My Brain on Hyperdrive

It's been a while since I updated my phone home screen and I was feeling the need for change. So after browsing mycolorscreen.com for inspiration, this is what I came up with. I'm super happy with it!

Because I'm a fan of change, or at least I get bored with the same home screen on my phone for too long, I've updated it to reflect the current holiday season. All the wallpaper editing was done in Photoshop Elements using clip art and icons I found for free online and then edited as needed. I spent more time on this one than I did on my previous screens , but I think the effort paid off. Take a look and let me know what you think! Several of the ornaments have a logo on them. Those are the ones that have a transparent icon linking them to the app. All of the gifts and the snowman also have a transparent icon and open apps. The text is created using the Minimalistic Text app and open clock and weather apps. I edited all the stockings to have a picture of the app I'd want to use them for. The lights at the top link to various camera apps. I could probably have done something to better label which is which, but I didn't want to clutter it too much. The black...

If you saw my original post on my Android home screens, the first image here will look familiar. I've gone with a custom wallpaper desk-like theme using transparent icons. I'm still happy with the main home screen, but I'm not really excited about any of the other screens. They're fun, but not great. So I've started working on updates. Since I finished updating screen 2, I thought I'd share.  Here is the before. You can see that although the intent is to have things look like they're sitting on a desk, it's not very well accomplished. So I changed it up. I put everything on shelves instead. Not only are shelves better looking than desk clutter in the real world, they're also better on my phone screen. What do you think?

I have an Android phone. It's over 2 years old, but it still works great. If there's a good deal at Christmas, maybe I'll upgrade. To keep things feeling fresh, I like to play around with the look of the home screens on my phone. From what I understand (I've never used one), that's not something that's possible with the iPhone. So, I thought I would share my latest endeavor. I used a tutorial and I'll link to it at the end of the post (his screen is pretty cool, possibly cooler than mine). So this is my main screen: The cool part is that all you're seeing is my wallpaper (created in photoshop). I've used transparent icons such that when you click on the objects, it opens different apps. For example, if you tap the phone, it will open the phone app so you can make a call. Click on the monitor to browse the web, the envelope for voicemail, and the calculator for ... a calculator. No more boring icons. Screen 2: I have a number of differ...