History

This is where it all started for me: livejournal.

I created my personal blog – gawariel – in September 2003. My layout was a default generator one, because I didn’t know one could customize their own layout. I was absolutely clueless about HTML and had never even heard about CSS!

But then I felt the need to create my own style, create a layout that fit me and I started searching the internet.
The world of design and code opened up to me and I have never looked back since!

I created a community on livejournal – gawariel_design – to store all the layouts I made and perhaps make other people happy with them.
I have always been overwhelmed with how much love I got and get from my members. They are the reason why the community still exists and why I expanded to a website.

gawariel_design

All my livejournal layouts are stored at gawariel_design and this will remain so.
You will need to become a member of the community to be able to view the layouts, but other than that it is completely free! As of January 2010 the community is an open one. No need to become a member to be able to use the layouts!

To see a preview of all the layouts posted on gawariel_design, follow this link!

Commissions

Sometimes I will decide to do a commissions at my community.
This means that I give my members the chance to buy a custom layout from me, completely designed to their needs and desires. These commissioned layouts are fairly cheap, considering the time and effort I put in them to give the commissioner exactly what they want:

• Journal layout:
  MINIMUM price for a basic layout with graphics and CSS is $15 (USD). I can ask for more if:
  • your layout required lots of work
  • your layout contained some difficulties
  • your layout includes user/theme layers
  • the requester changed their minds frequently




• Profile layout:
  A profile matching the requested layout will cost $8 (USD).
  A profile layout made out of scratch (also if you only request a profile layout) will cost $10 (USD)




• Extra graphics:
  Price depends on the time spend on making them, but it will never be more then $5 (USD)

To apply for a commission, you need to be a member of the community and you’ll need to wait for me to post an entry there stating that I am open for commissions.
The number of commissions I do is always limited to leave me time to create free layouts and graphics.

To see a showcase of finished commissions, follow this link.
To read what people who bought a commission from me have to say, follow this link.