BluePearl Design
 

Here is a theme which i have spent alot of time working on.

http://www.bluepearl-design.com/forums/index.php?

excuse the top buttons as they r for a future project.

Nice job but too blue for me

A little too blue for me too and the links at the bottom, contact us and such, are nearly impossible to see unless you hover over them. Otherwise nice work. I especially like the logo but the design of the theme at the top takes away from it.

If I were you, I'd use at least two alternating blue colors, or maybe blue and then a grey/gray....ish color. ^^;;

Had alot of people tell me this, so i will take the advice of many people and have 2 alternating colors.
I made the mistake of making the buttons with the blue background, so i will have to modify the buttons and make them tranparent lol. doh.

also going to modify and PSD and create a white version, cause the blue is kinda annoying me now, was good for about 1 week lol

Have you made that change yet? It still looks the same color to me.

no not yet, working on other pages atm, but will have everything done in the next few days, then i am going to release theme free to the public as i am going to create a different theme for my site.

http://www.bluepearl-design.com/forums/calendar.php? i cant seem to change the dark blue background behind 'add new event' to another color, any ideas how i could do this?
had the same problem on a few pages now. :ermm:

its all good ;) i figured it out 5mins after i posted this eheh

Nice work!

looks awesome!!

ok 3 main pointers here, now Imnot trying to be an arrogant git or whatever just give you some advice as Im guessing your new to Photoshop / Web Design.

- Default Bevel Emboss is not your best friend. Play with it, use diff colours for shadows etc until you get a more natural looking effect. Simply clicking the option nd leaving it at that is rarely the case if not never.

- Colour Theory, you need to learn this mate or else you cant design effectively. One colour and its mainly shades isnt a good idea unless its offset by large amoounts of white. READ :: http://www.artorg.co.uk/community/article.php?a=48

- Lastly avoid using Blending Otions and LayerStyles where possible. Small text or images dont really allow for too much of this before becoming unread-able / hard to see. Always helps to invite someone in and proof read it so they can read what it all says etc, as you may know it says "i love you mum" but if your old mums squinting away and cant red it then whats the point?
EXAMPLE :: http://www.bluepearl-design.com/foru.../misc/top4.jpg


However the HTML work youve done tot he forum so far is great and if this is your first skin then well done :) But have a wee read of some Tutorials and look at a few other sites to get ideas and such.

If your serious about Design etc then the colour theory and such will be a great help.

Again sorry if I seem arrogant, Id ont mean to be :)

this theme is now available for download at www.vbulletintemplates.com.

I will be creating BluePearl Design a brand new theme very shortly. I am looking at a more professional look, and less blue lol

Here r the latest themes i have created.

http://www.bluepearl-design.com/forums/?styleid=10
http://www.ad.clanz.biz/forum/
http://www.usftechgaming.com/community/
http://www.bluepearl-design.com/forums/?styleid=8

Was looking for a hack on these forums when i came across this old post, so i decided to update it.