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skin: name ideas? by Chrislah on 07-06-2008 at 09:55 PM

heyy!

i've been making a skin for a while now, im quite proud of it.. but now i need a really cool name for it, and i'm low on ideas. there's no specific theme to it.

so can anyone think of anything?

the skin looks fairly simple, but ive tried to put as many options as i can think of. it has a light mode and a dark mode aaand it colorizes pretty well too. (im telling this to help with ideas, im not just bragging :D ) if you wanna know anything else just ask.

anyway i'll release this soon, or not soon, depending on how long it takes :)



((if nobody replies till after tuesday, it'll be a while before i reply. i'm off to americaa for a fortnight :D ))


RE: skin: name ideas? by aNILEator on 07-06-2008 at 10:06 PM

Well it's your artwork piece, what does it mean to you, how would you describe it in as few words as possible?

Play with that idea and see if a name comes to mind. :)


RE: skin: name ideas? by Aeryn on 07-06-2008 at 10:27 PM

Hmm... a screenshot would probably help to give us proper ideas, too. :p


RE: skin: name ideas? by Chrislah on 07-06-2008 at 10:45 PM

@aNILEator: that advice has actually added a few names to the maybe pile :) you should go pro with inspiration like that lol. thanks

@Haz: sure!

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/Scrislah/skinpreview-1.png


RE: skin: name ideas? by diablotin on 07-06-2008 at 11:00 PM

skin very beautiful :D


RE: skin: name ideas? by Chrislah on 07-06-2008 at 11:11 PM

thanks!

the pic isn't very up to date (for example, i made the window edges cleaner since) but you get the idea of how it generally looks :)

oh and i'll mention now, when i get to releasing it i'll get rid of the 'hide ads' feature, since i hear it's not allowed. so no worries there ;) (i'm talking about the lack of ads in the screenshot)


RE: skin: name ideas? by tony on 07-06-2008 at 11:59 PM

I would call it "Simplicity" :p


RE: skin: name ideas? by Willz on 07-07-2008 at 01:29 AM

light theme looks good, especially the white.

But the dark theme.... i dunno I think it needs work, especially by looking at the display picture border.

I think you should try think of a name that represents what you have worked on. Like with my skins I just think of words that would describe the skin and then just shorten them or mix them with other words.

i.e Ev0 got its name from Evolved, Zero-G got it from "no guidelines"

Another thing would be to name it after animals or some sort of natural phenomenon (tends to be popular as well.


RE: skin: name ideas? by warmth on 07-07-2008 at 02:15 AM

From colors to black and white ---> FC2BW! :P


RE: skin: name ideas? by aNILEator on 07-07-2008 at 05:48 AM

Simple words that flow from the tongue would be nice for this skin. Even if you make them up. as long as it sounds nice it'd suit I think


RE: skin: name ideas? by Chrislah on 07-07-2008 at 10:43 AM

okay, thanks for all the ideas!

i think "Colorize" could work pretty well :)

how do you think i could shorten "Colorize" or make it more exciting?
or i guess i could just leave it as Colorize if i cant make it sound any cooler.

@willz: you were right about the dark theme. so i spent the morning making it better :) here are a couple of new screenshots

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/Scrislah/shot1.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/Scrislah/shot2.jpg


RE: skin: name ideas? by Quantum on 07-07-2008 at 10:53 AM

What about "Fresh"?


RE: skin: name ideas? by Chrislah on 07-07-2008 at 11:26 AM

Ohh! Fresh is good!
and i could put a 3 in to make it more exciting..
Fr3sh! :)

i like that. i think i'll go with that one :)

thanks john + everyone else!


RE: skin: name ideas? by Chrislah on 07-07-2008 at 08:24 PM

now i have a name. i just made a little webpage for when i release it :)
i'm quite happy with this

www.fr3sh-skin.co.cc

there are whole bunch of new screenshots on there too.


RE: skin: name ideas? by Basilis on 07-07-2008 at 08:59 PM

Have you finished it? When do you think is it going to be ready to be released?


RE: skin: name ideas? by Chrislah on 07-07-2008 at 09:08 PM

might be a while.
i'm going away tomorrow for a fortnight. then when i return i need to do the convo windows.

when i get back, i'll quickly make the convo windows look acceptable and i'll get it released. then i'll start making it better :)

in other words, 2-3 weeks.