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credit
This layout was made by
Rebecca for
Leena only. Resources used on layout (brushes, textures, etc.) from
The Resource Page.
portfolio
Total count: 261
Goal for 2009: 230 300
I do not delete ANY of my buttons!
Favorite buttons made so far:

for you

This little section is called
For You. It's pretty much a place where you can find helpful tips for your button request site, and resources, including button bases and a small tutorial that will teach you how to make a button. For another great tutorial, go to
Ashyaruu's Button Tutorial!
button bases
Total count: 55
Goal for 2009: 70
Credit is mandatory!
Button base by Buttoness.
button making tutorial
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step one: image
First, choose a nice image. If you are going to use a neopets item, go to
ABT!
If you go to the Neopets background page you will find a lot of really nice neopet images. If you want an off neo image, I would highly recommend flickr*com rather than tinypic, photobucket, or google because the images are higher quality. I chose a neopet image:

The URL: http://images.neopets.com/games/new_tradingcards/lg_eyriecelebration.gif
Notice how I bolded lg in the URL? If you change that to sm, then the image will be shrunk and you will have this:

That's why I like to use neopet images! Copy and paste the image onto your fresh new paint window. You should paste while you are zoomed in. To zoom in, use your magnifying tool (
). Crop your image so the size of it is now 88x31, or whatever the size you want it to be. To do this, press Ctrl+E on your keyboard, or go to Image - Attributes and set your dimensions to 88x31 pixels. After you do thise, you should get something like this:

Then I add horizontal or diagonal lines with Photoshop or Fotoflexer:
step two: text
I would suggest you do not use any of the default fonts on your computer. Download a pixel font from any font site.
Some people do this step differently, but I will tell you how I do it.
First, choose a font. Then, go to attributes again and set your dimensions to 88x62. If you know math, then that is double the size you had before. Type in your text in the white area, and zoom in. Next, use your selecting tool (
) and select the text just one pixel around the border. Then, press Ctrl+I or go to Image - Invert Colors. You should have something like this:

Now, use your pencil or straight line tool (
) (
) and erase the extra black so that you are left with just a nice 1px text border around your text:

Then, fill in your white area with a color, preferrably grey:

Right-click the color grey in your color selector box. Then, put a border around the new grey area with your border tool (
) as if that was your button. Then, put some white padding in. I am making a sold border button:

Next, place your text where you think you would place it on the button in the border. Then, color the border in with the color you want. Also make sure you choose the transparent box to your left:

If you want to use a gradient, open up a new paint window, and make yourself a 88x88 gradient. Do this before you color in your text border! Then, flip it 90 degrees by selecting the entire gradient and press Ctrl+R on your keyboard, or go to Image - Flip/Rotate, and then select 90 degrees. Then, right click the color black in your color pallette and paste your text and border on top of your gradient. Make sure the transparent box is selected to your left. This is my gradient text and border:

For this tutorial, I am going to continue with the gradient border! After pasting your text and border onto your gradient, copy and paste it again onto your main button window.
step three: the final product
Now you are finally going to finish your button! Paste your border and text onto your button base, and zoom out, and admire your button:

WOW! What a lovely button we made! It's looking a bit boring though...how about we add some cool shapes to it? I am going to use border #13 for this button:

But if you are making a gradient button, I would suggest you put the squares on before putting it on your gradient, so your squares will have a little gradient effect to it. With my squares, this is how my button looks like now as the final product:

See? Much more unique! You can do the same making your own borders. If you are going to use a border that requires transparency, make sure you can make your button transparent!
CONGRATULATIONS! You just made a button using Buttoness's amazing button tutorial! If want to learn how to animate, read the tutorial below! You just became a Buttoness! Or Buttoner if you're a boy.
button site rankings

This is where I get to rank other button request sites in the following categories: Best layout (must be made/coded by you), best content (quality), most content (quantity), most original, and lastly, most visited by me! There will be
five sites in each category, except the last extra category will have
ten sites!
The best thing is, your site doesn't have to be an all button request site except for the last category! Your site might be listed in directories under graphics, requests or premades, but if you include button requests, then you might be on here! I only list active sites on here (has updated within the last week).
Do you not agree with something for a catagory? Neomail me by clicking here! Also nemail me if there is a brand new button request site that you think might make it here!
best layout
**All these sites' layouts are made/coded by the owner.
1. Artful Conception
2. In This Moment
3. Pinkstar

4. Sweetest Moments

5. Desire
best content (quality)
1. The Goodie Box
2. Desire
3. Futago

4. In This Moment
5. Sparks of Magic
most content (quantity)
**Most content as is
buttons.
I might be invalid in this category. Did you find a site with more content than the sites below? Please neomail me!
1. The Goodie Box
2. Sparks of Magic
3. Futago

5. B'Quest

5. Sweetest Moments
most original
**These sites may not be active!
1. The Goodie Box
2. Artful Conception
3. Desire
4. Eighty Eight

