A very very (early) happy new year to all and belated merry Christmas

Well, it seems like yesterday when I thought the year 2006 started, and now here I am writing this entry for 2007. Time really doesn't let you understand its fleeting nature.

Do you have any plans for the new year?

I have many boring personal new year resolutions, but as far as skinning is concerned I am very excited about all the new possibilities that will come with Windows Vista (to be released in 2007). To be fair, right now I have no idea how I'll go about skinning the Aero GUI, but once I switch over to Vista I'll dig deeper into what's possible to do with it and what's not. Until that time I'll stick to skinning the XP GUI

An update for Tener VS is on its way so stay tuned. All the watchers will be notified automatically when I release the update.

Once again a very happy new year to everyone.

Yep, this deviation [link] elevates my deviation count to 50 Looks like now I have created enough stuff to be truly called a deviant.

DA is addictive, it inspires you to create and feel creative and there is always enough quality work out there to make you realize you aren't that creative after all. This is the beauty of DA it makes everyone keep improving their art.

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OK, in previous entry I told everyone that I was going to enter GUI championship and posted a Windowblinds theme mock-up. I am sorry to tell you now that I didn't enter. The mock-up still lies there in raw state. I have been too busy lately so never got a chance to finish the skin. Anyway I do plan to complete it in future and release it. I am also working on a new visual style which I hope to finish soon so keep your fingers crossed

As some of you may know third bi-anual GUI Championship (previously called GUI Olympics) has started. It is a competition between skinners for producing the best skin for specified apps, this time you can design skins for WindowBlinds and IconPackager and the third category is that of Wallpapers.

Submissions has already started and, obviously, Wallppapers has started rolling in since it is the easiest category.

They also have some intriguing prizes for the winners but most people do not enter for money or an Xbox 360, it's recognition they are after, to some it's a matter of ego.. but for me it's just plain fun. Only one participant holds the trophy but others must enjoy being a part of the contest and enjoy the competition while it lasts.

I also plan to enter with my WindowBlinds entry. Below is a sneak preview of theme in progress.

Edit: I just found out posting images in journal is a subscriber only feature so anyway.. follow this link [link]

What do you think of it?

For more info on GUI Championship visit its official website [link]

DeviantArt on it's sixth birthday has launched a new layout deviantART v5. Looks pretty and all from first impression with contrasting dark and light versions of popular DA color, a VERY good design for sure. But as most other people I feel kind of annoyed at this sudden change, it's like you left home for work at morning and when you returned in the evening, expecting it to be the same as you left it, the whole interior of your house had completely changed, now you can't find your wardrobe and your reading table! and you wander around your house like a stranger.

Here are the pros and cons of new layout I can think of off the top of my head.

Pros

More beautiful.

More streamlined.

Cons

A lot of new buttons have emerged 'for subscribers only' so I guess life is going to be hard for non-subscribers with the new layout

Daily Deviations (featured art) used to be given a lot of exposure which made the artist's efforts worthwhile. The first thing I noticed while exploring the new layout was that it no longer displays the featured art in the side bar (well there is no side bar anymore) and the only place dedicated for the DD's is the bottom of the DA's start page.

You can no longer see what new messages your message center contains, so you have to use an extra click to know how your social relations are coming along.

Categories button is almost hidden on Browse page, took me quite a while to find it.

That was a little review after just having a look-see on the new layout. I'll add to the pros and cons as I explore further.

hello,

ok, so I humbly present to you my new website named www dot gfxcanvas.com have a look and let me know what ya all think of it

the website is just partially done and alot of content is waiting to be added, hopefully I'll keep updating the different sections that interest most people.

click on the link to be taken there [link]

Have a nice day