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Title: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 07, 2011, 07:50:58 AM
Themes are pretty fun to make, they are simple and provide good exercise in design for me. I've actually scrapped a lot of themes, some of which are partially done. I'm putting this up to possibly gather suggestions/direction or maybe just see which designs I should prioritize and actually finish =P.

Minimally Dark: I at one point was feeling the dark look.
(http://kttns.org/e2ymy) (http://kttns.org/dq3zd)

Shelved: Everything borrowed but the shelf for mockup purposes.
(http://kttns.org/dc1nm) (http://kttns.org/2m0nz)

TF2 War: Sort of complete, but unhappy with the end result. The Cham bug with transparency in opt screen is the main annoyance =/
(http://kttns.org/u4oti) (http://kttns.org/zmeyy)

Retro feel: Rainbow Apple FTW
(http://kttns.org/y2mji) (http://kttns.org/dk1zj)

I also have several ideas that I haven't yet created mockups for:
I will update whenever I have new mockups to present ;-)



(http://kttns.org/mzzty)
Completed:
Angelbird
LoginToLion
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Blackosx on July 07, 2011, 08:53:14 AM
Hey Enzo

Lol.. I know what you mean for having unfinished / shelved ideas lying around.. :)

From looking at your post I would say release all of them! but then again I know how much work is involved to finish a theme so I understand why you haven't. Angelbird does look finished so I think that must be the first one to complete.

Well done with your continued drive with themes as your work is loved by all - so keep it up.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Gringo Vermelho on July 09, 2011, 07:24:27 AM
  • Retro-styled theme. Something that capitalizes on the Rainbow Apple icon ;-).

And "yellowed plastic" colored background ;D like an old Mac Plus or Apple II.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 09, 2011, 08:52:16 PM
  • Retro-styled theme. Something that capitalizes on the Rainbow Apple icon ;-).

And "yellowed plastic" colored background ;D like an old Mac Plus or Apple II.

Played with the idea:
(http://kttns.org/y2mji) (http://kttns.org/dk1zj)
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Gringo Vermelho on July 10, 2011, 12:31:11 AM
That's cool!

Maybe this will inspire you, this is an old Apple HD20, a Mac Plus hard drive:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/itemimages/236/706/236706_medium.jpg

And the Apple ProFile, a 5MB ;D hard drive for the Apple II:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24939414@N07/2356745680/

Apple M3958 External SCSI CD ROM drive:
http://www.recycledgoods.com/products/Apple-M3958-CD-600E-External-CD-ROM-Drive.html
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 19, 2011, 06:58:54 AM
AngelBird finally up. Will have to work on another one soon...
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 19, 2011, 11:50:15 PM
(http://kttns.org/mzjkx) (http://kttns.org/a5otb)

Half of the work is half done =P
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Windows04 on July 20, 2011, 12:49:30 AM
(http://kttns.org/mzjkx) (http://kttns.org/a5otb)

Half of the work is half done =P

This is like um.. F*cking awesome :D hoping this will release soon :D
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: onecubeowner on July 20, 2011, 07:05:26 PM
(http://kttns.org/mzjkx) (http://kttns.org/a5otb)

Half of the work is half done =P

Simply amazing. Thanks for putting this together, Enzo. I look forward to its release.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Blackosx on July 22, 2011, 01:03:25 PM
Yep. Nice works as always Enzo. Your attention to detail makes your themes stand out. Well done :)
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 23, 2011, 10:08:48 AM
Thanks =)

I hadn't really worked on it since lol, but I'm back on it, got the circle frame down, playing with images for Linux/Win. I think what I'd prob do is do a pre-release with only linux/win/mac devices and some recycled menu icons here in this thread (for anyone that's in a rush to get it?). I know I'd start using it soon as it suited my needs =P. It's the rest that takes me a little more time anyways.

