Umi is pretty.

yes she is :)
would you please consider using the gray gradient above your umi picture? would make the banner fit more into its place. thank you <3

Don't know what you mean, but I'm guessing it's related to me not knowing how I'm supposed to do the background, because there is nothing for it in the template as far as I can tell. I just made >>51 and added it as background.

There :) its a LAYERED Fireworks png I sent over to Rick years ago <3

As Rick said bellow, there is a "Yggdrasil text" named layer there. in it, you have 3 bitmaps. One for the actual text, and 2 others that you can put over your pictures, which are anywhere in the underlaying layers...

There's no layer named "Yggdrasil text" in my file. The 2 text layers only have options for shadows.

And the file I just uploaded here for you???

I don't have fireworks, photoshop is apparently unable to deal with it.

darn :( thank you for checking <3

this is how it looks for me... :(

Alrighty, just got Fireworks, but I still have no idea what you guys want me to do. :D

there is a bitmap named "bottom fade to grey". turned on :) (eye icon) paste your image in the "pics under wakeup"

layer

done in fireworks

with grey line

without grey line, looking fine

oh, well, do as you see fit :) I would like it better if her chin would blend in more <3 (and would fit more to the overall header background...)