Hi Guys,
I've made my first theme and popped it on the android market, I made the decision to charge £0.99 for it as I believe it to be worth that and I know if I saw it then I would have no qualms with paying this at all, however since releasing it around 10 hours ago, ive only had 3 downloads all of which were cancelled so im trying to work out reasons why. One possible reason I can think is that they are using the Motorola Droid, where most these don't look particularly good because of the resolution, the second is that they just plain didn't like it! I do find this rather odd though as I have included 2 screenshots.
So if here's the androlib link (http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-nd-android-pandatheme-psimpleblack_5896-pExj.aspx) (screens dont do it much justice), I would appreciate any feedback. If anyone wants to download it for real then for today I will refund anyone from XDA developers who purchases it, just PM me your name after you have done so.
Thanks a lot for any help .
Looks pretty good to me, i take it the fuzziness is just in the screenshots? There's certainly A LOT worse on the market that have quite a few downloads, so I think you just have to give it time.
Yeah the fuzzyness is just the screens, thanks for the comment . Feel free to download if you want to take it for a spin and I'll refund your money making it free.
Anyone else got anything to add? getting a lot of views but little in the way of comments .
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Anyone else got anything to add? getting a lot of views but little in the way of comments .
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I would suggest making the notification bar black. The white bar does not look quite right. On the other hand, I only theme AOSP ROMS, so this may not be an option for you.
I want you to know that what follows is constructive criticism in the hopes that it will help you. If I offend I apologize, and give you full permission to tell me to piss off.
When I look at the theme, it looks nice, very clean, all the graphics work, but there is nothing that grabs my attention. It seems very "flat" and I personally would refund and get a theme that would draw me in to the screen. Having said that, I think it is really great work, that with a little bit of effort could really sell. I am sorry to say that I can not tell you what it needs, but I suggest making a few mock ups in gimp (or photoshop) and asking people what they think.
Additionally, the theme looks a lot like an iphone, which may be why I do not care for the look as much another may. The idiots on the market are always looking for iphone this and that, and thus I think it could really sell given time.
Thanks, comments noted, very helpful. The black notification bar isn't an option in this sort of theme but I'll definately be looking into ways of jazzing it up for a version 2.0 .
While I love themes like this, the only issue is that every other app installed will have a regular icon. Which unfortunatly takes away from your great work..
Yeah I recognise this, i was thinking of adding extra ones for the most popular apps (facebook, twidroid etc). Maybe this is something I'll look further in to.
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Yeah I recognise this, i was thinking of adding extra ones for the most popular apps (facebook, twidroid etc). Maybe this is something I'll look further in to.
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That is exactly what I did. There is no way to legally theme and distribute most market apps, so just make an addition icon pack and let people apply via bettercut.
By the way, I showed this to my wife, whom is a professional graphic designer, and asked her opinion. She suggested it is way too flat, and needs more contrast. I realize that you do not want to add color to accomplish this, as it defies the point of your theme, so she suggested to do away with the symmetry. Stagger some icons, give the homescreen a look that carries the eye of the viewer around it.
Thanks cloverdale, will definately take this into account in my future themes. Currently selling ok on the market place after making a few colour variations .
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new hero clocks on the market great looking stuff
hero clocks and hero clocks donate check it out!
This needs to be bumped, it's awesome. All Analogue clocks for Hero in 4x3 and 2x2 for $1.50
Can anyone report if it works on donut?
Yes it does work fine if you are using the free ones please unistall before using hero clocks donate
Bump for new Hero SE clocks in market free!
They're selling HTC's intellectual property...
there is no second hands there not selling anyone's property.
actually it kinda is. i agree it should all be free, but the dude did put some of his work and time into it, and $1.50 isnt a lot to ask for lol. plus! he even made free versions! come on lets not be too greeedy with wanting everything free, the guy deserves at least something.
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They're selling HTC's intellectual property...
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Wow, didn't think of that. I 100% agree, since they're basically just selling HTC's images...Not saying that they don't deserve to be paid for putting it together, but still, that's all it is, HTC's images.
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there is no second hands there not selling anyone's property.
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This guy would definitely would lose in a lawsuit.
He is MAKING MONEY by using HTC's copyrighted images. Plain and simple. Regardless of what he included or didn't include.
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This guy would definitely would lose in a lawsuit.
