passion for technology
Welcome to Graceful Lament, an online community that provides graphics and designs to the public free of charge. We strive to help new designers to learn all about webdesign, and provide valuable resources to established designers. Please feel free to navigate Graceful Lament with the navigation bar near the top. If you have a moment, please register for FREE in our community. Please also visit our forum, gallery and topsite, and sign our guestbook. So make yourself comfortable, and enjoy your stay!About Graceful Lament
History and Purpose
Graceful Lament was founded and is now maintained by Nancy Zheng & Grace Ruan. The project was started in February of 2005; it became officially online in May, 2005.
Graceful Lament started as a graphics website that provided layouts, wallpapers, and avatars to the general public. From there, we are expanding to bring more resources and create a community for online designers. Our greatest goal is to create a community where experienced designers can help introduce and inspire potential designers into this incredible field.
The name
The name, Graceful Lament is a meaningful name for both of us. "Graceful" describes the beauty and elegance of movement, style, form, or execution. This is a word that's related to both of Grace and Nancy's names. "Lament" is a mournful poem or a sorrowful song. This name was chosen to symbolize that beauty exists in all things, even in sadness. We design in hopes of bringing out the elegance of the subject matter that we choose to represent.
The host
Graceful-Lament is currently hosted by Dreamhost. Our past hosts include: Brownhost, Mind Intentions, Webmanage, and The Real Host.
The staff
We are so lucky to have the numerous dedicated staff at Graceful Lament. Their efforts are all highly appreciated. Great thanks to Miko, Ruby, and Alikai.
Our thanks also goes to our past staff, Rima, Ying, Sam, Allie, and Shadow.
