Due to financial concerns on the part of my family and i brought about the hurricane season here in Florida, i have made the decision to make RacerX a

premium Theme.. it is complete now in 4 colors, matching shellstyles, wallpapers and Icons..

It can be purchased at... HERE

I know some of you disagree with paying for graphics and thats your opinion, however i have spent about 11 months of very hard work developing this theme

and about 5 years learning the trade, i do intend to still develop and release free Visual style themes from time to time as i would like to maintain a good relationship with the community.

RacerX is a very complete theme and in my opinion worth the price of a good burger.

More to come soon.

vStyler. (formerly known as Winswy)


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We're you really that damaged by the hurricanes? (no offence of course). I live in Orlando and escaped without a scratch for the most part. I lost power a lot, which was a bitch, and my house is leaking now, but other than that nothing. Hope everything works out for you ok. Nice theme btw. I wish I could help you out

Where do you get $10 burgers?

It's not my style... I'm more into the minimalistic looks, but I'm sure you'll be fine.

Buncha Florida peeps here... *shifty*

Does this have a compact start menu...Thanks

Please understand, this is not a pity party or a cry for help, yes, we sustained lots of damage and were without power for a combined total of 8 days, our microwave, refidgerator and television were zapped.

These occurences were just part of my decision to market the theme as opposed to providing it free.

As stated earlier i will be making free themes, personally i think this is worth paying for.

i'd like to know that too

Not my style, but very nice none the less..

We were without power for 7 days from Frances, 2 days from Charlie, 4 hours from Jeanne.

Lemme guess, FP&L?

A compact version of the theme will be available if posts in the lightstar forum indicate there is enough demand.

This would include Start menu, caption bars, taskbar and scrollbars.

and no...Jea, im sure their just as bad.

If it was my style, i'd buy it... sorry for saying that but thats not my style
hope others will like it

Lightstar...isn't that the one who posted **** loads of crappy themes on themexp, or is he even the owner of themexp?!?
either way, not my style (looks to much beginner, bevel was the first thing I used in Photoshop two years ago...) so I won't be buying it, hell, paying for a theme is like paying for air....so this thread gets a from me, sorry, I don't want to offend you. If you think you need money you should do it an other way, because IMO selling themes is the last thing themers should do....

hmmmm...... $10 for some 1 tht went crazy with bevel and emboss ?

If You desperately need money go United Way or YMCA, but selling VS is a "tough act to swallow"....Especially on Neowin. Post it on NeoBay then....

wow, what an awesome VS, I'm buying 5 copies.

I dont desperately need money, i thought i had already covered that, if it not to ur likeing, suit urself, im not forcing it on anyone.

However plenty of people make a good living selling their graphics and ii have spent hundreds of hours on this.. so... why not.

Lets see one of ur VS's Wing.

we can take a Vote.

oh thats right u havent made any.

hmm, where are those icons from?

let me just say this dude i would drop it now or i will make 1 and own u with it

i think its a beautiful skin
wish i could pay for it

rofl thats a gay theme

Now if I was thinking about giving you money for your VS, I won't.

LOL, go ahead little boy, id like to see ya try, u cant make VS's in Glitterato

if u dont have anything constructive to say stay TF outa my thread,

i have LOTS of Family in Scotland, i dont need little 14 yr old idiots startin sh1t about something that means this much to me.

please stay outa my thread , if u feel u can do a better job, theres a WIP thread for that instead of ruining what reputation u might have by trashing mine.

have a good day.

@amarok ... ok.

wow, man. You've sold how many copies of this with that attitude?

What attitude?

just defending myself, i started the thread off perfectly respectfully.

Try posting and have people be complete idiots aboout your hard work and tell me how it makes u feel eh?



and..26 so far if u must know.

Thanks Winswy \ Vstyler ,

Paid for and using.

There are a lot of kids on this board, pay no attention to them.

This is top notch work, well worth a measly 10 bucks, ill check back for more if its of this quality.

17 btw so dont call me a "wee boy" btw saying tht you have "lots" of family here in scotland was that a threat cos as far as am conserend i dont give a flying **** who you have here i can say what i want btw i cant make vs in glitterato or what ever the f00k it is cos i have never heard of it. Saying this you wanted a constructive comment didnt you my first post was it

i'd like to osee u make a VS that will "own" this..

Put up or shut up.

agreed

you spent a year, making that......

I think this should be moved to the auction forums.

@Winswy, man dont listen to the flaming, you made a good work, im not into paying either, but i think is a nice job..... looking forward to your next releases.... keep it up

well, in MY opinion it looks like a hundred others at themexp.org, not worth any money at all.

* rings the bell*

aren't those chaninja icons?

i wonder why you sell it when there is better FREE themes

@wing. i think you should do a move and pawn this one

The in the start menu are for screenshot purposes. The theme came with My PC, My Docs, Network places, IE, and full and empty bins, in 4 colors.

nice too...

Ive stopped downloading from ThemeXP a long time ago but when i was downloading there i never found anything of this quality.

Give the guy a break.

why not use his own icons in the start menu? from here it looks like he's trying to sell the chaninja icons along with his theme.

no, just using them, the icons featured on the desktop are mine.

Just to clarify.

Thank you to those of you providing positive feedback.