He is MAKING MONEY by using HTC's copyrighted images. Plain and simple. Regardless of what he included or didn't include.
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Thats very true, bot does that also mean weather widgets donate and beautiful hero widgets are also infringing on this?
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Thats very true, bot does that also mean weather widgets donate and beautiful hero widgets are also infringing on this?
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Most images in those widgets are almost identical copies. They aren't exactly the same. Some images are direct rips though, I'm fairly certain. I can't imagine these would hold up too well in court either.
if htc has a problem with it they will send C&D letters, just like what Palm did with the pre theme.
I will gladly pull the apps if HTC has a problem with it,I am not in any way trying to steal from them like some of you are portraying (thanks to those that understand its alot of hard work to make the people on the market happy)Yep the images are theirs though search google for clock parts and you will see how they put their clocks together.I am the one though that brought it to the market how long has it been around now? If HTC one day decides they want to put up their clocks I will surely step aside...Seems like some here are jealous I have been the one to bring this and my themes to the market.There are a ton apps on the market infringing on copyrights that are far worse than mine I never once claimed the clocks as my own and the only reason I do a donation app is to make something for the work I do.Again they may be their images but I am the one putting it together into an app fielding questions and concerns 24-7 for it so no I dont feel like I am doing anything wrong or infringing on anyones trademarks.If anything I would bet HTC probably likes the advertising,because of the hero clocks widget a few that would have never even heard of it are gonna go get a hero now.I like how this thread started but then of course it has to go astray and people all the sudden become lawyers thanks for the advise guys.I am going to contact htc right now to see if we can work something out where everyone is happy....
I would have paid 10 times what I paid great clocks and great support!
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I will gladly pull the apps if HTC has a problem with it,I am not in any way trying to steal from them like some of you are portraying (thanks to those that understand its alot of hard work to make the people on the market happy)Yep the images are theirs though search google for clock parts and you will see how they put their clocks together.I am the one though that brought it to the market how long has it been around now? If HTC one day decides they want to put up their clocks I will surely step aside...Seems like some here are jealous I have been the one to bring this and my themes to the market.There are a ton apps on the market infringing on copyrights that are far worse than mine I never once claimed the clocks as my own and the only reason I do a donation app is to make something for the work I do.Again they may be their images but I am the one putting it together into an app fielding questions and concerns 24-7 for it so no I dont feel like I am doing anything wrong or infringing on anyones trademarks.If anything I would bet HTC probably likes the advertising,because of the hero clocks widget a few that would have never even heard of it are gonna go get a hero now.I like how this thread started but then of course it has to go astray and people all the sudden become lawyers thanks for the advise guys.I am going to contact htc right now to see if we can work something out where everyone is happy....
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i actually do work with lawyers. though theyre empployment, bankruptcy and real estate lawyers, they also sometimes to that rights type crap. and i can tell you, htc would not give a crap if you do this. it wouldnt be worth sueing you because to them your worth crap, and they would lose more money in sueing you then just lettnig this be. i say to make everyone happy just lowetr the price to $1. the less money you make from there property the better.
now say if you were making like $500 a month from this, thenn your screwed lol.
Okay look people if HTC really cared do you think we would even have this web site? Really me, chrisag92 and manup put these clocks up months ago granted they were for free but any ways that doesn't matter what I'm saying is HTC leaks alot of the roms so we are basically beta testers so that they can make improvements based on what we say if they cared that much the whole site would be shut down no just certain apps removed from the market and thats cortalus for putting up my SE clock
Thanks for the support guys I really appreciate it,I would drop the price but then it gets me .69 cents each.I know 1.50 is a little more than most themes on the market but I have added tons of clocks and its not openhome,ahome whatever home specific and I feel as if its worth the $1.05 it gets me after googles cut.I dont think alot of people realize how much google takes for posting to their market,I am not complaining or anything just an fyi for those who didnt know.But aside from that this matter is in HTC's hands now I definitely wanna make a living and provide for my wife and kids the right way so I have contacted them to see if a partnership can be made.It does mean though if they say I gotta pull them I will, I am not trying to make any enemies in the Android world especially HTC.
Not a problem r_dub I am glad to do it I think your guys' special editions are gonna be in the top 5 soon at the rate they are going.Almost 3000 downloads already!
