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In the last couple of weeks I've been obsessively geeking out over customizing my Android home screen. Not sure what triggered it.
My first effort followed my discovery of folders. I fumbled around till I managed to corral a zillion messy icons into four big ones, tidying the place up quite a bit:
Google+ Android communities helped me out, and I got fancy with the next attempt. This was pretty much my weekend last weekend, but I learned a lot and had a blast.
A real designer originally created this design, and I just cribbed it (he provided all the moving parts and gave me permission to have at it.) I took his very manly, black and tan layout with a tough Gorillaz-looking avatar image, and turned it DarkEmeralds Type 4.
The dotted line around the clock is a battery widget. Tapping on the date launches my calendar. Tapping on the weather icon launches the weather report. The little black circle in front of my eyes there launches the camera. Contacts come up when I tap on my face. Google Now is hidden in the clock face along with the moon.
Today, for the winter solstice, I made this one. It only took about half as long as the magenta one, and I'm starting to see the whole world in terms of phone screens.
Tap on the crow's eye for flashlight, on the elbow of the branch for camera, and on the time for Google Now, and, um...a couple of other widgets I hid in there and now can't find...
I don't know where this is going to end.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth, where there are
comments.
My first effort followed my discovery of folders. I fumbled around till I managed to corral a zillion messy icons into four big ones, tidying the place up quite a bit:
Google+ Android communities helped me out, and I got fancy with the next attempt. This was pretty much my weekend last weekend, but I learned a lot and had a blast.
A real designer originally created this design, and I just cribbed it (he provided all the moving parts and gave me permission to have at it.) I took his very manly, black and tan layout with a tough Gorillaz-looking avatar image, and turned it DarkEmeralds Type 4.
The dotted line around the clock is a battery widget. Tapping on the date launches my calendar. Tapping on the weather icon launches the weather report. The little black circle in front of my eyes there launches the camera. Contacts come up when I tap on my face. Google Now is hidden in the clock face along with the moon.
Today, for the winter solstice, I made this one. It only took about half as long as the magenta one, and I'm starting to see the whole world in terms of phone screens.
Tap on the crow's eye for flashlight, on the elbow of the branch for camera, and on the time for Google Now, and, um...a couple of other widgets I hid in there and now can't find...
I don't know where this is going to end.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth, where there are
comments.