Weatherlover's Artwork

[toxictwister00]

Ok, I think I've decided on an icon set to use for now on with my custom made IS2 emulation, I don't care that much about them aside from the snow/sun icons, but they seem to fit perfectly for me so I decided to use them over the XL icons. Let me know what you think. Special thanks to Zach for finding these icons.  Also I added a product I've been working on I simply titled as "Hour by Hour" and updated the week ahead with orange and blue gradient bars to indicate highs and lows and also to add a little pizazz.

[Donovan]

I like the new icons on it.

[texasstooge]

Awesome! Just plain AWESOME!!

[toxictwister00]

Since my old computer kicked the bucket on me last month, I never got the chance to back up the file I used to make my IS2 self emulation, so once again I'm starting from scratch, but I'm going to be taking it step by step like before. I kept the basic design of the template, but since the real IS2 doesn't have a weather background, I went with a dark background. These are some concepts I came up with. This was a design that's always has been in my mind, but I couldn't figure out how to put it together until tonight.

[toxictwister00]

REVISED 

[toxictwister00]

IS2 Concept Video - Available to watch in 1080p

IS2 Concept

This is what I have so far.

[toxictwister00]

I've been making a lot of progress so far on my IS2 concept, a video of this will be up within the hour and edited into this post. 

IS2 Concept #2

[TWCmatthew]

Excellent graphics, song choice and quality! Good work! 

[toxictwister00]

Excellent graphics, song choice and quality! Good work! 

Thanks! 

[toxictwister00]

Last update for a while.

IS2 Concept #3

Thanks to Donovan for that link for the maps he was using for his artwork. I'm using them here for the time being.

Also I moved the time further over.

[Mr. Rainman]

 

WOW! Looks really appealing, easy to follow, and not a whole lot of information being thrown at you at once, like the original IS2. This is really, really good!

[Donovan]

Looks great!

[toxictwister00]

My version of the 1999-2001 Local Forecast Intro The isobars are not that accurate, I just threw something together. 

[toxictwister00]

BLIZZARD WATCH - CHICAGO, IL PART ONE (CALM BEFORE THE BLIZZARD)

WeatherSTAR3000 Emulation - STORM SYNOPSIS: Chicago, IL is in the bullseye of a very powerful potent winterstorm expected to bring everything except the kitchen sink from blizzard conditions, to crippling ice, to severe thunderstorms/possible tornadoes, to even flooding. This storm is projected to affect 1/3 (100 million) Americans in some form or shape of fashion the next 72 hours. Chicago via NWS is projected to accumulate 12 -18 inches of snow (24 inches locally) during the duration of this blizzard. Snowfall rates of over 3 inches per hour is also possible. I know the text isn't aligned correctly in this emulation, I haven't worked on it since December 2009. I'll work to fix that at a later date. If time permits for me this week, I'll also do a 3000 emulation on the conditions in Indianapolis, IN and Detroit, MI.

Song - Ralph Diekemper - "Song for Lee" I think this fit perfectly with the Winter background in this emulation so that's why I chose this song, plus it's my favorite from the January '11 overnight list.

WeatherSTAR3000 Emulation - Chicago, IL Blizzard Watch

[toxictwister00]

WeatherStar4000 Modernized - A hybrid of the WeatherStar XL v1 & IntelliStar v1 with some of the 4000 color schemes.

Modernized WeatherStar4000 Emulation