March 20, 2008

• Themes Thursday

  Tagging themes not only helped us to organize all the themes for our users but also shed some light on the awesome talented designers that create themes! One of the newest themes designers that caught our eye is TANGENA.

  Here is a sampling of her awesome designs:
     
  
   

  Check out more here

  X: How long have you been a Xanga user and how did you find xanga?
  
  This is actually my second username which I have made on 8/30/2003. The first one that I made was some time during the winter of 2002. It is still there; however my mind isn’t able to recall the password. Iwas in high school back then and my curiosity with the internet escorted me to Xanga.

  X: Do you have a design background or any previous experience in making layouts?
  
  Actually, designing layouts all started from a website that I haven’t used in years, and probably won’t use it any time soon. While my friends started noticing my layouts, they told me of a program called Adobe Photoshop. I have never taken a class nor was I able to afford one back then; so I played around with the program to see what it is made of. I would have to guess that the first time I started designing layouts was in the year 2002.

  X: How do you come up with your themes? What’s your inspiration?
  
  Ever since grade school, the subject that I really had fun with was art and it came out naturally. I still have the same imagination from then, and what induces it even more is not an object, but a caring person; my boyfriend. We have been together for more than five years and he has been my inspiration and motivation until now.

  
  X: What’s your favorite theme, out of the ones you made so far?
  
  It is rather difficult to tell which one is my favorite. One day I may like one that takes a clean appearance, and another day I may like something wild and vivid.

  
  X: What do you like most about themes?
  
  To tell you the truth, there are two reasons why I came back to Xanga: 1) I miss it, and 2) because of the development of Themes!! This feature is a wonderful way to showcase and highlight your creativeness. It is chance for you to extract your abilities and perhaps inspire other users to do the same, but in their own way, as well. Plus I like the fact that hovering over the many different colors in the color palette will automatically show in the layout you are arranging. You can figure out what colors you want before you click on one.

  X: What do you like most about xanga?
  
  I like how Xanga functions in the same way as a community. It consists of opinions, differences, relationships, knowledge, and guidance. It is a place where you can make friends from a rather far distance as well as keeping in touch with friends you have lost. Also Xanga is quite organized making it easier to use.

  X: What do you like to do in your spare time- hobbies? interests?

  In my spare time, which I seldom have, I love to play the piano, watch Spongebob Squarepants (it has a lot of adult humor), take pictures, and dance. I taught myself how to break dance at a very young age and it has been on and off since then. Roughly for seven years now, I have been choreographing hip hop and Filipino cultural dances. It is something I really love to do for the enjoyment and for the experience, especially with friends.

  Thanks so much TANGENA for being our featured designer of the week! Keep the awesome themes coming!

  Also, come out and hang with us during our Office Hours show today 5-6p.m. EST.

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