Summer tends to be a slower time for skinning since people are, well, you know, outside. Personally, the sun causes me to catch on fire. Or at least smolder and no one wants to deal with that.
This Summer, there's been some real gems. Which is pretty amazing since those bastards at Stardock have co-opted most of the skinning community this year to work on MyColors projects. So without further delay, here are some of the cooler looking things I've seen this summer:
| VStyler has really taken off this summer and became a Master skinner. His Viena for WindowBlinds works on both Windows XP and Windows Vista and is one of our favorites this Summer.
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Skinners from China dominated this year's GUI Championships. So it's not surprising that one of the coolest and most popular skins of the Summer came from China.
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Onix from SKoriginals was one of the most original skins we've seen this Summer and it's also very usable as well.
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Fresh Attitude comes all the way from Russia via othersnow. It makes great use of the glass features in WindowBlinds 5. In WindowBlinds 6, users will be able to apply blur options to such skins which will make them even cooler!
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Plasmatron AI isn't a new skin but the Summer update takes I.R. Braniac's highly original skin and makes it incredibly usable as well. It's a true work of art.
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It has not been a very good summer for icons. Making icons these days is a lot more work than it used to be. Now, icons are expected to be at least 128x128 (Vista expects 256x256 icons! That's about the full screen resolution of a decent LCD cell phone! For one icon!).
But mkorashy's Edifice helped brighten up an otherwise slow summer in this area. A great icon package brought to you all the way from Egypt!
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Webby's Over the Hills and Far Away comes to us all the way from Italy. This incredibly cool wallpaper makes working inside almost bearable.
[Over the hills and far away] |
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Boss's Pacifico can make one imagine that they're in a tropical paradise. It's just a stunning wallpaper.
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Ixium Minor comes to us from AngelicJean in Australia. This is one of the most hauntingly beautiful wallpapers I've seen in years.
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Summer is only half-way over and we've only covered skins, icons, and wallpapers. Stay tuned, more to come!