Edit:
Keeping the whole "User Accounts" feel with photo-ish images, and as for the selection, installer look anyone?  :P:
http://kttns.org/zmjmx
I think this is the way I'll finish it up, but I'm already thinking of doing simple icon alternatives haha.
This is the basic resources done, I'll start cranking out the theme files tomorrow.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Krishna21 on July 23, 2011, 06:24:42 PM
Dude..shelves looks great..I'd love to see a full version of that :)
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 24, 2011, 04:37:24 AM
Crunched out the basics today, so only:
•GenericLinux, Win, Lion Device icons, the rest use the same Generic icon
•Backgrounds for popular resolutions in Alternates Folder
•Only a simple progressbar
•Apple Logo

Still need to do proper menu icons matching the shutdown/restart icons in Lion Login window. Also need to match all elements in Chameleon (info boxes, etc). Font seems ok, can be better. Might also do alternate icons for all OS'.

LoginToLion, a pre-release version ;) : http://cl.ly/8glO
Looks something like: http://kttns.org/f/jyjmw
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Windows04 on July 24, 2011, 05:02:46 AM
Wow Enzo really impressed by your work :D just a little idea from myself: it would be cool of you could create some "circles" for windows/linux/os x based on the default background of these operating systems (with linux, i mean the background of ubuntu), would be really cool also, but thanks already for this prerelease :D
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 24, 2011, 05:03:40 AM
Wow Enzo really impressed by your work :D just a little idea from myself: it would be cool of you could create some "circles" for windows/linux/os x based on the default background of these operating systems (with linux, i mean the background of ubuntu), would be really cool also, but thanks already for this prerelease :D

That would be easy to do, I'll have it in the soon final version ;)
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: ikingblack on July 24, 2011, 05:07:55 PM
Wow, Enzo, the Lion Login screen one looks great! I was thinking that instead of an arrow, you could make a the selected "user" glow?

Thanks though.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Windows04 on July 24, 2011, 10:03:33 PM
Thanks man :D
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 26, 2011, 05:42:53 AM
Wow, Enzo, the Lion Login screen one looks great! I was thinking that instead of an arrow, you could make a the selected "user" glow?

Thanks though.

I'll play with the idea, if I like it, I'll add it as an alternate.

Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on July 28, 2011, 10:58:53 AM
Phew! Done with the devices and the alternates! Now just gotta make the menu icons and then start crunching out the files, optimized for the boot screen ;).
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on August 04, 2011, 11:55:15 PM
Finally took some time to finish LoginToLion! Fixed the fonts and the background image, added a custom menu, everything matches now ;-). LOTS of alternates in the alternates folder, well I guess it's only like 2 sets =P. I may upload the PSD for this. I'll post the theme up later in the release section with a preview, for now, you may download it here:

http://cl.ly/94kK
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: onecubeowner on August 05, 2011, 08:18:30 AM
Finally took some time to finish LoginToLion! Fixed the fonts and the background image, added a custom menu, everything matches now ;-). LOTS of alternates in the alternates folder, well I guess it's only like 2 sets =P. I may upload the PSD for this. I'll post the theme up later in the release section with a preview, for now, you may download it here:

http://cl.ly/93D7

downloading now.... thank you.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Blackosx on August 05, 2011, 09:21:04 AM
Finally took some time to finish LoginToLion! Fixed the fonts and the background image, added a custom menu, everything matches now ;-).
Brilliant.. Nice work Enzo and well done for finishing it. :)

One note: Maybe you could increase the value of <key>infobox_width</key>?  This is because font_console.png is quite wide and displaying boot help.txt in the menu causes corruption as the complete text doesn't fit in the box.

I'll post the theme up later in the release section with a preview.
Great. I'm sure this theme will prove popular.

LOTS of alternates in the alternates folder.
I see - Nice.. I'm glad you've added the extra device icons too as hopefully this will answer Slice's request for cat icons for different versions of OS X. If I read his intentions correctly then it would be good to see a Snow Leopoard icon and Lion icon on the same GUI screen.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on August 05, 2011, 10:21:56 AM
Thanks Black, fixed that.