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Okay look people if HTC really cared do you think we would even have this web site? Really me, chrisag92 and manup put these clocks up months ago granted they were for free but any ways that doesn't matter what I'm saying is HTC leaks alot of the roms so we are basically beta testers so that they can make improvements based on what we say if they cared that much the whole site would be shut down no just certain apps removed from the market and thats cortalus for putting up my SE clock
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+1 now just go on over to cyans thread or jacs thead and start this crap about property and see how long you last!
crotalusfreak said:
Thanks for the support guys I really appreciate it,I would drop the price but then it gets me .69 cents each.I know 1.50 is a little more than most themes on the market but I have added tons of clocks and its not openhome,ahome whatever home specific and I feel as if its worth the $1.05 it gets me after googles cut.I dont think alot of people realize how much google takes for posting to their market,I am not complaining or anything just an fyi for those who didnt know.But aside from that this matter is in HTC's hands now I definitely wanna make a living and provide for my wife and kids the right way so I have contacted them to see if a partnership can be made.It does mean though if they say I gotta pull them I will, I am not trying to make any enemies in the Android world especially HTC.
Not a problem r_dub I am glad to do it I think your guys' special editions are gonna be in the top 5 soon at the rate they are going.Almost 3000 downloads already!
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WOW top 5 i guess people like my and chrisag92's work
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+1 now just go on over to cyans thread or jacs thead and start this crap about property and see how long you last!
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I hope that comment wasn't directed at me and yeah if this was a dev forum all of you complaining about what's belongs to who you would get flamed very quickly so i suggest take it as it is and let it be sorted out by whatever means necessary
I want to create a theme, as no one here seems to have the same design sense as me; most are obsessed with trends from 2004 or something, and are fascinated by bright colors and the need for everything to be big and/or cluttered. as a minimalist, i'm basically exactly the opposite. i like clean, concise, small and unobtrusive.
Anyway, if a dalented dev and I could hook up, I could design a very nice looking exterior for Android so long as he could code it all into place. I'd be wanting to skin basically every skinnable object within Android; I want a full UI overhaul. I also want it to be the best looking thing released for the OS.
To give myself a little bit of credibility, here's a mock-up I was messing around with to provide an idea of what I'd be talking about.
http://img811.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=homel.png
is no one replying because it doesn't look good enough, or because no one is interested?
The design is very bland, more work on it would make it look pretty nice. I see you're aiming for a simple look yet, somewhat elegant.
looks very nice and clean but...
notification bar is half the size,dont know if it is possible to edit the size of it.
and it wouldnt be easy to acess the drop down menu.
Same goes to lockscreen,a lot to change...
Perhaps this are the reasons no dev is interested in this,but it is a nice concept...hope you can manage to get it done.
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looks very nice and clean but...
notification bar is half the size,dont know if it is possible to edit the size of it.
and it wouldnt be easy to acess the drop down menu.
Same goes to lockscreen,a lot to change...
Perhaps this are the reasons no dev is interested in this,but it is a nice concept...hope you can manage to get it done.
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You can change the status bar size from source: frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/dimens.xml and change the status bar dpi from 25 to "x"
that was just a mock-up. everything can/will be changed to meet the dimensions of the elements to the sizes needed for the phone. and yes, it'll looks a lot better after some more time is put into it. i posted just a barebones preview of what i hope to accomplish.
You came in here bashing many talented designers and then post that? Instead of 2004, you're going prior?
Good luck, and I hope your "new" idea (given that there are quite a few minimalist themes) turns out well.
how did i bash anyone? i mean sure my comment was a little snarky, but it wasn't meant to put anyone down.
i don't see how that's prior-2004 either way, though.
Instead of asking for "talented devs" to help you, it might work out better if you spend a little bit of time to get to know the roots of android theming, and hopefully get more going than a few minimalistic mockups. Read a few how-to guides to get things rolling and when you get to troublesome .9's and xml tweaks, that might be a better time to ask for help.
As much as all of us will be really excited to see what you come up with (I mean that seriously), I really think it would be better that you get some experience going on your own first. 'Employing' people to do the dirty work usually means the end result is nothing like what the concepts suggested (I think a lot of us remember a similar situation late last year).
Good luck, have fun. I'm looking forward to the results.
