Sol III WIP
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 by 2of3 | Discussion: Sneak Previews
Here's the first draft of a concept design I started on today.
Mind you, this is an early draft which could change drastically as I go along!
The skin name is Sol III because that is one of the names for Earth in the ST universe and also because there are 3 styles.
Update:
Added stripes. Cuz I like stripes!
And the evolution continues. Gone, are the black stripes on the top and bottom. Simplified the black area slightly then added the colored stripe down the middle. I think less IS more here......details need to enhance the skin, not muddy the look.
Shown here with the taskbar. Buttons shown: Normal, Mouse, and Selected/Active State. Finally a comm-badge as a start button.
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Reply #23 Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:38 PM
Always time consuming when you make changes after you're done with 3 styles!
Anyway, here are the 3 dark ones more or less complete:
I don't need to tell some of you that dark skins are a pain to build!
Reply #24 Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:41 PM
If you compare the screeny in reply #23 to #19, you'll see that I have toned down many of the buttons. They just didn't feel right to me....kinda jumped out.....and not in a good way. Feeling better about the look now.
Reply #25 Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:50 PM
Some of the names I have given to the different elements of the skin are unintentionally funny:
ppyellow_bottom.png! 
Reply #27 Sunday, June 7, 2020 7:37 PM
I am normally not a fan of dark Explorer window backgrounds but I'll buy this when it's released.
Reply #32 Monday, June 8, 2020 9:20 AM
What? I like the blue style one. Did I say something wrong? Or should I have said I like ALL the styles.
Reply #35 Monday, June 8, 2020 11:36 AM
What? I like the blue style one. Did I say something wrong? Or should I have said I like ALL the styles.
Reply #39 Monday, June 8, 2020 11:35 PM
I like them all. Running the blue now. Or I should say TESTING the blue now.
Reply #40 Tuesday, June 9, 2020 3:43 AM
@RedneckDude, how did you manage to get the trash icon so big?
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Reply #21 Sunday, June 7, 2020 10:29 AM
Did some reworking on several areas. I'll have a screeny of all 3 colors to show sometime today.