Current Layout
Version 9: Gino
More on this later.
Past Layouts
Version 8: Mad Dog Majima in a Pirate suit
Features Majima Goro of Yakuza. It's from Yakuza: Dead Souls (english title, I'm American, get over it). This is the first time that Pirates Board has ever featured a pirate...even if it's just a suit. I used red because of the suit color and the blood that was in the image. I guess I wanted a bloody layout. Hur hur. Put up October 6, 2011 and taken down January 19, 2012.
Version 7: Hope is the Star on a Morning Tide
Features Zack Fair of Final Fantasy VII. It is from a flashback in Advent Children. Anyway, I finally made a whimsical layout and I'm so inlove with this layout. There is a small design flaw in the footer that looks like the layout is being eaten away but since I thought it looked cool, I left it. I think it adds to it. I hardly ever use blue. Put up Feburary 10, 2011 and taken down October 6, 2011.
Version 6: Rekka no Ryo
Features Sanada Ryo of Ronin Warriors, he is the leader and holder of the Wildfire/Rekka armour. Put up June 17, 2010, taken down Feburary 10, 2011.
Version 5: Squirtle!
This features Squirtle from Pokemon. He is my favorite starter pokemon. I've been on a Pokemon kick ever since Soul Silver came out. This happens everytime a I get a new Pokemon game. I become obsessed with the idea and go with it. I like how it turned out. I applied the rollover effect that I learned in school to it as well. Was put up April 8, 2010-June 17, 2010. Unfortunately, I hated how it turned out a couple of days after I made it. Poor little Squirtle.
Version 4: Stare Dramatically into the Distance
This features Final Fantasy IV the remake for the Nintendo DS with Yang, Edge, Kain, Rydia (adult), Rosa, Cecil (dark knight), Edward, Palom and Parom. Fairly simple design using tables and earthy tones; which I normally don't use. Most layouts I make end up being dark, so this is a break from that (of course not counting the last version of Pirates Board.) Was put up March 4, 2009 and taken down April 8, 2010. This one lasted a really, really long time. Why? Creativity block, college, lazy. Pick a reason, it's probably true.
Version 3: Sweet Prince
A royal pain frame layout featuring Leon Magnus of Tales of Destiny. I have never played the game though. T-T I've played Tales of the World though, which he is also in and I absolutely adore him. I always try to use him, so I get pretty upset when he won't join my party. Even though he is a stuck up little prince with a sweet tooth. He's just too pretty. The image is from Creative Uncut and I've decided to name this version Sweet Prince. This is definately a change from what I'm used to, noramlly it's dark colors and tables. Up from December 28, 2008 to March 04, 2009. This one actually took a long time to code and make. Even out of the game he taunts me. So cruel, Leon. But that's him for you.
Version 2: Mentor and Protege
A normal table layout featuring Isaak and Dietrich of Trinity Blood. I spent all day making it. I don't really have anything to say about this one. However, before I get popped for something I want to say that this layout was inspired by one at Magitek Designs and if Pange has a problem with it, I will remove it. So, this is verision 2: Mentor and Protege. Because that is what Isaak and Dietrich are, well accoring to the novel. Isaak would be the mentor, by the way. I'm not sure if I even like these characters or not, I mean I do but I don't. I got the image from here. Up from October 22, 2007 to December 28, 2008.
Version 1: Don't Turn Around
A normal table layout featuring Rude and Cloud of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Snow, wrote a fic called Don't Ask, Don't Tell and it was about RudexCloud. Okay, more like Cloud had a really homoerotic dream about Rude. Anyway, I just wanted to make an Advent Children layout and this was the first image I found that was like "use me." It was made in paint shop pro 7 and coded in notepad. So, this is version I: Don't Turn Around. I had Don't Turn Around by Ace of Base stuck in my head while I was making it. Up from June 03, 2007 to October 22, 2007.