Steampunk and other stuff

[Draco1962]

I have always been fascinated with the steampunk styles that show up in movies, such as Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under he Sea," "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," etc. I have been tossing about an idea for yet ANOTHER HTPC theme based upon the look and feel of that genre.

I have attached some of the logos that I have released before, but have added a sepia tone effect to them. I think that they would be fine with the theme, also along with a scan line effect as part of the actual theme foreground to overlay the image fields accordingly.

As usual, your feedback is much appreciate!

[mesk]

Pretty cool D-man,personally not my cup of tea.but I could see these working quite nicely with a matching theme

[nullPointer]

Wow a Steampunk theme would be awesome Draco! Really looking forward to seeing how this develops!

As an aside Sky Captain is generally regarded as Dieselpunk . . . Oh crap - sorry, I just turned into that guy. Slinks off only to be consumed in arcane geek lore that no one in their right mind could possibly care about . . .

[Draco1962]

LMAO! That's OK, and you are most likely correct. I am a fan of Warehouse 13 and they tend to mix the genres a bit. Everyone tends towards the retro-game look in the many themes I have viewed for this and other front-ends and I like them. However, I thought it would be a cool change in the HTPC arena as I have not seen anything like it in my "surfing" thus far. I may decide to go more in that direction than hard-core steampunk and it may end up being a blend of the two... we shall see!

[nullPointer]

So I just had a revelation! (and yes I'm still recovering from the mental exertion). I'm probably reading between the lines a bit here, but cross referencing this post with your recent issues regarding topmost foreground images . . . Does that mean your Steampunk theme is going to utilize the Foreground image layer!? I'm already pumped for this theme, but that would be the icing on a delicious cake!

Of course if spoilers are involved . . . perhaps it's best to leave us in the dark

[Draco1962]

Yes it will use the top most layer feature. While it means re-doing my approach to theme creation a bit to compensate for a true layering capability, the end results are more polished IMHO.