Screenshots - Where Does The Good Go by Pyro_

Screenshots / Where Does The Good Go

Artist's Note

I apologize for the large filesize. JPG destroyed it.

All credit goes to Antimatter for the original mockup he subbed on GSM. I did this with his help and permission.

I don't really have much to say, except I know it's been a while. And it's gonna be a while again, I'm pretty much quitting customizing. 'The scene' if you could call it that is dead, and I've lost all motivation and inspiration. And my life has become hard to manage and this just doesn't fit into it.

In the past six months though I have abandoned three or four desktops. Until I got to this one, I think it'll stick for a long time.

Screenshot Ingredients

Wallpaper /
Trama by Manicho - Recolored.

XP Themes /
SHADED by heylove - Used as base.

Cursors /
minimal cursors by sryo - Main cursors.

Cursors /
CURSER by fractal.design - Used one in an app.

Artwork by Emy Storey - Displayed in shot.

Comments (36)

	report capitalizex says: sexy, just curious if that's pidgin? Sat, Mar 22nd at 02:09am (1 year ago)
	report noka says: this looks great. and cap, i'm pretty sure it is. Sat, Mar 22nd at 02:17am (1 year ago)
	report Pyro_ says: Yep it is. Sat, Mar 22nd at 02:48am (1 year ago)
	report kinetx says: wow, great vs. love the buttons and scrollbars. drop by #nuance some time, there's no one there to annoy any more. :( Sat, Mar 22nd at 02:56am (1 year ago)
	report pjdark says: this looks so clean. i really love the startpage. also, the titlebars,and wall just look perfect together. this is quite obviously done by someone who knows what she's doing. just great stuff Adriana. oh, and that clock is hawt too. :) Sat, Mar 22nd at 03:02am (1 year ago)
	report naalo says: Very clear Adriana! What happened to your widescreen? Sad to hear you backing up a bit, but even sadder that you are right, the scene is dying a bit and especially here with al the crap being posted lately =( Sat, Mar 22nd at 03:10am (1 year ago)
	report TXTR says: Great setup. The music that i know from that list is cool, too. Also: get Kate Nash if you like Feist. Sat, Mar 22nd at 04:26am (1 year ago)
	report NickDC says: Really awesome, love vs! ;) Sat, Mar 22nd at 04:58am (1 year ago)
	report finch says: It doesn't matter if it has been a long time because this is pure quality; clean, smexy shot! Sat, Mar 22nd at 04:59am (1 year ago)
	report Thomax says: Great to see something from you again. Sad to hear that are backing up a bit :( Sat, Mar 22nd at 05:53am (1 year ago)
	report pille says: Pyro i love this! ive also been off from custo from awhile but shots like this really makes me want to come back :D its minimalistic and it looks very usable... the only thing that is missing in my opinion is the taskbar.. clock rocks :D sad that youre quitting thou ;(... Sat, Mar 22nd at 07:09am (1 year ago)
	report tehl3x says: Easily my fav. shot of 08' so far, likely to keep that title for a long time. Well done. Sat, Mar 22nd at 07:12am (1 year ago)
	report kowic says: whole thing nicely come together...i like those faded rainbow titlebars... Sat, Mar 22nd at 07:56am (1 year ago)
	report nitzua says: great to see a quality screen here. that's unfortunate that you're quitting customizing but i can't help but agree with you on the stagnant nature of the scene these days. Sat, Mar 22nd at 08:19am (1 year ago)
	report fate0000 says: This is the hotness and yeah we miss you in #nuance. *sniff Sat, Mar 22nd at 09:03am (1 year ago)
	report SunMoonStar says: really nice love the colors and all i hear you about quitting, i've had no inspiration either, who knows maybe it'll come back Sat, Mar 22nd at 12:35pm (1 year ago)
	report mizu.taifux says: I love it! Good work! Sat, Mar 22nd at 02:41pm (1 year ago)
	report krissirk says: great desk! & i agree with pj: the clock is hot !!!! Sat, Mar 22nd at 03:49pm (1 year ago)
	report antimatter says: Ah, you already know I like it. 'Course, your take here looks better than my original half-arsed mockup. At least somebody got some good out of it. And quite a lot of good, it seems. Sat, Mar 22nd at 05:53pm (1 year ago)
