About the Site
I'll admit that I once had grand plans for this site. At one time, I hoped for Neogrotesque to become one of those giant graphics sites with hundreds upon hundreds of graphics. It's not that I've given up, but that I just couldn't stand to look at some of my old designs anymore. My designs have evolved and changed over the years, and I'd like to think that I'm constantly improving. As such, any graphics that I feel are no longer up to par will be deleted without notice-- grab what you like while it's still up.
I have no lofty ideals about my selflessness in providing these graphics; I make them because I enjoy it. Even though I appreciate credit for my work, it's not necessary, and you're welcome to do whatever you want with it. You can ignore the "rules" that I've put on my premade layouts; they're outdated and I was too lazy to change them. I've been using other people's resources, learning from other people's code, and looking for inspiration in other people's work ever since I started out as a designer, and I would be a hypocrite to put restrictions on my work.
The Domain
I originally picked the title Neogrotesque as reference to a song by Pierrot, from their ID Attack album, but as the years went by, I realized that the title has more meaning than just that. A "new grotesque" is something that is at once modern and classical. It can be something strange, fantastic, ugly, incongruous, unpleasant, or bizzare, and I think it describes perfectly the essence of my designs.
A Little History
Under its original title, Firefly Studios, Neogrotesque opened on June 27, 2004 as a sort of jack-of-all-trades graphics site. It featured jrock, anime/manga, game, and neutral graphics somewhat equally. As time passed, however, I found myself increasingly making jrock graphics and neglecting the other areas of the site. As a result, in June 2006, I learned PHP/MySQL, recoded the site, and shifted the focus to primarily jrock graphics. On June 15, 2006, I renamed the site Neogrotesque and moved it to its own domain, where it now resides.
