TILEWORK Room 1: The Elements

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T I L E W O R K Room 1: The Elements
Front desk · Elements · Fabric · Surfaces

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Words in a white table stay readable, even on a freshly mowed lawn.

GRASS · grass.gif · 64 x 64 · 1,732 bytes
A lawn seen from straight above, blades in five greens.
Match it: bgcolor #378121 · white table, text #1F4D12, links #7A3E00
Good for: gardening, golf, soccer leagues, camping, the church picnic.
Tag: <body background="grass.gif" bgcolor="#378121">
This is the tile I get the most mail about. The trick was making the blades lean different ways so your eye can't find the grid.

Words in a white table float right on top of the pool.

WATER · water.gif · 128 x 128 · 2,437 bytes
Swimming-pool blue with wobbly lines of sunlight on the bottom.
Match it: bgcolor #1F7BCC · white table, text #003366, links #CC3300
Good for: swim teams, beach trips, aquariums, boating, summer camp.
Tag: <body background="water.gif" bgcolor="#1F7BCC">
The light lines are the hardest thing in the library to wrap, since they have to join up across all four edges. Took me three weekends.

On flames, go dark: a black table with gold words.

FLAMES · flames.gif · 96 x 96 · 2,074 bytes
Rows of orange fire on black.
Match it: bgcolor #6D2B0A · black table, text #FFCC66, links #FF6633
Good for: hot rods, heavy metal, video game clans, chili cook-offs.
Tag: <body background="flames.gif" bgcolor="#6D2B0A">
Please don't put yellow text straight on this one. I see it every week. It's like reading a newspaper that's on fire, which it sort of is.

Soft enough for a baby page, and the words still come first.

BUBBLES · bubbles.gif · 128 x 128 · 2,216 bytes
Soap bubbles of every size on aqua.
Match it: bgcolor #9DDAF0 · white table, text #1C3F7A, links #B03060
Good for: kids' pages, new babies, fish tanks, bath and soap crafts.
Tag: <body background="bubbles.gif" bgcolor="#9DDAF0">
The one my niece picked. She's four and she has strong opinions.

Front desk · Elements · Fabric · Surfaces

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