Yeah, I also included a monospaced alt font for font_console for those that make heavy use of the output stuff ;).

Edited post, also here: http://cl.ly/94kK
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on October 22, 2011, 11:33:08 PM
Messed with this (http://f.cl.ly/items/0K1E2L1D161x3I1R3u2p/Screen%20Shot%202011-10-22%20at%201.55.41%20PM.png)
and:
(http://f.cl.ly/items/2F0i0X0t1i2D210V203b/Screen%20Shot%202011-10-22%20at%201.53.25%20PM.png)
(http://f.cl.ly/items/2c1q1j0W2Y3V2N1t3B3Y/Screen%20Shot%202011-10-22%20at%201.52.32%20PM.png)


Why are we so hooked on grey? =P
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Gringo Vermelho on October 23, 2011, 04:13:34 AM
Sweet!
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Blackosx on October 24, 2011, 04:28:10 PM
Nice.. Keep' em flowing Enzo  :P
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on October 25, 2011, 12:12:17 AM
Wish this was possible:
(http://kttns.org/2fhy)
Let's have Cham modified so it adjusts the text to the right of the device icon when in Vertical/List view!
Edit: I see the bg color almost matches the forum's! haha.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on October 25, 2011, 04:17:11 AM
More playing
(http://kttns.org/ndcyz)
Very uninspired, need to start something new!
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on November 23, 2012, 09:57:12 PM
How about a Metro/Win8 start screen theme? If I keep it simple, should be quick work. =P
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Blackosx on November 23, 2012, 11:55:04 PM
Hey Enzo.
That'll be something to look foward to!
Keep up your great work buddy  ;D
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on December 05, 2012, 10:48:41 PM
Thanks Black =).

I think I came up with a great way to do a Win8 Theme, but I would need to make serious time for it.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on August 19, 2013, 05:25:28 AM
Who's feeling light and easy?
(http://f.cl.ly/items/1U3Q2P2H0v3n26461l12/Theme---Mavericks-Boot.png) (http://f.cl.ly/items/3y233i0E3w252j0T0r0C/Theme---Mavericks-Boot.png)
Playing with all white, feeling the Mavericks icon. Quick mockup, the X is the wrong font I know =p.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Blackosx on August 19, 2013, 05:43:42 PM
This will be a look we'll all be getting used to soon so why not.
Good job Enzo :)
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on August 20, 2013, 12:30:09 AM
(http://f.cl.ly/items/2Z0Z0s0q1T3y2c1A3i0G/Theme%20-%20Mavericks%20Boot.png) (http://f.cl.ly/items/3c3h1p2n3N1B1Y0c400C/Theme%20-%20Mavericks%20Boot.png)

Might need to make this soon =p.
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Blackosx on August 20, 2013, 08:55:15 AM
Go for it.. it's great!.
I'm sure it will be well received.
 ;D
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Clayf700 on October 24, 2013, 05:53:45 AM
(http://f.cl.ly/items/2Z0Z0s0q1T3y2c1A3i0G/Theme%20-%20Mavericks%20Boot.png) (http://f.cl.ly/items/3c3h1p2n3N1B1Y0c400C/Theme%20-%20Mavericks%20Boot.png)

Might need to make this soon =p.

Wow, this needs to be a thing. This is easily the most impressive theme I have seen so far. How close are you to finishing?
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on October 24, 2013, 07:24:01 AM
Thanks Clayf700,

Like I said in the pm, it's close, just some tedious work left. I will resume working on it, and try to churn it out soon.
Good idea on the logos, will have to be an alternate, quick mockup:

(http://f.cl.ly/items/103k1L0T392x132v3l40/Theme---Mavericks-Boot.png) (http://f.cl.ly/items/46363R1e1E012v1A0z3H/Theme---Mavericks-Boot.png)
Title: Re: Half-Way Themes and ideas =)
Post by: Enzo on October 26, 2013, 05:25:56 AM
Ok I figured out how to work around that pesky Cham bug with transparency (for this particular theme). Will churn it out soon.