14.11.2008

Icon: Lätt

04.11.2008

Fruit Mixer

So yesterday I got around to spreading my pixels across the corners of the internet, in what Cary would call "getting your name out there again sucker". The most interesting of them was the Apple Downloads section. Mainly because of the rather large boost in traffic, but also because they omitted any reference I made to Windows or Linux (I tend to include a note that there's icons and resources for both of those). Understandable I guess. Definitely going to do the lap as it were whenever I release new things from now on.

So that's probably a good time to say hello to any new readers there! I also did some changes so now the old Soapsuds RSS/etc feeds use the new Vanillasoap ones, since some folks don't seem to have noticed the move.

Facade is coming next month, hopefully with a shiny bit of goodness. I'm going to divulge something here that may shock and astound you: I hope it does well. Why? Because it can really change Mac theming. That isn't marketing shit. I mean it. Theming on OS X is often a trial in annoyance and bewilderment. Just mention "iTunes" to any regular themer and the chilling howl of pain will give you a clue to the suffering inflicted.

No, it can really change things. A lot of work goes in to a theme and it's just right that people will be able to get something for it now. And this snowballs. You earned a few nickels, so you can put more time in to your next theme. How about an entire suite with matching icons? This is all not without precedent either. Skins Factory, a big player in the world of UIs has payware theme suites too.

I'd love nothing more than to be able to work on an entire suite without feeling I'm shoveling money away because I could be doing something else. The warm glow doesn't pay bills, no matter how much we'd like it to.

31.10.2008

Hydride + Rethae

31.10.2008

OooOOOoo!

Hoping everyone is having a fun Halloween. The MTF Halloween event (direct link to the game here) is just about over. It's shorter than last year's, mostly because it took an age for people to work those out. The prize (now unlocked) is a rather tastier one too; a complete folder and sidebar set, in two different flavours each. Hydride is the end result of jumping around the place with the Lutetium set. It's not as flashy, but then again it's actually out (wink wink).

Don't scare too many skeletons folks!

13.10.2008

Living Live

So Friday's release has spun around - it's not three days behind, it's your imagination - and it's creation was a bit strange. I got the neat idea last night of using Mogulus to stream arty things. It was pretty neat. Folks got to see how non-Photoshop people do things and live feedback is pretty cool. Definitely think it could be a nice regular feature.

It's strange how things work out. For the past year I've been focusing on doing each icon state as pure vectors - yet, half the time scaling down as a bitmap and touching up has a nicer feel. Not always, but sometimes. Especially with diagonal lines. Fireworks has a few oddities in the way it likes to draw paths. Odd to go back to how I used to do things. I did learn a few new things about masking last night though.

The other nifty news is that the spiritual successor to the LEON folders is done. I decided on "Hydride" as the name. I'd like to do a few more extra bits for it, but hopefully folks will enjoy it. The plan at the moment is for it to be the "prize" of the Halloween event. For those that don't know, or weren't around last year, I ran a small event on Halloween night, involving riddles and obscure clues in order to get a few SAW icons. Everyone seemed to enjoy it and so that's why it's returning this year.

Okay, enough cheerful rambling (this is supposed to be an angry blog!), take it easy!

13.10.2008

Icon: Boxdrop

02.10.2008

Icon: Flickin' Up

02.10.2008

Around Around

My word, where has the week gone, really? I'm busy with lots of little pieces at the moment, mostly relating to my upcoming Qui theme, so I'm not sure if I'll get a freeware release done for tomorrow. We'll see what happens.

I'm also on planning on a About Me/Hiring page with more information and jazz. Shouldn't be too hard and is rather needed. Not much else to blog about today. I actually went ahead and made a Flickr account. Yeah, well behind the curve but Ji & Co. say I could do with some more exposure, and they're probably right.

Updated - Well whaddayou know? Friday's release a day early, inspired because Flickr's Uploadr app has a damn ugly icon. Hope you guys enjoy.

26.09.2008

Circling the Airport

Damnation. Well, unfortunately there's no Friday release this week - I've been busy working on it but it's just not finished off yet. It should be worth the added wait, I hope. Originally I planned on doing a wallpaper version of the Nanochromatic preview. Sadly it just didn't turn out how I wanted. Banding was a problem too. I'll get something whipped up this weekend to make up for it.

I've also been working on additions to my theme template. The update I've got planned will cover Textedit and Mail Preferences. This should bring the template up to covering the fast majority of things, including different titlebar sizes.

Not much else to talk about today, so here's a summery of recent thoughts. Apple are still being douches. "E" looks a brand new networking fad - because we really needed one. Atlantica Online is a fun turn-based group MMO that me and a friend are enjoying. If you try it out, my character is Silence on the Silkyon server.

Have a great weekend guys.

19.09.2008

Icon: Nanochromatic