REM State

As part of my work with In Series, I decided that I needed to take a few screenshots for the sake of reference. I thought it would be a really simple — but a problem cropped up that I wasn’t expecting.

Site Colors
Color is an important aspect of any site. It can affect mood, draw attention, and affect users in a multitude of other ways. So, naturally, I ignored all of that and just picked some at random ;). Seriously, there is some rhyme and reason to the color selection […]

Overview
The metal tile background came from the brushed metal tutorial at BioRust, with some minor modifications for use in the Gimp. In the general sense, it really comes down to two steps to get the metal pattern:

Generate (grayscale) static
Motion-blur

Overview
One of the first things I wanted to take a stab at with this site was making a little logo image. Since the site’s name is REM state, a closed eye immediately came to mind as an appropriate symbol.