Headers
CURRENT CROP OF ROTATING HEADERS:
design by kiss the rain. featuring song hye kyo, daniel henney, jeon ji hyun, and lee jung jae
design by Luv featuring jae hee, han chae young, and han ye seul
design by Luv, featuring kim tae hee, rain, and shin dong wook
design by Luv, featuring lee da hae, kang ji hwan, and im soo jung
design by Luv, featuring daniel henney, yoon eun hye, and jang dong gun
design by Luv, featuring cast of coffee prince store #1:
gong yoo, yoon eun hye, lee seon kyun, and chae jung ahn
design by Luv, featuring gong yoo, song hye gyo, and song seung heon
design by Luv, featuring won bin, jeon ji hyun, and eric
design by Luv, featuring hyun bin, moon geun young, lee dong wook, gu hye sun, and eric
design by Luv, featuring jo in sung, kim sun ah, and so ji sub
design by Luv, featuring sa kang, ju ji hoon, and han hyo joo
design by Luv, featuring nam sang mi, ju ji hoon, and han ga in
design by Luv, featuring kim byul, go soo, and shin mina
design by Luv, featuring, clockwise from top left: so ji sub, kim ok bin, kim dong wan, and son ye jin
design by Luv, featuring kim haneul and eric
design by Luv, featuring chun jung myung, eugene, jo in sung, and park shin hye
design by merriwether, featuring jung ryeo won, lee eun sung, and jae hee
design by Luv, featuring gong hyo jin, ju jin mo, and park jin hee
design by Luv, featuring hyun bin, kim sun ah, jung ryeo won, and daniel henney
design by merriwether, featuring lee minki, im su jung, bi, and han ye seul
design by Luv, featuring son yeh jin and song hye gyo
design by Luv, featuring seo ji hye, tablo, and kang ji hwan
design by merriwether, featuring members of Clazziquai: dj clazzi, horan, and alex
design by Luv, featuring lee yeon hee, lee dong gun, han ye seul, lee junki, and nam sang mi
design by Luv, featuring heo yi jae, kim myung min, park shin hye, hyun bin, uhm tae woong, and jang dong gun
design by Luv, featuring jung yumi, go ara, and yoon kye sang
design by Luv, featuring kim ok bin (left), and cha tae hyun and kang hye jung of Flowers For My Life
design by Luv, featuring chun jung myung, lee junki, and lee dong gun
[Note: Dramabeans does not advocate smoking! But isn’t the banner pretty?]
design by Luv, featuring go ara and yoon kye sang of Who Are You?
design by Luv, featuring gong yoo and park shin hye
design by Luv, featuring lee minki, rain, shin mina, lee eon , and park min young
design by Luv, featuring han hyo joo
design by Luv, featuring jo in sung
design by Luv, featuring shin dong wook
design by Luv, featuring sung yuri
August 7th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
love Luv’s designs! and your obsession with CP is showing with the newest one. we like.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Love these headers! Thanks for taking time to explain who’s who in each.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Luv is prolific, i can tell. i love the newer ones. each one has hotties. we like.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
i love the new header with moon guen young.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
I like all of the headers! Is this all Luv? Or does Javabeans contribute ideas to the headers too?
I am so curious about the font type for the header with the following stars: gong yoo, song hye gyo, and song seung heon. I love that font and how “Javabeans” looks in that font! =)
The last merlot header is also very stylish! Love the color and how they all seem to mysteriously fit together in the header!
Good Job Luv!
August 30th, 2007 at 6:28 am
August 30th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
does she do this for a living? she’s really good. or does she have a tutorial? i’m incredibly helpless at making headers. the photos you’ve chosen here are wonderful; i don’t think i’ve ever seen them anywhere else.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Thank you so much gail, hua, okime, ginnie for all the kind words.
Your encouragements mean a lot to me.
I’m sorry for the late “reply”…hehe…I didn’t expect anyone to leave comments for me here…hehe…
To answer ginnie’s question about the “font type for the header with the following stars: gong yoo, song hye gyo, and song seung heon. “…the font is called Monika.
I love that font too…it almost makes me feel like I’m getting Javabean’s autograph…hehe…
And gail…hehe…no…I’m not doing this for a living.
I had a small window of opportunity years ago to get into that profession but I decided against it. It’s a lot more fun as a hobby.
And to Javabeans…I’m one of your biggest fans…hehe…Thank you so much for everything you do for us. Luv you.
September 1st, 2007 at 3:19 am
#8 Luv “I’m not doing this for a living.”
Fascinating. There are a lot of similarities here between you as graphics artist and javabeans as writer and translator. You aren’t a professional, but you do graphic design a whole lot better that many “real” professionals do, and moreover you do it fluently and fast. I notice you don’t take up the query about whether you have tutorial tips to offer, but I suspect that’s because each and every technique you use is already pretty well covered in existing Photoshop and similar tutorials, and even if people were a dab hand at those techniques, that wouldn’t make them even remotely capable of creating anything like you create, even if handed the same raw materials.
