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Inspiration and Execution

Sweeter Home’s deep toolset means that you can build almost anything you can imagine as your home launcher. With that in mind, sometimes the hardest part of getting started with a theme is coming up with a good design concept.

Here’s how I generally go from beginning to end with a Sweeter Home theme:

Inspiration

I look EVERYWHERE for design inspiration. I subscribe to a ton of art and design blogs in Google Reader, including Photoshop tutorial sites and photography blogs. I also read this homescreen topic at XDA fairly religiously. I also throw useful links, tutorials and assets here on this site. Lastly, I keep a Google Bookmarks list of Sweeter Home Reference, which is where I dump anything I find on the net that might influence me later when it comes to building a theme. Look for anything that you can translate to a phone UI. Anything at all, no matter how abstract or “out there”.

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Friday Feature – 21 Jan

BladeSciFi7
By taffypride

  • Theme Resolution: 240×320 (X10 mini, IDEOS, Aria etc)
  • Find: Search “BladeSciFi7″ or “taffypride” in the theme list
  • Install now: Click to show QR code, then scan

It’s great to see someone building for QVGA, which I’ve often thought about but never got round to. If you know of any other great QVGA themes let me know in the comments!

Posted in Themes by Others

Corio

A simple, slick theme for you to expand on.

  • Theme Resolution: 480×800 (Nexus One, Evo, Droid etc)
  • Find: Search “Corio” or “Lemon” in the theme list
  • Install nowClick to show QR code, then scan


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Tutorial: using Dropbox to quickly iterate your designs

In this post I’ll take you through a step-by-step guide on how I use Dropbox and ASTRO File Manager to move images from my laptop to my phone, and quickly iterate designs in Sweeter Home.

Required:

  • Graphics program (I use Photoshop; try The GIMP for a free alternative, or the excellent Pixelmator for cheap on Mac)
  • A Dropbox account (free) and Dropbox installed on your Mac or Windows machine
  • The Dropbox Android app
  • ASTRO (or any other file manager; I prefer ASTRO because it remembers which directory you’re in)

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Friday Feature – 14 Jan

TouchMeHD
By hollywooder of colormeandroid.com

  • Theme Resolution: 480×800 (Nexus One, Evo, Droid etc)
  • Find: Search “TouchMeHD” or “hollywooder” in the theme list
  • Install now: Click to show QR code, then scan

For more from hollywooder be sure to stop by colormeandroid.com

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