Whisper's Forge Hub Theme FINAL

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  1. Whisper

    Whisper Ancient
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    Alright, some things to read first:

    1. This skin is unfinished. I haven't changed over the 'Who's Online?' box and I haven't redone some of the text yet.
    2. Also, the gray outside of the left and right blue borders won't be there if the skin is actually used.

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    EDIT:

    Ok, this is the final version (unless any serious problems arise).

    FH Ignite:
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    Recent version

    With Logo Text
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    Without Logo Text
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    Older versions:
    With Logo Text
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    Without Logo Text
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    New Header WIP as per Pegasi's suggestions
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    Please suggest/criticize/comment/etc.
     
    #1 Whisper, May 31, 2009
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  2. Moltenslowa

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    I like the with text better personally, but I dislike the grey on the side compared to all that blue.

    Now maybe if it was a dark blue or navy or something along those lines...
     
  3. EGP

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    Personally I would make the bars that are like light blue and blue the same color as the forgehub welcome bar. Also what is the picture at the top of?

    Anyway, brilliant skin.
     
  4. Insane54

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    I love it.
     
  5. Pigglez

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    Its aiiiight.

    I like the one with logo better imo.

    Definitely one of my faves. Probably between you and Ice.
     
  6. Whisper

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    Oh yeah, I forgot to add that the gray wasn't final either. I edited it in to my list on the OP.

    The logo at the top is made of the rocket platform on Epitaph + the giant hologram from Epitaph.
     
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  7. KratosAurion777

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    I don't really get the image at the top. I am not a huge fan of the goldish-brown background, it doesn't really work with the blue on the sides and in the forum tables.
     
  8. Pegasi

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    I really love this one, imo it's the right balance of minimalist background with detail in the right places, and varied, vibrant colours that don't clash.

    I do think it should have the text, but I don't care much for the text you've got up there. I think the text should either match the level of detail and look as sharp as the center graphic on the banner, or be more plain with less detail and merge more in to the flat background, preferably the latter if you ask me.

    Also, it could be nice to have some Forge monitors in the header image as well, just a couple kinda floating around, asymmetrical across the central mirror line. It'd be hard to do without cluttering it, but it could spread the detail of the banner across a little, look quite nice, and give more of a Forge theme to the whole thing.

    Also the blue detail on the header bars for each forum section look a little too symmetrical to me. I think they'd look better with more solid blue across most of them, and detail/change to lighter blue being strictly to one side, I'd personally tend toward the right hand side. It looks as if you've used an image from Halo for that graphic, so I know it's not as easy as a simple shift, but I really think it would help. As it is they look a bit too busy, considering that they are so frequent when scrolling down the page.

    But, that said, this is by far my favourite of the entries I have seen, and tbh the only one I could see myself using out of them, nice work.
     
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  9. Whisper

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    Blue and yellow work together, as they are complementary colors.


    And Pegasi, thanks for those great suggestions. I'll try to mock it up this week.
     
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  10. EGP

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    Thank you, that was what I was trying to say.
    Whisper, you and Ice are my two favorites so far
     
  11. Drummerguy360

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    OKay where's the download for this thing? This looks great.
     
  12. Icecikle

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    while this may be cool, its not very practical for anyone with a monitor that isn't your size. The bg can't just repeat itself to fit in the bg in a monitor thats larger and wouldn't all be there in a smaller monitor. So it would be odd if you didn't have a good size monitor. Just saying...
     
  13. Whisper

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    Something like this maybe?

    [​IMG]


    It's called a fixed skin...


    Haha, if only, if only :D
     
    #13 Whisper, May 31, 2009
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  14. Mace

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    Top pimps....
     
  15. Whisper

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    Yup, but that really isn't constructive, so please refrain from posting stuff like this.
     
  16. Pegasi

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    Yeah Whisper, those header bars look much better imo, nice and plain and not too busy for how integral an image they are. Looks to be coming along really nicely dude, top work. I'd still prefer the block detail change which is currently on the left hand side of those images to be on the right, but this is more of a matter of preference and the overall aesthetic appeal would be about the same either way in my mind.
     
  17. Whisper

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    Yeah, that wouldn't be hard to do. Just flip it and voila.
     
  18. thesilencebroken

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    i actually think the grey background holds it together. too much blue and it will become monotone and boring. Balancing colors is the problem alot of people cant contend with.

    As for the skin itself, I think the logo needs to be worked on. It feels like an afterthought, and its kind of necessary to the project to have our name at the top.

    Other than that, I vote this one hands down.
     
  19. LOCK.xcf

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    wow, just wow.

    Thats amazing, i would use that right now if i could. So far, you have the best.
     
  20. Nitrous

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    Links are borked.
     

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