She Has Finally Woken!
The infamous Anita McKay had asked me to design a blog header which would be used in her new and personalised domain, Finally-woken.com
I was pleased to have been given the honor to do so, as I’ve been a loyal reader to her blog.
I remember it was early 2008 when I stumbled upon her blog (which was still hosted at Blogspot at the time) and since then, it had been one of the few blogs that I visited on a daily basis - not only were her postings very interesting and thought-provoking, but they also depicted of what sort of person she was; bold and classy, yet smart and kindhearted, not to mention sexy as hell!
The topics that she discussed always gave me the itch to comment (couldn’t help myself, more like), and most times I secretly wished I could’ve had come up with those topics whilst murmuring silently, “Now why didn’t I think of that?”
Anita had always been the one with kind manners, so in return she came to visit my blog as well and soon we had become friends, until the day we finally met up - did I tell you that she looked better in person?
The Header Designs
Here are the blog headers that I came up with, in which she got to choose out of the three alternatives;
She loved how the words “Finally Woken” was associated with a butterfly. It was her wedding invites that gave me the idea to incorporate the butterfly to it, because I thought it suited the whole meaning of the words - a butterfly finally awaken from its cocoon.
She also liked the swirls which gave out a romantic mood to it but she wanted something less graphical, so I suggested using a silhouette of a girl, and in my mind I was thinking of a girl lying down on her stomach with her laptop casually opened in front of her.
I actually asked my beau to take photos of me lying down on the bed with the laptop and everything, but since the photos were much too embarrassing to be shown, I could only give you a toned down, illustrated version of one of the photos, in which you can view here.
The result of the header with the silhouetted girl was this.
Notice how the girl in the picture is bare feet, and Anita suggested her to have a different hairdo; like her hair being tied into a pony tail or being let down to fall on her shoulders, but in the end we decided that the messy, scrunched up hair looked best, because it was effortlessly sexy and relaxed.
Nevertheless, some people responded that the girl actually look naked (for the record, she was not naked, she was just wearing a really tight bodysuit)- but that was what I liked about it because it described Anita as the cheeky, sexy geek that you always imagine!
In the end, Anita asked for the final addition for the girl to wear stilettos to soften down the “naked” image, and she decided to use the header in white, gray and pink hues instead. The final result - as you can see from her own blog too - is this.
Apart from a blog header, she also asked me to design a 125×125 pixel icon for comments etc., which was the first thing that I came up with, before the whole header was finalized.
I was glad that Anita was satisfied with the logo - it was nice having her as a client because she was easy to please, and designing the header had always been fun, especially when the client was happy!
For those of you who want to get to know more of Anita, visit her blog at Finally-woken.com, she will always welcome you with open arms!
September 5th, 2008 at 1:56 am
Darling, looking back, you have come up with lots of ideas! I’m more than delighted to have the header displayed in my blog, and I think the whole concept really represents me including “whether she’s naked or not” imagination LOL.
I can’t thank you enough, considering I have been pestering you for a long time.
To the readers, wait for another surprise *wink wink!
September 5th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Great design! If I have my own dot-com, I shall need to contact you regarding the header he-he-he.. I hope you don’t mind
September 5th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Cool header…almost tempted to get a domain name of my own
September 5th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Good work Ther… I wonder what is your idea about me?
September 5th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Congrats on the job well done, great header image.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
gorgeous…..
wondering when i will have my own dot com
and with no doubt i will ask you for the header design…..
September 5th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
they are all so beautiful ther!!! I want one too!!!
September 6th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Y’know what Ther, you are very talented.
One thing though, I didn’t notice the stilletos until I read this, and that I still thought the picture was a naked classy girl…so yeah..hehehe.nothing’s wrong with that right?
But yeah, great work!
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September 6th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Therry,
Your sketch always make me hold my breath.
If am not mistaken, you also made another sketch for tresspotter, am I right ?
That’s also beautiful.
Pls share with me your sketch for Ecky, if you made one
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September 6th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Therry… I love the design. Bagus sekali
September 8th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Very nice.. I’d prefer the girl to be naked, but that’s just me..
September 8th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
bagus banget!
well done!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Keren 3x …
Well done Therry.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
iya keren…kok bisa sih ya gitu2..gue gaptek amat
September 11th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Yang laris… yang laris…
Super cool, girl!
Too bad Rima has one already. I was going to suggest something similar like this, only the silhouette girl would have a wild long curly hair, wear a stiletto, and with a whip on her hand :p
September 12th, 2008 at 4:43 am
mwahauhauhaua… jjs jadinya nih. janji-janji surga. btw, your sketch is kind of anime-ish, how so?
September 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
wah tesis dah lama kelar Ther. dah kerja and jalan2 gue
eh kok cerita2 ketemuannya gak ada lagi siy?
September 17th, 2008 at 12:54 am
gileee, keren banget…
pertama mampir ke tempatnya mbak anita, saya langsung kagum sama blognya, lay outn ya super cantik… I wonder who created that beautiful lay out, dan ternyata dirimu yah… duh asli keren say.
pengen dong dibikinin… punyaku yg sekarang, bannernya terlalu shocking pink keknya yahh… pengen ganti gambar tapi masih belum ketemu yang pas