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I want to create a theme, as no one here seems to have the same design sense as me; most are obsessed with trends from 2004 or something, and are fascinated by bright colors and the need for everything to be big and/or cluttered.
http://img811.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=homel.png
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This is absolutely true, most of the themes would make my phone look like a cheap knockoff. However, I don't find yours the most appealing either. Minimalistic is good, very good, but add some more life to it (again, in a minimalistic and clean way)
It kinda reminds me of this here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662721&highlight=xperia
turn said:
I want to create a theme, as no one here seems to have the same design sense as me; most are obsessed with trends from 2004 or something, and are fascinated by bright colors and the need for everything to be big and/or cluttered. as a minimalist, i'm basically exactly the opposite. i like clean, concise, small and unobtrusive.
Anyway, if a dalented dev and I could hook up, I could design a very nice looking exterior for Android so long as he could code it all into place. I'd be wanting to skin basically every skinnable object within Android; I want a full UI overhaul. I also want it to be the best looking thing released for the OS.
To give myself a little bit of credibility, here's a mock-up I was messing around with to provide an idea of what I'd be talking about.
http://img811.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=homel.png
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I do get where you're coming from and a lot of the themes posted aren't to my taste, but your design is weak. If you're going to make something so minimal that it's just a gradient fill and a font, the font needs to be something so special it can carry the whole design, and that really isn't... italics.. seriously..? It looks very dated. I think you've shown a lot of arrogance to come in here disrespecting the work put in by some very talented people, and then put forward your own amateurish design as an example of what they should be doing. You're not going to recruit anyone to help you that way.
Personally, I don't have the time or the motivation to work on full system themes without any kind of reward or pay. This is difficult, time consuming work, as you will soon find out if you make the effort to learn for yourself. I will however be leaning much more towards the minimal style in my future GDE themes, as it's my own personal preference.
Minimal is a very difficult look to pull off in an interface without looking bland, but there are some fine examples around here. Take a look at Elegance for a start. I respect that theme a lot.
Forget changing codes and such, just go to Sweeter Home and build it yourself. There are tons of themes there that look like your example.
http://www.sweeterhome.com/
Hey man, I just felt like I needed to give you some words of advice from an artistic standpoint.
I don't know your design capabilities, I don't claim this is your best, and I don't claim you are a world renown designer.
But every designer I do know deals with battling what other people say about their work.
We can choose to be offended, or we can choose to take it as a way of improving.
There are two words for this. One is greatly different from the other.
One is Criticism, and the other is constructive criticism.
Some of these posts I have seen are just pure criticism. (Perhaps this is why I see a whole page of posts gone but others I see here are constructively trying to criticize the work so that you may gain humility towards others works, and improve in your own.
This is a true barebone theme my friend, but I see potential in it. It doesn't matter what other's think, it matters what you think. If you ever need some help with this man, feel free to e-mail me. I am no dev, but I am a designer, and I would love to help you in the artistic aspects of this project, so that you can have something to be strongly proud of in the end of this. Let me know what's up. Shoot me a PM.
A loving word from one designer to another,
-VolcomDesigns
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Hey man, I just felt like I needed to give you some words of advice from an artistic standpoint.
I don't know your design capabilities, I don't claim this is your best, and I don't claim you are a world renown designer.
But every designer I do know deals with battling what other people say about their work.
We can choose to be offended, or we can choose to take it as a way of improving.
There are two words for this. One is greatly different from the other.
One is Criticism, and the other is constructive criticism.
Some of these posts I have seen are just pure criticism. (Perhaps this is why I see a whole page of posts gone but others I see here are constructively trying to criticize the work so that you may gain humility towards others works, and improve in your own.
This is a true barebone theme my friend, but I see potential in it. It doesn't matter what other's think, it matters what you think. If you ever need some help with this man, feel free to e-mail me. I am no dev, but I am a designer, and I would love to help you in the artistic aspects of this project, so that you can have something to be strongly proud of in the end of this. Let me know what's up. Shoot me a PM.
A loving word from one designer to another,
-VolcomDesigns
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*applause* well said!
Hey guys I'd just like to make a request for a theme made up of contrast colors like mirrors edge or the movie hard candy. I'm a huge fan of the colors this phone can produce with the vibrancy of screen, and that being said I can't stand all of these themes that dull the colors down, remove them, or just use straight black.
It doesn't make sense to me, I bought this phone for the Super AMOLED Display why waste it with just a rich black color?
