The previous layouts of The Lonely Ones
Version 7.0 - The best of times...the worst of times
18.05.03-08.08.03
It's another black layout but I really like this one. It's the first layout of my site using screencaps instead of taking some promo shots put together. With the show ending I thought to give tribute to some memorable moments during the long history of B/S (which btw this is just a very tiny excerpt of since there are so many of them and I couldn't put them all together in one pic, I just didn't have the space for that, maybe on a future layout...hm). This version's title comes from 'A tale of two cities' where it says "...it was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." and I thought what better than this to fit for the B/S relationship through the years with them being at their best and worst, having seen each other at their best and worst and having been there for each other during their best times and worst times. Brushes used on the layout are from Insomniac, Tere-Art and Vered, screencaps from several screencaps sites
Version 6.0 - The Lady and her vamp
12.04.03-18.05.03
I've gone back to black again with the current layout, back to something classy and stylish. I really like the look of the main pic this version has, with the black background and the light grey brushworks on it. It's also the first time I've been using an image map for the navigation on the site so I've been doing some reorganizing of the whole thing. I had wanted making this layout a bit differently, but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end after I started with the image of SMG and the idea of having the whole site in black/grey. Then I added the pic of JM (found on Forever Devoted) to it and for me it was perfect. The brushes used for artwork are from Insomniac, Imprints and Truly Sarah
Version 5.0 - Hellish Alchemy
09.03.03-12.04.03
A little more color this time with the whole red layout fitting to the motto. I wanted having something stylish yet still working for the site in colors, so I did the red layout with the white brushes on them, creating that way the grungy and harsher feel than on the last softer layout. The title of this version comes from a monologue from one of the Nightcrawler broadcasts on Forever Knight. The monologue was about love and the effects that human emotion can have on people, breaking them with the broken heart and weakening them in times when they needed their strength the most; that love didn't matter. I chose that monologue and therefore the title to this version because I thought that Buffy and Spike will find the strength out of love and that love indeed does matter. Brushes used for artwork are from Insomniac and Truly Sarah
"..Does love really exist in this hedonistic world of ours? Or is it only our selfish needs, our own desires that fuel the potion? Does she love me, love me not? What does it really matter. What hellish alchemy if it does..."
Version 4.0 - Dream Stakes
05.01.03-09.03.03
I've gone back to black this time with some purple on it. I like that version with the stake image on it. The layout theme was inspired by a wallpaper I made with Buffy and Spike on the stake togther and this version is my fave so far. The brushes used on that layout come from The 5th muse and Spike's Chip.
Version 3.0 - Silver Dreams
19.11.02-05.01.03
I love this version, deciding to go for even lighter colors and I love the whole pastel grey touch the layout has. The pic and colors were actually inspired by pics I've made for winamp skins for both Buffy and Spike.
Version 2.0
29.10.02-19.11.02
This actually isn't the first version of the whole site although it now truly is new by definition. But since it now is split off from the previous place to be alone for itself, it is kinda the first version alone but the second of the Lonely Ones in the row. After the whole red on black thing the previous one had, now I thought it to be time for some color.
Note from the site owner: As a special extra I'm offering the past layouts of the site for free use and downloading starting with version 4.0. So if you liked one of my layouts please visit Finders Keepers