Fresh new green

Goodbye “Slime Mode”

The idea behind “Slime Mode” was to lean in to warm colors I introduced in my life (I use “Night Mode” 24/7 for warm tinting). Eventually I grew tired of the warm background, though. It really gave that sun baked feeling I was going for, but part of the problem was how I couldn’t seem to pair it with a green I liked. Green has been an important color in nearly every theme I’ve made, and it was really hard to make green look good in this theme.

• Warm: The warm background color is friendly

• Round: The wavy header and rounded borders soften it

• Pastel: The pastel colors bring the cuteness

Playing with “Cyber Style”

The idea for “Cyber Style” drag a bunch of sliders over to the opposite side. A more angular font, and lots of sharp edges and angles to match. The almost-white neutral background and the grayscale image pushes your eyes toward the green header.

Unfortunately, it comes off feeling more cold than I wanted. I don’t think it represents the roundness of “wavebeem” or the friendliness I want to project.

• Cold: Green is flanked with gray and grayer

• Sharp: Strange shapes on the cards and the oddly satisfying font

• Bold: The green at the top really pops, given the almost complete lack of any other colors

Hello “Fresh”

I want to say I thought long and hard and came up with a totally original idea on how to resolve the gap between my “Slime” and “Cyber” designs, but it was inspired by something else. More on that in a moment.

• Balanced: Warm, cool, and neutral elements

• Round: Mostly round, but the scalloped top gives just a hint of sharpness

• Bold: The fresh green contrast well with pure white

The inspiration

I’ll admit that I was inspired by… Sprite Vanilla Frost. Ever since Sprite embraced their modern white bottle design with the green label and cap, I’ve been in love with it. I really like both the Spiced Cranberry and Vanilla Frost flavors too. The scalloped background was high on my list before when I played with the CSS generator and chose the wave design, so that really resonated with me. And even though gold isn’t usually on my list of colors, the champagne accent color works really well for subtly incorporating warmth into the design without distracting too much from the green.

Sprite Vanilla Frost

What’s next

I want to try my hand at some graphic design and mockups in the future. Even just looking at these package designs is really exciting to me, but like I’ve been saying, I need to try making more things that aren’t my website in order to have more fun with design.