Not a cat fan I'm afraid, being a doggy person. (Just not my idea of holding pussy! ) Also, the screaming cat should have a speech bubble, saying "Lezzers eat What?! (It wouldn't let me use the proper word! Prick!) (Saw that on a greetings card some time ago. )

Really think those themes are well thought out and well executed - well done BassdudeNZ!

Thanks you kindly (bows) I could also have a lot of fun with several of them if I could animate the png's like Wanda... Some could be very humorous..

Another old one from over ten years ago I fixed up a little bit so it's more consistent and tidier. I have a lot of uploads to do. I should be able to finetune those which remain and do all that over the weekend....

"Nights in White Satin - never reaching the end..." Ah yes, the good old Moody Blues! Nice one, Mr. Bassman! And not too OTT but fairly subtle really.

Thanks kind Sir.


The following uploaded to the gallery:

Monty Python FAN Theme
Foundation FAN Theme
Miles Davis FAN Theme
Dragon Mist
Steampunk Air
White Satin
Robots
KATZ
Solar System and a newer one,
Commercial Planes

I have spent a reasonable amount of time on these. I think I deserve a little rest

There are some great skinners out there who I hope will come back. Watching them when I first began inspired me to do it in the first place. With any luck, they'll come back and do even better.

Hats off to JcRabbit, Web GIZMOS, Mindy, RedNeck and apologies to others who also deserve a mention.

Other than the Office ones where I am not influenced other than admiration for how clean they are, I am doing my own, I have no other themes in my Workshelf other than my own. While this may seem counter-productive to some people, I can say speaking only within what I know, that my inspiration now comes from inside me, not from what I see other's before me, well deserving of mention have already done.

Cheers

The last from ten years ago tidied up.
originally I was influenced by WebGIZMOS Tiki back then which is a fine theme, but on revisiting a decade later, I threw away most of my more copied ideas.
I did this more with a 'Kon Tiki' approach, like the Swiss Family Robinson idea...
Still not happy with the menu. I may well use the KISS method and do the menu fairly identically to the placeholders...it will come to me after a break.
BBL




This theme is now available in the gallery. I did my own wallpaper which is included and I am content with the menus because they are consistent with the theme now.

On the topic
"THEME APPROACH"

Recently, I was asked how I get some ideas. OK as summarised as possible...
Think outside of the square. It's not a cliche to avoid anything. The monitor and any program is reliant on putting everything inside of a square (or rectangle if widescreen) in pixels. Is the topic I am attempting to give some kind of representation of a real thing? Ok - what does the real thing do? What inanimate objects do I also need to recreate to attempt to capture this scenario?. Once I have the objects basically isolated I can go about with the aesthetics.

That's it as simply as possible in a nutshell. Jorge has the options to include on the screen at my fingertips in his initialization files so the hard yards that are essential in many ways, he has already done.

I pulled KATZ off the gallery list temporarily because it had some inconsistencies which are now fixed and information misalignments, also fixed.

Here is its counterpart "DOGZ" which I will upload with KATZ in the near future to the Gallery.

What, none of my fave breeds? Well, perhaps one iffy looking small Rottie top left, not sure, odd tail for a Rottie. Anyway, large Chow, large Rottie, Boxer, Doby, Airdale Terrier - some of my top faves. Would have cheered me up no end on my sickbed. (Still sick as a proverbial! )

@Nexter - it is incredible how many variants there are of Dog species and breeds and cross-breeds.. No Blue Heeler either and others... there is as you know only so many before it becomes more like a menagerie. There's an Alsatian on the Workshelf TAB button too.



Anyway - I always wanted to do one of the below so I did... I'll put it up soon with the other two.

Good grief, yes indeed, an incredible - and ludicrous - number of dog breeds, and all of them still thinking they're a wolf! (Which of course they are, down to the tiniest "handbag dog"!) A lot of breeds should be prohibited from being bread - all of the short-nosed breeds that have great problems breathing for a start, it's outrageous cruelty. On the whole, any kind of commercial breeding is all wrong and should be banned - it's like some kind of other-species slavery. Heck, dogs are a whole lot more intelligent than humans, and they should never be treated as "pets" but as the friends they truly are if treated right.

I must admit that until now I'd never even heard of a 'Blue Heeler' - not the foggiest idea about that breed. Alsatians were restored to their original name of German Shepherd here, IIRC about 40-odd years ago now.

Well conceived and executed though it is, I'm afraid the Neon fluorescence is a bit too bright and distracting for me in terms of a user interface. But graphically speaking, it's actually brilliant!

@Nexter - I totally agree with the distracting - like the candy theme... that said it is to me like the High Contrast Themes MS made. I understand some people need them or like them but by default, definitely distracting. Then again, if you see any NEON sign anywhere, it is exactly what I think it is intended to do - draw attention and it will distract from other more normal surroundings.

@BassdudeNZ - Yep, you got that in one! Dead right. Glad we're on the same page.

Yep for sure. I simply see that while it's great to do only topics and ideas that are close to our own desires, I decided that I cannot let my own personal likes or dislikes affect what I create. If I make a theme that I put out into the public, while I certainly create for my own fun, I decided to expand my horizons and not be bigoted