Its alright i suppose, if it was free, id probably download and chuck in my windows directory, but wouldnt use it.
So in other words, its nice, but i wouldnt pay for it.

OK, thought I would jump on the bandwagon here. First of all, yes, I have my styles on ThemeXP (along with thousands of other authors). No, I do not own ThemeXP, I work for FileSubmit.com (they own ThemeXP) maintaining the forums and doing submission approvals. That is my enitre capacity at the site. Do I like what they are doing? No, I do not, and I am slowly trying to change things for the better I hope. In a few days there will be a subscription based site for downloading files that are not wrapped. It will be $10.00 a year for 1,000 downloads. This was an idea submitted by users, so do not think it was my idea or anyone's at FileSubmit. I do however support the subscription site idea if it keeps SpyWare and AdWare out of the downloads, and the money is used to support the site itself.

We are (or should all be) professionals here, the works of vStyler (Winswy) are of excellent quality, and neither he nor I are 'Minimalistic' stylers. If you want to see a beautiful piece of work, just look at the upcoming 'Gizmo' theme at my site if you care to visit. This style is indeed a work of art, complete with mouseover animations and superb colors.

I very seldom come to NeoWin, mainly for just these types of reasons, the bickering, name calling and lack of professional attitude is more than one can take. I will stay in my own little world where decency and integrity are honored.

As far as vStyler selling his work, more power to him! I have begun doing the same myself, bandwidth and keeping a site up aren't cheap! The way I figure it, I have a right to make a few bucks off my hard work also, and no one out there has the right to tell me anything different, period!

Enough said, now back to the 'real world of art', because I certainly have never found any here.

its okay its nice keep up the good work

Well focken said

I think you should be band you say some really rude things. The vs ok. Might use it for only a few days but hey I won't pay for it and expcially when you flam half of everyone that posted in this topic

spoken like a the professional you are...Lightstar.

Heres to entrepenuerialism !

umm..wanna name the "half the people in the thread" that I flamed" ?

although i am not a "skinner", i do consider myself an artist to an extent. your points are very good ones and i whole heartledly agree. i like the looks of his work there, but i would not use it personally. if i wanted it bad enough, i would be more than willing to help a "kindred spirt" out though. he made a point of telling us why he is selling it in his initial post and that should have been the key for some, but the complaints still came. why?!?! anymore these days people just want everything free and when they can't get it free, they get ****ed and find ways to steal it. there's got to be a happy medium. i've spent many hours in front of my computer making sig banners, site banners and such for free for friends. sometimes i do wonder if i should have charged atleast a small feee for my work. i say sell away if you can!!!

any one that said they don't want to pay or they don't like the style. Just be kind. More people might then consider about making a donation for the vs. Maybe like 5 instead of 10, etc...



How about everyone that said they didn't like it, etc....?

You could at least said something. You might also want to do donation and give people out the vs if they donate like 3 or more

@ lillitnn92 could NOT have said that better, im willing to bet the people here complaining that have jobs wouldnt dig ditches, hammer nails or admin a system or two for free, so why should it be so different for those working hard on their graphics? Sure there may be better free themes but i always get more satisfaction from paying for something myself than getting it free. and seriously folks is 10 bucks that much to ask if its something that u want. i know in the past ive paid for windowblinds themes and felt very good about getting some quality work and helping support the artist themselves. As i posted from the beginning, if u disagree or dont find the style visually appealing then so be it but give us out here struggling the oppurtunity to advance ourselves with our work.

Im not looking for donations or handouts, its priced that way because i think it has that much value for the labor i have put forward to make it.

Thankyou for that suggestion tho. and to anyone i may have offended unknowingly (except for wing) accept my apologies.


It takes a big man to cry, but it takes and even bigger man to laugh at that man.

Have to add my two cents here. First of all I would have no problem whatsoever paying for a theme that I truly enjoyed. I don't think I would buy this particular theme, but that is beside the point. You obviously have put a lot of work into it and deserve to be rewarded.

I myself am in a similar situation, actually two situations in which I create things and give them away. I play in a band and create music that is free to download off of our site. I hope to someday make music in the industry, but I realize the chances of that. I also know what it's like to pour your heart and soul into something artistic. It's a labor of love for sure but I sure would like to give up my day job eventually.
I'm also a member of the dev team for e107 (which the lightstar.com site runs ). And give my time and limited coding talents to this project, also freely.

So anyway my point is that if you don't agree with what Winswy is doing, then by God don't buy the theme. Hit the little back button and get on to flaming somewhere else.

Well said chavo! Would you mind emailing me on an e107 matter? Thanks!

if you like it, then buy it. if you don't then don't buy it. simple as that. if you have a problem with paying for themes, then go download the better free themes you find elsewhere.

i personally prefer the standard windows classic look... but im not bashing the artist for it... damn.

You summed up 90+% of the Neowin userbase in that one sentence. It's a shame because this used to be a friendlier site. Too bad more people don't get banned.

Anyway, it's a nice vs. Not my style either, but most skins and themes aren't my style. You have every right to sell it, but people also have every right to not agree with the selling of themes. You shouldn't be flamed for selling the theme. That should be against the rules here, but it's not and people just run their mouths because they know they won't get a beating like they would if they talked as much in real life. There are some "famous" WindowBlinds skinners who put out crap and then sell it and this theme is definitely better than most of their stuff.