a "grungy" or messy feel. Then I overlayed some images of Yuna, cut parts of them out, put more brushes and text over them and did an overall gradient effect. I chose purple because it's my favorite color and looked great with gray.

021 Version: Revolution

I was obviously inspired by Sophia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette for this design; she isn't exactly my favorite historical figure but I loved this film for its rich color and cinematography. I just had a lot of fun making this look antique-ish but also modern like the movie. It's very pink! I usually hate this color but it just needed to be used for this and I don't think it's overkill. The images used and quotes are all from the spunky and artistic film. Brushes once again used from pootato.org!

022 Version: Order of the Phoenix

For the July release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I made this design as a partial summer replacement. July was also the month of the release of the final book in the series, so naturally, a Harry design was totally appropriate! I took three official movie Poster images to re-create the large banner I already had for the design. I used one of Sirius Black, one of Harry Potter and one of Ron Weasley and blended them together. I also used some blending and layering techniques along with a stronger gradient to go over the already amazing colors of the official posters. The result came out great and it's one of my favorites designs thus far. Expect more HP designs to follow!

022 Version: Dreams

This layout for the domain uses div layers and tables. The design banner was created using a series of brushes with one main image that I cropped and used several times. I overlayed everything with a series of simple gradients and colors. The title part features a quote from Albus Dumbledore of the Harry Potter Series. The background is a Victorian inspired pattern. This design stayed up for a while, almost 6 months actually. It is definitely my favorite thus far. I just liked the overall navigation system because I think it was a lot easier for visitors to access.

023 Version: French Kiss

One night I was going through my Vogue and New York Times style magazines and started tearing out amazing photographs of Marion Cotillard. She's a French actress who was being featured for her recent film, "La Vie En Rose", with some really gorgeous high fashion photographs. So, I scanned this one in particular where she is wearing this over the top blue layered dress. From there, I just went with the rips and the crinkles and added some hair and dirt brushes to age everything completely. This is my darkest design yet but I really, really love it. I think it brought some drama to the webworld for the horrible NY winter period. You can view her spread online at the New York Times website.

024 Version: Free People

This layout made it like I was promoting Free People and their genuinely expensive street wear. I could have been, but uhm, no, not really. I am subscribed to their catalogs which often use an incredible photographer who's name I wish I knew! Anyway, I scanned two images of this one particular model wearing this gorgeous cut out shirt that I really wanted, but can't afford. The photographs are very appropriate for Spring, or the Spring that took forever to reach New York. The design uses the same template that I created for the last layout because I didn't have enough time to code something completely new. Still, it was very different from the last. It was also really, really large, so sorry for people who have small screens. I used some great aging brushes from pootato.org if you want to find some for yourself to use.

This current layout features no images, but brushes from pootato.org. I made this in photoshop 7 and it uses div layers.