Further Designs

After looking at the UIs I had already created, I tried to see if I could think of any ideas to develop my designs even further, and try new ways to make them better. I then found out about using textures to characterize my Interfaces, and then colouring them to match what the colour scheme I had already created. After that I learned how to use a burn tool, which helps to add tonal qualities, such as shadows and midtones to colours and textures in Photoshop, and I feel that this will be very useful in upcoming projects.

The Weapon Display interface was probably the hardest to design, as I didn't know how to make it look much more effective than just adding textures. The silhouettes proved difficult too, as I had already flattened the image from before onto just one layer. I think this idea would have looked better if I was more experienced in Photoshop. However, I do agree that the texture I have used makes it look much more effective and matches the aztec theme much better.

This is how I textured my mini map, which I am very pleased with, and I think that the stony texture matches the colours and the theme really well. I just need to maybe straighten the burnt parts a bit more, and insert a map in the mouth of the design so I know what it will look like when it serves its purpose.

Really happy with how my health bar looks and I feel that the colours used in this interface go really well together. Again, I feel the textures really bring the design to life much more than it did without textures, and I feel that this has really worked well, and looks much better.

The Bullet count was the first one I worked on to add textures to it. I feel that some of the textured colours work really well together, but I do feel that there is still a slight contrast with the colours that don't really match well with each other. I also feel that I would like to change the colour of the bullet number to a more stony and aztec colour, as not only do I feel that would work much better, I feel it would go well with the theme as well.