	report AlbinoAsian says: awesome stuff, definitely a top quality desktop, yours always looks super complete, while this one might be the most functionable of all the ones you've done. hope you still have a play at custo'ing from time to time Sat, Mar 22nd at 07:58pm (1 year ago)
	report nosphere says: great SS, as usual Pyro all the tones really blend great... Sat, Mar 22nd at 08:12pm (1 year ago)
	report uac marine says: great shot pyro, love the gradient. the blue and red color in your conversation doesn't fit though.. how did you manage to remove the icons in explorer completely? as far as I can tell those ain't blank ones Sat, Mar 22nd at 08:15pm (1 year ago)
	report skytricks says: wow, awesome! i love the fluidness of the colors. :] can i ask what font youre using? :o Sat, Mar 22nd at 09:31pm (1 year ago)
	report sakurakira says: Very pretty! You chose such a nice gradient to use for the caption bar. :D Sat, Mar 22nd at 10:38pm (1 year ago)
	report lynucs says: What the others said. I like it. This is Pyro dropping it cause its hot. :) Sat, Mar 22nd at 11:36pm (1 year ago)
	report Pyro_ says: Kinetx, Fate: I will try to drop by more often, I know you guys must be really bored without me to annoy. :P Pj, Pille, Kris: Glad you like the clock, I always try to make that different. :) And I haven't used taskbars in years. Pep: That was my mother's laptop with Vista, this is my old computer with a borrowed CRT monitor. TXTR: She's indeed on my list of people to check out. Jason: If it wasn't for your mockup this never would've come about, I could've never made such an awesome rainbow gradient. I don't even know how you did it. AA: it actually feels the most functional too, which is slightly surprising. UAC: I had hoped nobody would notice that. I just figured out how to make the fonts and background color match. But I don't know how to change those colors yet in Pidgin. 'Tis a reg hack it's floated around on the forums before, I can PM it. Nos, Sky: Glad the colors go, it was a bit challenging for me. And the font is Calibri Bold Caps. Thanks all I truly didn't think it'd get such good marks I had felt like a total has-been. And wasn't sure if I had actually pulled it together enough in my old fashion. I am told I can't resist custo'ing and I shall return, I don't know about that. But I will certainly try to custo every now and again, maybe sub every six months or so like I did this time, heh. Sun, Mar 23rd at 01:21am (1 year ago)
	report bdx says: P E R F E C T! Sun, Mar 23rd at 06:40am (1 year ago)
	report bdx says: And you should release this fb setup! :p Sun, Mar 23rd at 08:21am (1 year ago)
	report Pyro_ says: Gah forgot to mention to Kinetx the buttons and scrollbars and probably 99% of the VS is still SHADED. I didn't change all that much. Bdx: it's old FB (0.8.9) I could help you recreate that if you want. Sun, Mar 23rd at 05:08pm (1 year ago)
	report kiD a says: Nice setup, that rainbow gradient is very smooth. That reg hack you mentioned to UAC I'd be interested in it if you still have it. :p Mon, Mar 24th at 12:58pm (1 year ago)
	report uac marine says: yeah it'd be really nice if you could send it to me :) Mon, Mar 24th at 06:14pm (1 year ago)
	report nosphere says: PM that one too! please! Tue, Mar 25th at 12:53pm (1 year ago)
	report StriplingRz says: superb as usual pyro... i love your start page, would love to get that setup. and the foo is great too Wed, Mar 26th at 03:49pm (1 year ago)
	report Thinker says: This is simply amazing. Wed, Mar 26th at 04:26pm (1 year ago)
	report akka says: i missed this one. it's good to see jason's mockup getting some use, loved it from the start and was disappointed that nothing came from it. it's great to see something from you, as always. Fri, Mar 28th at 02:27pm (1 year ago)
	report raoul says: Nice setup :) I like that cool looking startpage, and the 'least visited' made me chuckle. Yucky BG tho :P Sun, Mar 30th at 03:03am (1 year ago)
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