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The Greyzter's Custom Shop... overhauling your today screen one tsk at a time

found what i was looking for thanks to some members, so i will soon be uploading some custom themes, and hoping to get some ideas and input from the forums.
big thanks to madbert for the inspiration to put my talents to good use.....

ok, here is the first few that i have done...just playing around..... hope you enjoy.
the indiaX file is for the mature, and the bobmarley is a tribute one i did for a friend of mine who is a big fan.
if you want personal ones done, send me an PM and i will give u my email addy.
please give feedback and ideas so i can make a wide variety
edit .... maybe i should have tested these before releasing them...didnt realize a huge and GAWDY demo would be place on top of them.
will try again later tonight and see what i can do.

alright.... finally, got the first one done, and hopefully i can churn some more out.... still getting the sizing right.... if anyone has any suggestions on proper sizing for the start menu and today screen, would be appreciated, as i want to give u guys the best.
hope u guys like my iron theme

for all of you halle berry fans, heres two storm themes from x-2/3

sorry for the bars being gray... (guess oddly enuf its fitting)...as i am trying to make them black. ive read the forums on correcting this, but still not having any luck with themegence... any suggestions?

the greyzter said:
sorry for the bars being gray... (guess oddly enuf its fitting)...as i am trying to make them black. ive read the forums on correcting this, but still not having any luck with themegence... any suggestions?
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For some reason a tsk file can not change the BaseHue to 160 it always defaults back to 120, but only when you try 160. I made a cab for a workaround..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=45200&d=1185520745
By the way I think it is great that you are doing this!! I run a splashscreen thread, feel free to use any images you find there, the link is in my signature!

im trying to just be like you bert.... give back to the community.

The Batman!!!! Classic Edition!!

time to burn one for the road....Bob Marley style....

Catwoman.... simple styling.....

alright, i know you guys knew it was coming.....
SUPERMAN!!!! based on the art of alex ross

my first full theme (thanks to bert).....
Sorry for no pics at the moment, but trust, i got some really varied and related images of vader.... P and L modes all covered.

thanks for the superman

no problem

did this for a friend/coworker, decided to share for all the ladies and mickey mouse lovers....

Great Job
Hey I really like the way these are coming out. Can you make some with some really hot women. Maybe that new girl from bionic woman, or lindsey lohan, or the girl from ghost whisperer.
thanks,

Just the thread I was looking for...
Hi Greyzter...
Just wondering if you do Auto themes. If so, I'll be particularly interested in a Nissan GTR or Koenigsegg CCX theme.
Don't need a separate pic for the start menu; compatibility in standard and landscape modes is all I need. Something black would be ideal with any lettering/words to be on the top instead of the bottom since I have a plug-in at the bottom of the today screen which often gets obscured. A good reference would be Badbert's Ford GT theme (Here) but with the word "GT" on the top instead of the bottom.
Topspeed has some nice pix and renders of the two cars.
Nissan GTR Gallery:
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/nissan/nissan-gt-r-ar45992/pictures.html
Koenigsegg CCX Gallery:
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/koenigsegg/koenigsegg-ccx-ar2369/pictures.html

getting on that ..... got a few other things im working on. as im learning ill share with the forums..... thanks for the idea.... found a couple shots i like.

Nissan GTR Theme
Got a little impatient and slapped together a theme with a little cutting and pasting. There were several pix that I liked but couldn't use cuz I don't know how to do gradients and other lighting affects. After a few hours, finally got something I was happy with so I thought I'd share.
See attached to see my cluttered Today screen and some cleaner screen caps.
EDIT: Oops... forgot the most important part... the tsk... Also threw in a 320x320 that just missed the cut.

well thats one off my list...lol....... thanks for the great theme file.

Are these new icons something you guys can use?

New Icons for Androkkid "TransparentFrames" finally!
These new Icons should work better for those of you who have like me found the standard winmo icon ugly and pixelated.
I have always thought that some of the IPhone's attraction was the beautiful icons that were uniform in size and shape. So I made my own for Ifonz (based on other people's graphic work). When Androkkid came along I loved the scenic wallpapers you could use but I thought the beautiful scenery of the wallpapers became too cluttered with the IPhone style icons and that the square icons ruined the effect of the beautiful wallpapers.
So these new icons are designed to preserve a uniform style and at the same time be better integrated into the "scenery" by using transparency.
I hope that some of you will have a look at these and tell me what you think
PS If you resize these, they will not work.
If you want to use these and need other icons, ask me on the themes Thread and I'll see what I can do.
You find these icons here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4829217#post4829217
a picture here as a thumbnail:

not one comment!? not even that they suck or something?

teacher1960 said:
not one comment!? not even that they suck or something?
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not feeling em bro. kinda ugly

opasha said:
not feeling em bro. kinda ugly
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yeah i agree.

Dont worry, just fine tune them to perfection. not a lot of people would step up and make an icon pack
good job

I agree, Need some work, but your on a good start man. ;]
I as a designer can understand if you feel bad when people tell you what they have above,
And as a fellow designer, I say you should not stop, keep looking at them, and try some different more round, glossy, vibrant edits. :]
And they will be a Thumbs up!

volcomdesigns said:
I agree, Need some work, but your on a good start man. ;]
I as a designer can understand if you feel bad when people tell you what they have above,
And as a fellow designer, I say you should not stop, keep looking at them, and try some different more round, glossy, vibrant edits. :]
And they will be a Thumbs up!
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I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to discourage him. No one replied to his icons (to be honest i thought he just posted them from finding them from somewhere), so I was just giving my honest criticism of the icons only. Personally, I'd touch them up with a gloss background layer or just remove the outside glass square. Good luck!

