Voodoo - WIP
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 by k10w3 | Discussion: Sneak Previews
Since I'm pretty much finished with my GUIC submission (still sitting on it, giving myself some time to make sure all things are perfect), I've been putting my creative juices towards my Halloween desktop, which is my favorite skin to create. 
You know how some skins just seem to build themselves, and others are kind of an agonizing frustration? This one is an agonizing frustration. Something's just not right, and no matter how many times I look at it and change things, it's not feeling like it's working, (maybe it's cursed?) so I thought I would post a WIP thread and get some help from the community.
Give me your thoughts on what needs to change.
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Reply #2 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 3:35 PM
Green and red are complimentary colors, how can they not go together? Somebody needs to tell Christmas it's been dressing all wrong.
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 3:45 PM
I want to clarify that I'm not rejecting your advice -- I know it's right, but I was under the impression that complimentary colors "went together."
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 3:48 PM
When I think Voodoo, I think dark and sinister. The lighting on the startmenu looks bright and cheerful.
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 3:55 PM
A glyph... lit from below (think flashlight and face in the dark).... Tarot cards across the top bar of the start menu? The Hanging Man.? A coffin... or Baron Samedi?... Maybe?
Reply #8 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 3:59 PM
There is a MyColors theme by this name, therefore a WB also.
Reply #9 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:01 PM
Good ideas, Wiz and Doc! I'm glad I started this early. I'm going to need all the time I can get until October.
I especially like the texture.Reply #11 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:12 PM
Where? I did a WC search for the name, AND I checked the Stardock store, and "https://www.stardock.com/products/themes/"
This is a serious issue with the website, and the software and how they interact with each other.
It's early in the skinning phase of this one, so not that hard to fix, but the easily-riled, pissed off lady who sometimes lives in my head is awakened again. Now I'm going to have to take another 10 minutes off that I hadn't planned on, to do my meditation and pep talk myself into remembering skinning isn't as important on my list of needs as, say, my mental and physical health, and I should just let it go.
Reply #12 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:21 PM
Even better: Grunge it up, put in the Voodoo symbols and call it "Voodoo Momma" (or, in your case Grandmomma... 
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Reply #13 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:22 PM
lol no they are composite colours.. like blue/orange, yellow/purple and of course red/green
ive never liked red and green, but im fond of the blue orange composite....
im thinking more sinister... i was thinking along the lines of Coraline... the lil voodoo doll reminded me of it.
Reply #14 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:23 PM
Here, Karen. But it is VoodooPC, so no problem.
Reply #15 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:31 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:37 PM
Jim, why do you even have that theme? It's ugly, and it probably isn't Win7 ready, Are you ah....ah skin hoarder? 
Reply #18 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:42 PM
im thinking more sinister...
I just did a quick color change in my mockup, changed the red to a dark gold, and it does look better. I also added a radial gradient with the light at the center on the bottom, with shadow coming from all other sides and that helped to wicked it up a bit, too.
Reply #20 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:56 PM
I really like this Karen, but not with the red......... Gold sounds nice, or even a contrasting shade of green. Just my 2 cents...... feel free to ignore it. 
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Reply #1 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 3:20 PM
its the colours min lilla bunney.... they dont go together......