The web story of Misty Wood has begun on 26th January 2004: the day I've decided to join
the Garden of the Fae. The Faes of this garden have agreed to remain anonymous, so if you're looking
for personal info about me you're in the wrong place.
But I'd like to tell how
I've come to choose these graphic and style to give cyber-life to the Misty Wood.
Browsing the fantasy-art sites, I've stepped in shadowscapes and found a beautiful art called "the mist queen" ( you've seen it on
my intro page), and from this art I've taken the inspiration for all the site. The real Misty Wood (the wood that borders the garden in the place I live
my real life) is a dark place, but filled with butterflies in spring and so that's why this art has found a way to speak to my creativity.
Next I had to find how to depict Fae Misty Wood and eventually browsed some doll pages, till I've come to Solace's Meadow a site
full of beautiful cartoon dolls and great bases. I borrowed the bases, but I had to face a problem: I do not have a "pro" graphic program... just MS Paint... and when
I tried to save the changes I did make on the first base... all the colours went mixed and some disappeared. I was a little disappointed till I've thought to click on
"invert the colours" option... I don't know why, but Paint seems to like better the blue/black tones, so I edited the bases like a night vision. The result is a "flat" design, without shades
and effects, but I'm proud of it and like it very much. That's it.
As for the code, I've used CSS to edit the pages, except the intro. I like to learn new ways of coding and I find this way very interesting and practical. I've found the
tutorial at sitepoint.com .
A big hug to Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
for the inspiration and the art and to Solace's Meadows
for the base dolls I used to create Fae Misty Wood graphic.
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