Covers
(Draft)
After the first release, this’ll continue being an ongoing project. I see it slowing down, but never actually ending. I like the idea of having a different cover (e.g.) every month. They’d be a fun way to denote when a particular version of the file is from, and they’d be the one part of this project where utility isn’t a concern.
For the first year or so, I’ll use colorways of the “cubes” cover. They’re pretty easy to make:
- Choose a background color.
- Make the line-work cubes the background color, but change the blend mode to ‘Multiply’
The hard part’s choosing the background colors. I don’t want them to be arbitrary. They should relate to the project, even if only tenuously.
Because it’s what I prefer, and because it’s what we use at work, this project is, and will ultimately be, a Figma file. That’s a good place to start. I think it would be cool to pull colors from the UI before moving on to more obvious colors, or more esoteric colors.
I think I’ve settled on the first four colors/covers:
#00a1ff
(Blue), from the selection bound of a regular object/layer#7b61ff
(Purple), from the selection bounds of a variant or component#e249af
(Pink), from the smart selection overlays#e5e5e5
(Light gray), from the default canvas background