Red laptops are bad for the same reason that red Ferraris are bad. It makes the user look stupid.
I also think the link with the aids ipod is too strong. Does anyone remember the Family Guy aids song? I can't stop thinking about it when I see red products.
Sorry about that. If you aren't terribly exacting about the precise hue of red, then it would seem a relatively quick job. If you had to fuss over the bits, then there's no way to take shortcuts.
On the PC the red strikes at you pretty hard. On the Mac it is more toned down. Yeah, getting the color right on the website is a challenging task for Apple, harder than the non-designer would think. The iPod RED nano is slightly more purple-ish and a bit brighter and slightly less saturated... I might do a MacBook RED version 2.0 mockup to see how it goes.
Well, anyway, keep the feedback coming if you like. Just throwing something up there and seeing what sticks. Haven't done commercial graphic/web design for about 2 years now so I'm out of the critique/ feedback scene for a while (which can be quite brutal sometimes, you totally have to leave your ego at the door, but keep your guts with you...don't take things to seriously yet not be too flippant around your clients and bosses). Commercial- artistic stuff... an interesting beast.
Sorry about that. If you aren't terribly exacting about the precise hue of red, then it would seem a relatively quick job. If you had to fuss over the bits, then there's no way to take shortcuts.
Nah it's cool, mockups are done in various ways by different people, or different ways buy the same people. Sometime it's easy to hack something together, other times you need like 5 to 6 layers of gradients and "paint" that way.
Maybe if it had a black frame around the LCD display and the case was red? Could also have black keys on the keyboard, with red backlit letters. Otherwise, pretty cool.
Maybe if it had a black frame around the LCD display and the case was red? Could also have black keys on the keyboard, with red backlit letters. Otherwise, pretty cool.
Cool 8) ... The keys are supposed to be black, it could be blacker in the mockup, it has a slight reddish tinge to simulate reflection off the red parts... (edit: Version 3 has full strong black). Red lettering on black keys would not be very visible though... Red keys in a red notebook would be too intense.
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I also think the link with the aids ipod is too strong. Does anyone remember the Family Guy aids song? I can't stop thinking about it when I see red products.
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/..._Guy_AIDS.html
Hello, mockup below of MacBook RED. Please vote on this poll. 8)
Where'a the rest of the angles?
Where'a the rest of the angles?
Hmm... It was pretty damn hard photoshopping a pure-black MacBook into dark-reddish with the right tones and all. I'm too lazy to mockup other angles
Hmm... It was pretty damn hard photoshopping a pure-black MacBook into dark-reddish with the right tones and all. I'm too lazy to mockup other angles
Maybe you just need to get better at Photoshop.
Well, anyway, keep the feedback coming if you like. Just throwing something up there and seeing what sticks. Haven't done commercial graphic/web design for about 2 years now so I'm out of the critique/ feedback scene for a while (which can be quite brutal sometimes, you totally have to leave your ego at the door, but keep your guts with you...don't take things to seriously yet not be too flippant around your clients and bosses). Commercial- artistic stuff... an interesting beast.
Sorry about that. If you aren't terribly exacting about the precise hue of red, then it would seem a relatively quick job. If you had to fuss over the bits, then there's no way to take shortcuts.
Nah it's cool, mockups are done in various ways by different people, or different ways buy the same people. Sometime it's easy to hack something together, other times you need like 5 to 6 layers of gradients and "paint" that way.
(edit: Repeating 3 versions of the mockup), Ver 3.0, 2.0, 1.0 respectively:
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Maybe if it had a black frame around the LCD display and the case was red? Could also have black keys on the keyboard, with red backlit letters. Otherwise, pretty cool.
Cool 8) ... The keys are supposed to be black, it could be blacker in the mockup, it has a slight reddish tinge to simulate reflection off the red parts... (edit: Version 3 has full strong black). Red lettering on black keys would not be very visible though... Red keys in a red notebook would be too intense.