New blockquote graphics

22 Sep 2004

I just finished whipping up a nice blockquote background image in The GIMP, following a random spurt of creativity. There are a few other projects in the works, but this is the only one I’m really free to screw with as much as I want in terms of design, so bleh!

Complete with a touch of Lorem Ipsum, a blockquote element with text inside it.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Integer semper quam non purus. Suspendisse velit. Morbi tellus nunc, tincidunt gravida, sollicitudin eget, sagittis nec, neque. Donec lectus. Maecenas ornare lectus sed risus vestibulum consequat. Morbi nec arcu. Sed odio tellus, convallis vel, cursus vitae, consectetuer a, justo. Proin interdum, erat a ultricies pellentesque, lorem tortor porta nunc, in elementum mauris turpis vitae wisi. Cras ultrices nibh ut est. Phasellus tempor, sapien vitae porttitor imperdiet, nulla dolor iaculis ligula, vitae venenatis dui risus id risus. Phasellus lorem. Ut lorem turpis, volutpat eget, facilisis id, pretium vel, odio. Sed aliquam varius leo. Integer lacinia eleifend turpis.

Mauris felis sapien, gravida non, dignissim vel, egestas in, enim. Nunc turpis orci, pulvinar ut, suscipit vel, vehicula non, velit. Donec sit amet nisl eget purus dignissim egestas. Ut molestie. Ut tincidunt accumsan eros. Praesent neque. Pellentesque rutrum pede ut wisi. Suspendisse non diam nec urna porta ultricies. Curabitur cursus, quam a nonummy vulputate, quam lectus sagittis mauris, quis ornare nibh pede et augue. Fusce venenatis. Donec congue eleifend neque. Donec sagittis. Maecenas urna augue, sagittis quis, convallis sed, sagittis id, leo. Vestibulum interdum arcu nec dui. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Donec nulla leo, placerat ut, tempus sit amet, tincidunt at, dolor. Nam eu lacus eu orci rhoncus semper. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Praesent sit amet nunc.

Praesent sit amet lacus. Ut interdum interdum odio. Mauris a libero nec felis viverra laoreet. Donec tortor eros, lobortis non, pulvinar ut, posuere in, elit. Proin sagittis, lectus at semper pretium, mi libero accumsan nisl, sed nonummy ipsum massa id ligula. In justo dolor, luctus vitae, suscipit in, facilisis posuere, sem. Cras sed felis. Mauris interdum congue augue. Sed blandit egestas augue. Quisque mi purus, tincidunt et, pellentesque eget, volutpat non, leo. In eu nulla. Aliquam interdum dui gravida tellus. Phasellus leo pede, vehicula ac, scelerisque in, auctor sit amet, magna. Proin blandit massa sed dolor. Vestibulum metus. Donec feugiat, est id fermentum auctor, arcu lorem pharetra sem, id interdum dolor purus et felis. Nam ultrices. Proin mollis libero sit amet augue. Quisque in quam ac magna sodales porttitor.

Thoughts, comments, opinions?

LATER NOTE: This graphic as at this time hosted on my home machine, as I was still playing with it when I turned things off last night. I know the size is too large, but that’s not a concern at the minute, as I haven’t even thought about optimising it yet. Also, it’s a PNG image with transparency, which means it displays poorly in IE (sans hacks, which I’d rather not use) — so, in the works, either a GIF 89a version or JPG with a background colour matched to the blockquote element. Just to clarify, I was more interested in artistic/design related comments than technical criticisms. Apologies if the original post was a tad unclear!