In the same way, javabeans must, on all the evidence, be a pretty fast and accurate typist, but investing in the latest Mavis Beacon CD isn’t going to turn anyone into a writer with javabeans’ powers. And as with javabeans in her writing, you achieve very impressive effects in your graphics precisely by never straining for effect. You see underlying patterns, contrasts and similarities in the geometry and rhythms and mood and hues of images (including typefaces, for which you have plainly a superb visual feel) and you create montages which allow others to share your visual imagination.
But most importantly, to my eyes at least, you and javabeans both do this the Blogland Way. You do it for love and share it with love, and the love and devotion you put into your work, both of you, comes out and touches all of us and enriches our lives all over the planet. Because you two do what you do so well and so generously, a lot of other people are encouraged to live and behave generously themselves. Not all the time, and maybe often not so much or so often that anyone would particularly notice; but all the same, you show that “making the world a better place” is neither a sentimental dream nor a cliché. You both do it, every day. I think that’s your truest and most valuable achievement.
September 1st, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Luv, the banners are GORGEOUS! Like others have said previously, the images, colors and font choices blend so well together. Thank you for providing us with these wonderful eye candies.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:57 am
These banners are niiiiiice!
I can’t wait too see what you make next XD
September 7th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
hi luv! i love how this page has become a conversation. thank you for providing such pleasing banners. keep on making them.
and won bin makes an appearance. my day is now complete. yay.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Thank you Luv for the answer. So it is Monika! I like!
I am loving the last header…everytime the header rotates, I’ll be secretly hoping that the ninth merlot header comes up! When it doesn’t, I sulk. HA!
I think things are sometimes better left as a hobby too…especially if you like the freedom to do it whenever, whatever and sometimes if don’t feel like it, you can just not do it. There are no restrictions and other motivations except for the love of doing it.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
September 9th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
*whispers* OK. I won’t tell a soul. *grins*
Maybe you could sneak it in two or three more times. I promise to do the Vegas thing. What happens here, stays here.
September 9th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
September 9th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Hi Luv,
Just wanted to say that your headers are quite exquisite - this coming from a Photoshop phobic and klutz. Thanks for sharing your talent! It’s a good thing that you included a good mix of male/female entertainers… cuz if it were up to me, this will be a fangirl playground and none of these fine actresses will ever make it onto the headers (hehehe).
September 20th, 2007 at 10:11 am
I wonder if the Favorite Child will remain a favorite.
Mama Javabeans has to split her heart so many ways to fit all her children…oh dear.
Dillema. Dillema.
The new child looks awesome with the effect…It kinda is too bright for me though.
Merlot banner still wins!!!!
Thanks Luv!
September 20th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Thank you so much everyone. I really enjoy reading the feedback.
Sorry for the late reply…I was traveling around the country (Yellowstone, Mountain Rushmore, Arches National Park…)…hehe…
Gramps…Thank you for all the kind words…You inspired me to keep on trying…hehe…
Cassey…”I can’t wait too see what you make next.” hehe…After I read your post that day…I tried to make one right away…but then something came up and I never get to finish it…When I have a chance…I’ll complete it…hehe…
Thanks tealeaf & doozy for your comments and all the encouragements.
Ginnie…that red one is my favorite too…hehe…but the blue one has some special meanings…hehe…
Actually…the theme for the blue one is change.
I told Javabeans the story behind it the other day…hehe…
At first I made it in black and white…Jo In Sung’s picture is almost like a sketch…he’s not “real”…hehe…you can see the transition as we get to the other side…hehe…
I added the blue tint…because that’s the color of hope.
I’m hoping that our dreams will come true.
September 20th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
#19 Luv “…. Mount Rushmore…”
Ah yes, I see a trace of the inspiration there. Those heads at different angles and levels along a horizontal plane… But who needs to bash big rocks when there’s Photoshop?
September 20th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
September 20th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Luv,
Ah…so that is the story behind the latest banner. What is the concept/theme behind the “Favorite Child”? Do you mind sharing?
Here’s my impression when I first saw the “Jo In Sung , Kim Sun Ah and So Ji Sub” banner…to share with you.
I was immediately attracted to the two extremes of change, the darkest side (So Ji Sub) and brightest side (Jo In Sung). But the middle empty space was very bright. Some reason it is as if light is coming off that space…very bright light. So my very first impression when I saw the banner was “Exposed Film”…it is like a film, it was exposed in the middle…
Another first impression…the Coffee Prince banner. For some really odd reason, I thought about “Milk” when I saw it..even with coffee beens in the banner, the overall colors and blotches of brown on white just reminds me of cow-motifs. Do I even make sense now? yeah…I risk sounding a little loony….
Thank you for sharing Luv!
September 20th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
My favorite is the latest header. It reminds me of overexposed B&W photographs/movies. It just speaks for my love for shadow and light. Ahh, life is like a good black and white photograph; there’s black, there’s white, and there’s many shades in between! Too bad javabeans can’t rotate the blog template color to compliment the rotating headers’ tones. That would be awesome. Great job Luv. Thanks for letting us in on the secrets of the header master. I dig the blue theme. Peace!