I don't know if anyone noticed, but he said " found the standard winmo icon ugly and pixelated"
Wrong forum?

harpreet1988 said:
I don't know if anyone noticed, but he said " found the standard winmo icon ugly and pixelated"
Wrong forum?
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Though my next phone will definitely be an android phone, I do use winmo.
I use an applauncher (Androkkid)which emulates android.(see screenshots) I know this isn't Android but it looks like it so theoretically my icon pack could work for both. I'm not selling anything don't either want any donation or anything so it was just an idea. It would be really helpful if someone could tell me which icons they think work and which don't

Need feedback about my first theme

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.

jgclifton said:
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 .

[THEME ELEMENTS] Zune HD Basics

I'm sure you've already seen my post on the font from the zHD. If not see here.
Anyway, I don't have the expertise nor the time to make a full Zune theme. Here are some resources I made that could be useful if anyone gets the initiative to make a theme *wink wink @cacheinjection* lol. Anyway, I know at least one other person had expressed interest in this in the other thread.
I've attached the android-logo-shine.png file with a Zune gradient, and two boot screens designed as splash1 screens for now. Feel free to use them as you like, just give me credit please. I will be updating this post as I add more items to it.
Feel free to contribute some of your own icons, next up I have some media icons. If I finish my homework, they'll be up later tonight, if not then it'll be tomorrow night.

I AM VERRRY INTERESTED. My brother has a zune hd and i'm jealous
So yea. Very interested. very.
Cacheinjection is Da Man!

jcarrz1 said:
I AM VERRRY INTERESTED. My brother has a zune hd and i'm jealous
So yea. Very interested. very.
Cacheinjection is Da Man!
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Ditto. Cache rocks, and yeah I love my zHD. At first I was wary of switching from carrying my iPhone to my G1 and a Zune, but the Zune media interface & the subscription service is WAY better than the iPhone media ecosystem, and they have way better sound quality. Then of course Android could kick the living crap out of any iPhone on Earth.
Also, I just now finished my homework, and since I have 3rd qtr finals tomorrow I'm gunna catch some z's. New icons tomorrow.

Very Nice! I like it.

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Ditto. Cache rocks, and yeah I love my zHD. At first I was wary of switching from carrying my iPhone to my G1 and a Zune, but the Zune media interface & the subscription service is WAY better than the iPhone media ecosystem, and they have way better sound quality. Then of course Android could kick the living crap out of any iPhone on Earth.
Also, I just now finished my homework, and since I have 3rd qtr finals tomorrow I'm gunna catch some z's. New icons tomorrow.
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nice to hear. Yea, I have an ipod touch and my bro's ZHD is much better. in many respects! especially cuz theres a facebook app now.
What app did you put on market that has enough downloads to get you a N1?

im workin on one for galaxy s devices... hopefully itll be up and runnin soon!

Looking forward to see your theme. Since you develop for the Epic. Also can't wait to see the icons

I'm currently changing elements on my phone to have more Zune/WP7-like looks. I posted screenshots of my homescreen in the show-off thread, but I'm about to start attempting to make my notifcation bar and tray look a bit more Zune and/or WP7 ish. I'll post whatever images I come up with, starting with my boot animation (based on OP's android_logo_shine.png).

Tronique Clock Widget

Old Software. No longer supported.

I like it. Though if you could add a digital time read-out I might actually use it. The Tron style clock, while cool, is hard to read at a glance.

I bought it. Love it. Thanks!

TORQUERULES said:
I like it. Though if you could add a digital time read-out I might actually use it. The Tron style clock, while cool, is hard to read at a glance.
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I thought about putting a small digital readout in the middle of the disc (since there's just wasted space there right now) but then thought it might look a little crowded.
Probably the easier thing to implement as an option (at this point) would be a more traditional analog clock with hands and numbers.
But if I'm feeling ambitious, I might try for a digital readout, too. Thanks for the input!
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I bought it. Love it. Thanks!
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Cool! Glad to hear it!
FYI: I noticed on my phone this morning that I suddenly had a blank location field after the hourly update. This was sort of a new one on me, and I'm thinking it may have to do with the fact that I suddenly have multiple users, trying to hit Google's geocoding service at EXACTLY the same time.
So there'll probably be an update coming within a few days to address this.
Regards,
Corporate Dog

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I'm not entirely sure if it's kosher to pimp our own applications here
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Yea I'm not sure either. Is this "spam?" I dunno. It certainly would NOT be if it wasn't for sale.
Seems like a cool clock, though. Good luck.

OJsakila said:
Yea I'm not sure either. Is this "spam?" I dunno. It certainly would NOT be if it wasn't for sale.
Seems like a cool clock, though. Good luck.
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Thanks!
I've been participating around here off-and-on since I first picked up my Aria, so it's not my intent to do a hit-and-run. If an admin wants to poke their head in and say, "Not cool. Shut the thread down." I'll certainly comply.
Regards,
Corporate Dog

I doubt they would...But you know Moderators...lol j/k