heres a site i found when looking for was to make a navigation menu with images: sexy css hover buttons
it involves using class and id selectors to name the unordered list and the different instances of the list items inside it so that they can be customized individually, i.e the list item itself, the link inside that list item and then the hover instance of the link (what happens when you hover over the link with the curser)

heres a screenshot of some of the code :D

Change of plans.

after doing some more photoshopping, i have changed my website homepage's (and other pages) background.

i like this one a little more.i even made it an animated .gif file. click the image and watch the eyes!! :D

my homepage background

heres a little preview of the image Ive been working on for my homepage background.i added that quote from Bruce lee because its one of my favorites of all time :D

Corvus who?

 corvusart

 this is a really cool site that had a lot of cool website designs, some very inspiring stuff! 

"We are a small web and graphic design studio based out of beautiful San Luis Obispo, California, with associates in San Francisco and San Jose. We provide distinctive web, identity, and print solutions for businesses and individuals. Although we occasionally provide services to large corporations, we cater mainly to small and medium sized businesses, as well as startups and independent contractors." taken from their "about" page.

Much Cleaner Stripes Youve Got There!

An even better striped background generator, much nicer i think :)

Even Better Pattern Maker

I found yet ANOTHER online generator!
this one is a small web app that lets you create patterns, edit color, scale, opacity and even canvas texture :)
this one IS similar to the other pattern but i think its slightly better because its free to download the hi-res image you make and it gives you a live preview one he page itself (the other one let you download a png but not a hi-res image.)
Link: http://bgpatterns.com/

Stripes Stripes and more Stripes!

I found another cool little online generator, this one let you create stripes, use any colors that you want and then download the final result :)

Pattern Cooler Patterns

heres a handy little pattern maker that i stumbled across. it lets you choose from a pre-made example, edit the color scheme, choose the size of the pattern to repeat and then download a .png file of the pattern which you can use. all for free!

i think i might even use one as a background for my website.well see how it goes :)

Let There Be Light-box!

Here is an AWESOME tutorial for making an image gallery that a friend of mine put me onto.this site is perfect for what i wanted. it tells you all about the lightbox, how to set it up and how it works. good stuff!! :D

"Lightbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers."  -taken from the lightbox website.

Link: http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/

Color Scheme Designer 3

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

This thing is AWESOME!