Homemade Start Buttons and Taskbars
Thursday, December 24, 2009 by ortizlgnd | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Reply #2 Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:57 PM
I created these taskbars and their respective (animated) start buttons completely from scratch using CS2. Enjoy!. btw: critique/comments appreciated. 
Reply #3 Thursday, December 24, 2009 2:31 PM
Not bad...but the one thing I wish skinners would get away from is the windows flag image. Every skin I have that had that got modded. 
Reply #4 Thursday, December 24, 2009 3:59 PM
WebGizmos,
Then maybe the Area 51 Taskbar and Start Button that I submitted is more to your liking.
Reply #5 Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:30 PM
The others look good...just not sure what I would use them for. Nice idea though. I guess your like me and got bored and threw those together huh.
Reply #6 Friday, December 25, 2009 11:03 AM
WebGizmos,
"......not sure what I would use them for." Not sure what you meant by that. They were designed to be used in WindowBlinds/Skinstudio to aesthetically customize your PC experience. Each button is to be used with its corresponding taskbar.
Here is my current screen:
Reply #7 Friday, December 25, 2009 11:34 AM
Ortizlgnd...I like the stuff you're showing....especially the taskbar in response #6. The button...I have to agree with WebGizmos...the MS flag is blahdom.
Anything but that.
I look forward to seeing your first skin!
Reply #8 Friday, December 25, 2009 12:01 PM
DrJBHL,
Thanks, I really appreciate that.
And yeah, I know the flag is kind of old news, but I guess my reason for adding it is because whereas, most others simply use the official MS flag image in their skins, I draw my own variant designs of it completely from scratch.... Not as easy as it seems. For instance, see the MS flag in the background in reply #6? I created that multi-level, Carbon and glass design. So I was just trying to show any Microsoft reps that may be looking at these forums my skills with their brand. Hopefully, it'll land me a job. 
Reply #9 Friday, December 25, 2009 1:49 PM
If that's what you're looking for, Ortizlgnd....take a look at Pixar and Disney as well as Industrial Light and Magic.
MS just laid off a bunch of folks.
Reply #10 Friday, December 25, 2009 2:07 PM
That looks good! 
What I meant was I wouldn't use them myself to change a skins taskbar. But's a great idea! I tinker around with stuff like the start buttons myself.
Reply #11 Friday, December 25, 2009 5:16 PM
WebGizmos,
That's the reason why I purchased Windowblinds and SkinStudio -- to aesthetically personalize my PC. The original taskbars, buttons, etc. for both Windows and OSX are so dull.
Reply #12 Friday, December 25, 2009 5:21 PM
DrJBHL,
Thanks for the suggestion about Pixar and Disney.
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Reply #1 Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:54 PM
http://ortizlgnd.deviantart.com/art/Animated-StartButton-Flag-147633682
http://ortizlgnd.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7Final-tweaked-Taskbar-147634361
http://ortizlgnd.deviantart.com/art/My-first-animated-start-button-145231716
http://ortizlgnd.deviantart.com/art/Area-51-Taskbar-138192168