Anyone up to the task? I'd be willing to donate, test, etc.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: So it appears I'm a moron and I actually didn't mean to ask for "CONTRAST" colors because that's pretty vague and well quite honestly I was looking for a different word, I think it may have been Primary. However I guess the colors I would be looking for in this theme would be maybe something along these lines.
White status bar with red icons like signal wifi etc. as well as blue, green, and yellow accents here and there, white and red being the main colors though.
Examples of the color scheme can be found here: http://www.videogamegirlsdb.com/Images/Mirror's_Edge/Faith/Faith_ME_02.jpg here: http://www.pcdoctors.co.za/e107_fil...17_FT0_games_mirrors_edge_parkour_013696_.jpg and here: http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/900/900446/mirrors-edge-20080820034731113_640w.jpg
DigitalDementia said:
Hey guys I'd just like to make a request for a theme made up of contrast colors like mirrors edge or the movie hard candy. I'm a huge fan of the colors this phone can produce with the vibrancy of screen, and that being said I can't stand all of these themes that dull the colors down, remove them, or just use straight black.
It doesn't make sense to me, I bought this phone for the Super AMOLED Display why waste it with just a rich black color?
Anyone up to the task? I'd be willing to donate, test, etc.
Thanks in advance.
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Are there any themes that another phone that is close to what you have in mind, or some graphics the show what you have in mind? I posted a new idea here. I might be up to the challenge
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Are there any themes that another phone that is close to what you have in mind, or some graphics the show what you have in mind? I posted a new idea here. I might be up to the challenge
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Updated the main post with more/correct information
Throwing this back up to see if there's any takers. A theme like this would be greatly appreciated, and I'd be more then happy to donate.
I know Avalon was just ported but it's lacking the colors I desire.
I absolutely agree with author. Stop making black and white themes that lack of color. Human eye can see colors. Fascinate's screen can show those colors. I want to just glance on battery icon and based on just color of it figure how much charge left. I don't want to recognize the shade of gray. Colors are very important in human/computer interaction.
Ha ha thanks for the support hopefully someone will answer my prayers soon
*cough* C'MON THEMERS *cough*
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I absolutely agree with author. Stop making black and white themes that lack of color. Human eye can see colors. Fascinate's screen can show those colors. I want to just glance on battery icon and based on just color of it figure how much charge left. I don't want to recognize the shade of gray. Colors are very important in human/computer interaction.
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ya know its not exactly easy to port a theme...let alone freaking make one....stop telling people who work on these things what they should/shouldnt do
learn to do stuff on your own and put together the exact thing you want
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ya know its not exactly easy to port a theme...let alone freaking make one....stop telling people who work on these things what they should/shouldnt do
learn to do stuff on your own and put together the exact thing you want
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Before I say anything, I respect you and your work nitsuj17, you put a lot of hard work into porting and making themes for our phones and have increased the enjoyment I have with my device...
That being said there's no need to be a jerk off, no one here is telling any themer what they have to do. I made a request and said my opinion, an opinion in which we are ALL entitled too. If you don't want to port a them or create one don't even bother going into a request thread just to spite those interested and be a smug asshole. I wouldn't ask for someone else to do the work if I knew how, I can't use photoshop for crap and by the time I learn to be decent enough with it to make my own theme I'll have moved way beyond the fascinate. I also offered to make a donation and sure $20 dollars probably isn't much but it's probably more in one single donation then you'll get for that purple theme you made.
This is a community where people go to, to learn, ask for help, socialize, and share their work. I didn't ask you specifically for anything so why you feel the need to come into this thread and tell us to do the work ourselves is beyond me. I'm sorry if anything I said made you dislike me, but that kind of behavior over a mere request and someones opinion is unnecessary.
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Before I say anything, I respect you and your work nitsuj17, you put a lot of hard work into porting and making themes for our phones and have increased the enjoyment I have with my device...
That being said there's no need to be a jerk off, no one here is telling any themer what they have to do. I made a request and said my opinion, an opinion in which we are ALL entitled too. If you don't want to port a them or create one don't even bother going into a request thread just to spite those interested and be a smug asshole. .
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Uh, did you even read smodg's post? He was being a ****. Nitsuj didn't explicitly respond to you, and I think you owe him an apology.
