7 replies to this topic

[Crosbie]

Imagine you've got all these Neon signs - set in a cartoon street background - and they're buttons on a website;
Company....Mission.... Approach...Contact, etc...

From a design point of view do you have the neon signs flashing away - On and Off - or do you have them
flashing from one colour to another colour... OR....do you have them static...so that only when you do mouseover
they flash?

Would appreciate an opinion...


Crosbie

[funkysoul]

I would have them Flash On and Off.. and on a mouse over, they would start to flicker.

Edited by funkysoul, 15 April 2006 - 08:08 PM.

[SimplicityDesigns]

Hmm...the vision that popped into my mind is that the buttons are the neon signs without the glow, then on the mouse over, they flicker. Maybe a buzz sound too.

EDIT: I was really bored so I made this...
http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n...r.swf&width=320

-BBHD

Edited by BaseballHeadDan, 15 April 2006 - 08:33 PM.

[ecntrc]

Maybe you should make it, show it and see who comments it. I dont think there would be a problem with flashing. color to color wouldnt be a problem, as long as the color scheme you change them too matches your site. when your links are hovered, maybe another effect.. like a turning effect or something like that.. and ifyou think your viewers wouldnt like it.. make an option to turn the flashing off.. in my opinions..

[Scythar]

Another neon flashing example:
My Name in Neon

(Hoover over it, and then also try to click on it)

Edited by Scythar, 16 April 2006 - 05:10 AM.

[SimplicityDesigns]

 Scythar, on Apr 16 2006, 06:09 AM, said:

Another neon flashing example:
My Name in Neon

(Hoover over it, and then also try to click on it)

I like that, but I think it should be more random IMO.

-BBHD

[Crosbie]

Thanks for your replies...the examples posted are brill -

I followed one of the tuts that somebody had posted for animating a fade-in,
fade-out effect in Image Ready....and I applied it to my own little neon signs
but because I didn't have a clue how to align the letters in the original PS
image...{I'd nudged one of them into place manually}, there was a slight
wobble in one of the letters on the animation when the images were merged
...so the whole thing looks like something out of Playschool.

I can't post it in that state...so am trying to get rid of the wobble...just to be able
to present it...but I don't know how to upload an image yet.

BTW...I'm trying to build my own website in Flash...I'm not a designer ... I don't
know what Twodded means.

I've got all these ideas that I'd really like to explore but I'm not clever enough to
execute them...

Cheers

Crosbie

[coolaid]

twodded is the pixel2life.com area that deals with their own made staff tutorials. http://www.pixel2life.com/twodded/