5. Futago
most visited by me!
I visit these sites to just for the fun of it! Why? Because most of these sites are always updating and making more buttons.
1. Sparks of Magic

2. The Goodie Box
3. Exhilarating*
4. CHARLIE

5. Paprika

5. In This Moment
my top 10 favorites (100% Button Request sites)
**This would be my rankings if I were to have a ranking site!
1. The Goodie Box
2. Desire
3. In This Moment
4. Sparks of Magic

5. Sweetest Moments

6. Pinkstar

7. No Tomorrow
8. B'Quest
9. Exhilarating*
10. Paprika
sitely
updates
november 21, 2009
Phew, my stinkin' piano recital is over! It was horrible! D: The piano wasn't a real piano, it was an electric one, and it was SOO different from my paino and my teacher's. So I made tons of mistakes. :(
+8 buttons!
november 20, 2009
I'm very sad today. :( But I got a lot done. :) I have to practice for my recital as well. :/ For all you
tare Panda lovers (including me), I made 9 tare panda button bases! ^^
+6 buttons
+11 button bases
+Made layout for Leena
november 19, 2009
Today's open house at the elementary school for my sisters, so I have to go. I will make more buttons hopefully. I also have a piano recital coming up, so I have to practice for that too.
+1 button (so far!)
+Modified rankings!
+Got reviewed (100%!)
+1 review award
+New options coming VERY soon!
november 18, 2009
Requests are open!
+5 buttons
november 17, 2009
I made 5 buttons today, but after I uploaded them, one of them looks bad, so I am redoing that one. So Reall,y I made
4 buttons.
+4 buttons
+1 button base
november 16, 2009
There's nothing much I can say, because I am really busy today and didn't make a lot of things.
+1 button (so far)
+1 button base
november 15, 2009
Got reviewed at
Shibuya Station and received an 85/100. ^^ I got an award, but have a lot of things to fix up! Ji also pointed out that I spelled quality wrong on my banner, :/ Also,
Happy Birthday, Neopets! I also used Picnik on two of the buttons I made today, and I think they both turned out lovely! ^^
+3 buttons
+1 button base
november 14, 2009

Tomorrow is
Neopet's 10th b-day! Congratulations, Neopets! I also got reviewed at
Steamed and merited a 81/80! ^^ Problems were layout loading and no navigation, and I got 5 extra bonus points. Guess what else? I requested a bunny pixel from one of my favorite pixel sites,
Kingdom Pixels, and it turned out perfect!
+10 button bases
+3 buttons (so far!)
november 13, 2009
It's Friday the...13th! You guys better watch out!
But today, I'm feeling pretty lucky! I did well in school, and actually had a lot of fun! I also made a few things for Buttoness!
+4 buttons
+1 button for Butttoness
-1 button for Buttoness
+1 new and original button border!
november 11, 2009
Okay, so I lied yesterday, because at night, I got about 5 requests! All you Hello Kitty fans out there will love my button base update! I also decided to keep 10 days of updates because Amy got reviewed at Shibuya Station, and I learned a lot just from her review.
+5 buttons
+9 button bases
november 10, 2009
I can't believe I didn't get any new button requests today! :o But I don't really care ,because then I would have more time to make more buttons, and I also believe I won't close requests in a
long time. ^^
+6 buttons
+4 button bases
link back
affies

Apply by clicking
here! Your site must be a high quality, well organized site,
button request, graphics, pixel, layout/CSS site, or any site that has something to do with graphics.
sister site

I think it's pretty cool to have your real life sister to have a button request site. Amy's site, Sparks of Magic, is a true spark of magic. The owner is my real sister, and she is a great button maker! Knowing that she spends free time working on buttons, I should tell you that she is an extraodinary button maker!
my companion

The Goodie Box (TGB for short), is the best place to request a button (or banner)! TGB also makes high quality graphics and Stephanie is one of the nicest and talented people I've met. The Goodie Box should be one of the 7 Wonders of the World. xD
my other site

Foomanshu is your #1 source for high quality graphics! Please visit Foomanshu and use helpful resources, lovely graphics, and maybe apply to be affies! Foomanshu needs some more!
listed at
reviews
rankings/featured at
awards/gifts
about me

Hello everyone, I am Rebecca (
ahsomness). I've been playing Neopets for 5 years! I am a Chinese girl that plays 2 instruments: The piano and violin. I started piano when I was 7, 5 years ago. So if you know how to do math, you can figure out my age. ^^ My favorite food is probably orange chicken. But the funny thing is, I used to be a vegetarian!

I felt sorry for the animals, and I once cried a little when I saw a live fish get cut in half. But now, I still feel sorry for them, but I know that they are already dead, and their death can't be reversed, so why not just eat it?
I have an adorable pet rabbit named
Lexie. :3 I love
animals, and if I could have one wish, it would be to save all the animals in the world from abuse and neglect, and to feed the poor. I also want pollution and global warming to not exist! My two favorite animals are rabbits and pandas. ^^
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