Smodg's post was his own personal opinion which he is also entitled too. He didn't demand anything from anyone therefore not offending anyone.
I don't mean to offend anyone, I feel that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I respect Nitsuj17 and he does phenomenal work I won't argue against that. I just feel it was uncalled for to respond so poorly in a thread that wasn't directly calling him out or anyone for that matter. You also do awesome work jspidah and I'm sorry if you feel I'm out of line...
Also nice port of the JAMT theme, can't wait for white to be up and running, I'm using Avalon but the DJ05 version still has work to be done.
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Smodg's post was his own personal opinion which he is also entitled too. He didn't demand anything from anyone therefore not offending anyone.
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I absolutely agree with author. Stop making black and white themes that lack of color. Human eye can see colors. Fascinate's screen can show those colors.
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Telling us what to do.
In theory, yes. However not really... either way both of them were out of line. As well was I for jumping to assumptions and not thinking my response through more clearly. As well as as not knowing he specifically meant that one particular line of text from smodgs post...
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Telling us what to do.
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Please treat my line just like a friendly advice, not a direct command. And if you perceived it wrong, or I sounded rude and you thought I was telling you guys what to do with your life and how to do things, well... my sincere apologies. Didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
Oh yea... and my nickname is not smodg.
Thanks!
DigitalDementia said:
Before I say anything, I respect you and your work nitsuj17, you put a lot of hard work into porting and making themes for our phones and have increased the enjoyment I have with my device...
That being said there's no need to be a jerk off, no one here is telling any themer what they have to do. I made a request and said my opinion, an opinion in which we are ALL entitled too. If you don't want to port a them or create one don't even bother going into a request thread just to spite those interested and be a smug asshole. I wouldn't ask for someone else to do the work if I knew how, I can't use photoshop for crap and by the time I learn to be decent enough with it to make my own theme I'll have moved way beyond the fascinate. I also offered to make a donation and sure $20 dollars probably isn't much but it's probably more in one single donation then you'll get for that purple theme you made.
This is a community where people go to, to learn, ask for help, socialize, and share their work. I didn't ask you specifically for anything so why you feel the need to come into this thread and tell us to do the work ourselves is beyond me. I'm sorry if anything I said made you dislike me, but that kind of behavior over a mere request and someones opinion is unnecessary.
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dd, i wasnt refering to your post...requests are fine...i was refering to the quote i referenced
Hello
I've been searching for a specific sort of icon set for android apps, but haven't been able to find it. My idea is to have an icon set of stickies / post it´s in different colors, angles, sizes, roation and with either text, drawings or text and drawings for the icon itself.
To give you a better picture of what I'm imagining I've found some pictures to illustrate fractions of the idea - "combined" they kinda look like what I imagine
Hope you can help me or guide me in the direction of something alike !
there is nothing like that...Have to make them...
Seems simple enough to make, I've actually worked on something like this before but never finished it because I didn't really imagine myself using it. I probably still have my resources gathered, and could materialize it for you - but be warned that I'm not a professional and the amount of time I have to work on it is limited. If you want to work something out, send me a pm. There are better designers out there, so if you find someone else to do it I won't be offended.
I'm not saying I suck, I'm just letting you know I'm not the best. Your idea is fairly easy to implement, so it shouldn't take a professional. Anywho, just let me know.
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there is nothing like that...Have to make them...
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Be my guest ! I have an idea of them in a homescreen setup, where the wallpaper is a vintage white polished fridge (like 50's kind of style) up close and then with all the post its apps *Haven't been able to find such wallpaper either tho :-(
well
I like the idea and could probably pull it off... the only thing bugging me is the random post-it rotation... if they could all face the same direction i'd do it...
but otherwise...
ok
So after much thought i decided to do this set... without compromise, different colors and positions... this is the most logistically challenging set so far...
I hope there's a demand for this because its gigantic work
ThaPHLASH said:
So after much thought i decided to do this set... without compromise, different colors and positions... this is the most logistically challenging set so far...
and its coming, with the ability to choose the color and position of every icon. For example, lets say you want the facebook icon, you'll be able to have five choice for it... This is going to be a lot of icons... trust me.
I hope there's a demand for this because its gigantic work
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Looking very forward to see the result of this and how it looks in use! Good luck from here!
get ready...
This will be released today... stay tuned!
