[New Skin] Looking for some feedback

thanks for the comments guys appreciate it

anyway here are some slightly updated screenshots
DISCLAIMER!!!! All things and anything subject to change depending on the mood I'm in

Updated Home (slight graphics changes) and one with music playing


An Alt movie view


Fanart view with side menu

Looking at those screenshot, your mood must be good at the moment

Very nice work, Jezz_X!

Very nice work Jezz. The blue undertones look great and makes it easier to see what's active. It's like your trademark as well. I have a question. When you are developing skins, do you do so with the xbox in mind or have you transitioned to another platform? Just curious as to how much the xbox is still involved.

I make them on win32 but use them on linux so no I don't use the xbox anymore at all.
My Main PC is just winxp so I find it much easier making skins on it saves ftping over files to the xbox to check. And I replaced my main xbox with a htpc running linux version ages ago now

Yep look very nice!... classy work as always Jezz.. I'm still an avid Xbox fan so hopefully it will run on there... if you release it...?

Nice work Jezz, like the fanart with the side menu doesn't look too busy

Wow they look great. I like the poster view quite a lot.

Just thought some people might be interested in more done (think I posted some of these higher but the links went dead for me)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot017.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot053.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot052.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot051.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot050.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot039.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot038.png

Few other things have been done too but I mostly concentrating on the Video Library to fill the overall theme of the skin

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot020.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot021.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot022.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/J...hot023.jpg

I like it, with the exception of the current backdrop in those screenshots, ...I think that backdrop it is a little too similar to the carbon fiber look in PM3/PM3.HD, as I feel that carbon fiber have too much of a 90'ish look to it these days.

I been waiting long now for an XBMC skin with a carousel spinner for the home menu see:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=26877
I been jealous of the carousel home menu of MediaPortal's Xface skin for quite some time now:
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/xface-...8-a-26565/

Really looking forward to this!

[EDIT]: PS! One request; please add "Home" and "Back" buttons (icons) to each view/section to make it more touchscreen friendly, as suggested here => http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=37935

Gamester if there is one thing this skin will not support is touch screens and even mouse use.
I had to compromize so much with pm3.hd to make it useable with a mouse that it wasn't funny in the end. but thats what the default skin needed.
This will 100% be remote control and to a lesser extent controller and keyboard only. although I can see the touch screen side (for cars) people who use a mouse with a media center need shooting.
Besides unless they invented cheap 30inch or bigger touch screens then you will have a hard time reading some fonts anyway. Not to mention getting up every time to touch the TV