Enlightened
Enlightened, by Michael B. Stuart
Final Rating: 82%
Information: I wanted to make a gallery like feel for the library items. Not to mention the lights are all solar powered, cool to the touch, and great for hydroponic projects!
Comments
Posted by Daniel Goffin [panel] at November 24, 2004 07:26 PM
Interesting idea with the toplights. The light needs a bit touching up though, why does it stop instead of fading out? Decent execution.
Posted by mbstuart at November 25, 2004 03:54 AM
If you mean the sharp line - I think it might be a bug - I noticed it too when I was designing it, but it disappeared after I scrolled so I figured it was just a screen refresh thing (Seeing as how I usually have like 50 apps open at once).
Thanks.
Mike
Posted by Daniel Goffin [panel] at November 25, 2004 05:49 AM
Michael, i apologize. I have taken another look at it and it must defintely be a bug. Sometimes its being displayed right and sometimes its completely aweful. So, it ain't your fault. (*shouts* "Hey Mike, you need to fix this!") ;o)
Posted by mbstuart at November 25, 2004 09:46 AM
I appreciate you giving it a second look.
I hope a lot of people install it. The preview doesn't do it justice.
Posted by at November 26, 2004 01:42 PM
As mentioned, the preview does NOT do this justice. This is the best theme on here! I cannot belive all the non creative ones are getting more votes.
Posted by mbstuart at November 26, 2004 02:13 PM
Wow! Thank you.
For anyone that would like to see a full size preview without installing - here are two.
http://mbstuart.com/downloads/enlightened_preview1.jpg
http://mbstuart.com/downloads/enlightened_preview2.jpg
Yeah, the preview kind of actually makes it look sloppy because the name tag is hanging off the shelf and the lights overlap. But I think it was necessary as the design of the theme doesn't lend well to the preview template and the lights wouldn't have been visible without a resize.
I'm pretty psyched about the user ratings it's received so far. But I'll have to admit, all of the entries that have similar star percentages are all very well done. I hope a skinning preference is added to DM so I can have a bunch of these themes readily available.
Posted by Parker Bennett at November 27, 2004 04:38 AM
Sleek and futuristic, a nice black lacquer feel -- though there's something about the scale of things that seems just a bit off, and in use, it feels maybe too dark -- the objects don't "pop" as much because their drop shadows are swallowed up.