OK, so maybe we haven’t been nice enough to you guys. We asked for your help on new layout ideas… then we stopped talking. Admittedly, I like to keep my big projects “hush-hush”. Normally, I wouldn’t tell you guys until the day of release… maybe hype it a bit in advance (trust me, we’ll be hyping this one). But you did us a favor, and now I feel bad.

As much as I’d like to, I can’t show you any of the real layout. This is because it’s still very much a work in progress. Things are changing so often that if I showed you something today, chances are it’d be completely different tomorrow. I will share some cool things about it, though:

- Our headers (some, not all) will be a combination of movie and book images (pictures from the movie, book covers). Don’t whine because you hated the movie and blah blah blah! Trust me, we did too, but it looks good! What’s cooler is that for it to work, our designer (Sam) had to draw the dragon heads (the ones that Palencar drew for the covers) full bodies! They look great.
- We’re going to have a new “logo”-type header text (where the title is on the “banner”). Hopefully we’ll use it in some future shirts.
- The left navigation is mostly done and looks great! That’ll probably be the first thing we share pictures of, so hang tight!

Sorry I can’t share more, but like I said, that’s all we have set in stone right now. However, image-wise, I can show you the “placement layout” I drew up:

(Click to see the big version)

Basically (before you jump to conclusions), this “placement layout” doesn’t show any actual colors, graphics, stylization, etc. It shows where things will be placed (and sizing is accurate down to the pixel) and how things will be organized. I filled it in with loads of text, so you can read all about how the new layout will work. Quite frankly, I think it’s really cool!

Anyway, I can’t stress enough that the “placement layout” IS NOT A REAL LAYOUT! Like I said, all it shows is where things will go, how big they’ll be, and how the new layout will function and be organized!

Keep checking back!

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