Glad you got Phlash on this! For one, I'm super busy right now and don't have the time.
And Phlash is an amazing artist! I remember when I first came across Tha Icon months ago, I used those icons for at least two months straight!
He'll do a great job, you won't be disappointed
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great
These kind words are totally appreciated!
Been working on a MAJOR update for Tha Icon for the past couple months... maybe tha will win you back!
plainjane said:
Glad you got Phlash on this! For one, I'm super busy right now and don't have the time.
And Phlash is an amazing artist! I remember when I first came across Tha Icon months ago, I used those icons for at least two months straight!
He'll do a great job, you won't be disappointed
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These kind words are totally appreciated!
Been working on a MAJOR update for Tha Icon for the past couple months... maybe tha will win you back!
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I've actually been thinking about buying a couple of your newer sets. They look really nice. I set a monthly limit on how much I can spend on my phone - apps, dev donations, etc. If I don't, I'd be broke, lol. It resets on the 20th, so I'll probably buy a couple next week
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Here they are!
Remind, communicate and organize!
Head over to my thread and get some samples to play with!
I have realized that over the last few months I have created too many different wallpapers for me to just place links on my websites so I am in the process of trying to create an APP that will not only showcase a good variety of my wallpapers available for others to use, but also I am looking into how I can incorporate some tools for wallpapers as well within the APP. Keep in mind that I am a graphic designer first, so while my wallpapers are often great (as many people have told me) I dont necessarily have the full set of skills yet to really finish this app because my coding skills are mainly website based. So any help or suggestions that anyone can provide to me would be appreciated. If there are any tools or actions you think I should add into the APP then let me know, just as if you can provide any insight as to how I can get some of these things completed let me know as well. Also if you are strong with android development and would like to help then I would be willing to work out an arrangement (one in which you get paid if your work is good). I will try to add some examples of my wallpapers below in either a zip file or as single images.
***ALSO.... Let me know if you think this is a good idea, basically Im asking if you would be interested in this app***
Thanks,
Casper
*some of the wallpapers I put in the attachment section may have icons that I also designed pictured in them. If you want the wallpaper itself just send me a message.
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I have realized that over the last few months I have created too many different wallpapers for me to just place links on my websites so I am in the process of trying to create an APP that will not only showcase a good variety of my wallpapers available for others to use, but also I am looking into how I can incorporate some tools for wallpapers as well within the APP. Keep in mind that I am a graphic designer first, so while my wallpapers are often great (as many people have told me) I dont necessarily have the full set of skills yet to really finish this app because my coding skills are mainly website based. So any help or suggestions that anyone can provide to me would be appreciated. If there are any tools or actions you think I should add into the APP then let me know, just as if you can provide any insight as to how I can get some of these things completed let me know as well. Also if you are strong with android development and would like to help then I would be willing to work out an arrangement (one in which you get paid if your work is good). I will try to add some examples of my wallpapers below in either a zip file or as single images.
***ALSO.... Let me know if you think this is a good idea, basically Im asking if you would be interested in this app***
Thanks,
Casper
*some of the wallpapers I put in the attachment section may have icons that I also designed pictured in them. If you want the wallpaper itself just send me a message.
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You have a great idea man...good work! Your wallpapers are really well designed and clean... You take any requests to customize the wallpapers? Like that one with the paint roller would look awesome if the wall was black and the paint was ics blue
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Yup good idea indeed
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Re: request DG or customizing my wallpaper designs
Thanks for feedback, also for being one of the few people who notice and appreciate clean designs in general.... My favorite style of designing and the principal I often live by when working is "K.I.S.S." (keep it simple stupid)... I get so many jobs from clients that want ridiculously cluttered or chaotic designs for logos, banners, flyers, ads, wallpapers, and even icons that they want me to cram way too much into and ultimately end up looking horrible in my opinion, but as long as they like it and of course they pay for the design, I just try to do what they request.
