When I was invited to create templates for Sapo’s blog platform, I was really excited at the opportunity of finally creating something totally clear from client constraints. As it turned out, it’s a lot harder for me to work in such a free manner. Staring at the blank canvas, it felt a bit more like art than design, but once I got started, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of making completely different styles for the same layout.

The first six templates are finally available for the platform users to chose for their blogs. You can see them here:

Are you serious?, a darker theme to start.

Shinny Happy People, for bubbly teenagers.

The Gazette, to spread the news.

Missangas, for all the crafty people that want to share their creations.

Writing on the wall, for travelers and cat lovers.

Sketchbook, a spin-off of my own site, as requested by Jonasnuts.

These are just preview pages, all filled up with lipsum, the real thrill will be finding real blogs using these templates. If you find some, please leave me a comment with a url, I’d love to check out who my real clients are, after all.

On another note, if you are a Sapo Blogs user, you can also leave suggestions for future templates, I’m looking forward to the second round.