September 21st, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Ginnie & tealeaf…I thank you for sharing your thoughts…hehe…
I wanted Javabeans to “shine”…is she shinning too brightly? hehe…
I was working on that banner deep into the night. I’m not sure if I was waiting for the sun to rise or not…hehe…maybe Gramps is right about my sources of inspiration…hehe…
Ginnie…reading your impression on the Coffee Prince banner…reminds me of those optical illusions…sometimes different people see different things when given the same image. Our brains see things differently…hehe…and that’s the beauty of it.
I went back and looked at that banner again through your perspective and was thrilled to see what I haven’t seen before…hehe…Thanks.
This picture is one classic example of those optical illusions I talked about…
Let me know if you see the young or old lady first…hehe…
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8089/bodyandmindcognitivescibm5.jpg
As for the story behind the red banner…you might be surprised to hear but I don’t have a story for that one…hehe…except most of the pictures are top picks from a new batch of pictures she sent me. Oh…and Javabeans likes gu hye sun and eric next to each other.
I really like that picture of gu hye sun…I couldn’t recognize her at first.
Tealeaf…I also love black & white pictures…they’re so artistic…mysterious & lovely.
Thank you so much for your support.
September 21st, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Hey Luv,
Looks like you’re having your own mini-post within Javabeans’s world here. Your color tones are quite traditional. Have you ever consider combination of brown/green or brown/pink in the banners? Just curious…
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Heee…I remember the old lady vs. young lady illusion. I remember seeing a black and white version before…first time seeing this in color. I think first impressions are very strong and lasting. It is like no matter how much I remember seeing both old lady and young lady, I only remember the old lady’s features/face. hehe……
You know, I did not recognize Gu Hye Sun too. She’s always so sweet looking but this one..was somewhat different in a good way. I don’t know what exactly though. =)
September 25th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Love the new banner and the story behind it. Thanks Luv!
The merlot one is my favorite too. hehee. I like how it starts with hyun bin gazing out in the distance and as it goes across from left to right, there’s an increase in eye contact with the audience from the actors.
ginnie, on first glance, I thought Gu Hye Sun was Ba Doo Na.
Sarahbeans, is there a particular reason for the GHS and Eric pair-up?
September 25th, 2007 at 11:53 am
October 8th, 2007 at 8:16 am
oooooh la la……Luv did it again~
My favorite child now has a sibling that is snatching the top spot! I don’t know how to choose anymore..because I love the last header with Nam Sang Mi, Ju Ji Hoon, and Han Ga In. The colors are very comfortable to look at…very cozy-looking with nice dark shades. I also like Han Ga In’s eyes in this. So mesmerizing……
October 9th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
ginnie, I agree! Love the purple shade and picture choices. makes me happy looking at it.
Amazing job, Luv!
October 9th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I like both headers, especially the cig-puffing JJH pix - the smoke seals the deal for me. I also notice that its font is similar to those found on burlap coffee beans sacks, appropriate for the author of this blog. Nam Sang Mi looks so happy in the other header- she’s adorably appealing. Great job Luv.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Hehe…Thank you ginnie, doozy & tealeaf.
I made the happy banner after the sad one…
You might wonder why I kept using JJH’s pictures…hehe..
He’s not my most favorite actor but I was surprised how good his pictures turned out.
I made 3 banners that day. The first one is the darkest and the last one is the happiest. All 3 has JJH’s picture in there…lol…
I didn’t send the first one to Javabeans yet because…I’m trying to replace JJH…lol…but for some reasons…that picture of JJH is still the best choice…so I’m stuck.
His photographers are really good at capturing the right emotions. I’m so impressed.
Oh ginnie…I forgot to tell you…for that optical illusion picture…I always see the young lady…hehe…I didn’t see the old lady until I saw the color version of that picture…
Thank you so much to you & everyone for always leaving comments for me.
October 27th, 2007 at 2:27 am
really very nice banners
so gifted, luv and javabeans
October 30th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
i love love love, that you have son yeh jin on there…
i have to say that your banners are wow… kinda give a fuzzy feelling, especially the red one…and the one with sa kang…her expression, the smoke, the rain, perfect… javabeans and you make a great team…can i join you guys? i can color pretty well… lol… keep up the great work
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Would love to make some banners for this site since I really enjoy reading your entries. What do you think? Drop me a line (I’ve supplied my email so you should be able to see it or contact me through WITHS2, I’m yuns).
November 8th, 2007 at 10:46 am
The black and white header featuring kim haneul and eric is very sharp!
These two are matching surprisingly…like the placement of the objects in the header and having just two persons in the header.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Hey Luv!! I LUV your headers and I think you’re absolutely talented. I was wondering if you freelance or just do these for javabeans? I’d really LUV to have one of your custom made designs.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
okay so i loooooooooooove the new header.. jae hee anyone?? yummy…
November 28th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
yay, jae hee! eugene looks so different with the eye make-up.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Javabeans…may I suggest to have a poll on all these fantastic 2007 banners? =)
Maybe Favorite Banner Poll?
Since we were voting on dramas, I thought it’ll be fun to vote on things on your site too. -)