As far as my progress on the actual development of the app I stated initially as the purpose of this thread, I am at a standstill because I lost basically all of my progress over last 2 weeks roughly, when the VPS I set up to host my files on crashed several days ago. Normally I have a backup system in place that continuously syncs my files every hour from the computers I use to develop or design major projects on, but I was forced to work within the virtual system online all because a completely different issue caused my actual laptops I use to do most work on, to basically be shutdown for a few days while I checked my other systems and the network they run desperately on for issues and then had to wipe my main PCs clean then reinstalled the OS and other software and applications from scratch but of course I wasn't able to get back online and running on the backup systems network so that what I had completed on the VPS online could be downloaded to my local network drive and ultimately would have saved me from losing almost 2 weeks of work on a development that I do not normally work on, because I am still kinda new to Android development in general but also have not really done much work on creating apps for android from scratch so its even worse to lose data and files that really seemed to be something I'm not entirely sure if I can even recreate at all. I am a graphic designer first so I don't even use some of the necessary elements of android development at all for my normal work projects. There was definitely a big part of me that knew I should've held off on working on this app until I was back on my normal systems/set up and could keep things backing up to the secondary network drive because every small step I took working in a foreign environment with a system I barely grasped on this level.... There's no doubt some of my progress was just a matter of luck and timing, mixed with a lot of trial and error after hours of reviewing guides and other peoples work just to see if I could piece things together when I was stumped.
Now, I apologize for the very long post but I say all of this because I have been so frustrated by everything that has happened recently that just don't know if I can start over again. First I have a ton if real work to catch up on and other projects to get completed for clients asap so I don't really have the free time to get back into creating this app, second I literally felt like my brain hurt at times when staring at code or reviewing guides tutorials or data from other people to get little things working for me in this apps creation, so I just don't know if I even want to start over and try to do This crap again. So that's everything and it does kinda feel good to get it out and I guess we shall see is all I can say when it comes to completing this app....for now I'm taking a break from android development and apps.
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Dude no worries... Sh*t happens... Life comes first you gotta take care of your work first. Songs lie you are a pretty successful graphic designer. Any tips for a noob to get into the graphic designing world? I just don't even know where to start looking for business, what to charge, out anything about the process for submitting drafts and final products. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated... Thanks!
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Requests for custom or personalized wallpapers
PartimusPrime said:
You have a great idea man...good work! Your wallpapers are really well designed and clean... You take any requests to customize the wallpapers? Like that one with the paint roller would look awesome if the wall was black and the paint was ics blue
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I meant to reply a while ago in regards to your question about personalizing or customizing wallpapers I have already designed to the requests of others, yeah I have been known to offer people the chance to request different colors or other minor tweaks to my original designs in order to help make it more of their own. Within the next few days I'll be posting up several more examples of some of my designs so if there are any wallpapers that you are interested in having me alter a little just PM or email me directly with exactly what you would like changed and within a few days usually I will send you the updated/altered file via email. I've also started to put together some of the icons I have worked on in the last few months and I think I'm going to release some of them either in a pack or maybe even as an app if I have the time to make something quick and dirty.
BTW*** as soon as you mentioned the idea of changing the paint design to ICS blue I was like "why didn't I think of that before", cause I love light blue in general so ICS blue was one of my favorite color schemes. I still use it on several devices whenever I theme my own stuff. Great suggestion. i'll be adding that new color of the paint wallpaper design up here as well.:good:
Thanks again....Casper
again i'll post some other wallpapers this week, but for now here is the new logo for my next web project and future app as well titled "Androids-Anonymous"
Graphic design tips and info for starting out in the field
PartimusPrime said:
Dude no worries... Sh*t happens... Life comes first you gotta take care of your work first. Songs lie you are a pretty successful graphic designer. Any tips for a noob to get into the graphic designing world? I just don't even know where to start looking for business, what to charge, out anything about the process for submitting drafts and final products. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated... Thanks!
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Yeah I can definitely give you some info on starting out in the design field, I actually just helped a student of mine who graduated last semester in the fall to get started out with her photography and design business that she asked for some help in establishing things with. So some of the things I passed on to her will apply to you as well possibly, if you want more specific examples and information then it's best to just PM or email me directly and I can send you everything from templates that are good to use for contracts with clients or invoices or documents that may help. As far as pricing goes and what to charge, thats probably the hardest thing to establish for any designer no matter if they just started out of even as I have been doing this for over 10 years now I still find it hard to price jobs for clients up front. Part of it does depend on your experience and ability in general, but part of it is just up to you personally and you have to decide if your gonna be more affordable or more realistic with your rates. But again, just contact me directly and I can get a better idea of what you want to know exactly as well as what your capabilities are and how you should approach things. Hope I can help...