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Artist's Note

Finished! Sorry for the crappy preview. Download it and install it. You'll see how sexy it really is. ;) There's a black and a brown version both with six different color schemes and a bunch of icons. Sorry no Winamp skins. I just don't have the time right now. Big thanks to the 4imp crew for all there help. Check out j3 http://j3concepts.deviantart.com/ he should be releasing the walls soon. Thanks for your patience guys. Enjoy!


UPDATE Opps! Some how I forgot to change the taskbar hover buttons for the black version. So they're blue for all of the all of the color schemes. Don't ask me how I missed that. So if you want the black version please download it again. I can't edit the download file so download it here http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45532008/

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Comments (73)

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egolatra says:

gawd! this is so ugly! :P love the brown for real +fav (too bad that GUI.Relax by b0se was released yesterday, i just could use that till today :P)

Thu, Dec 28th at 09:31pm (1 year ago)
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circa says:

Wow, big suprise seeing this getting released. Wasn't really expecting it, but looks very good, and nothing short of spectacular.

Thu, Dec 28th at 09:31pm (1 year ago)
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nitzua says:

nice update :]

Thu, Dec 28th at 10:11pm (1 year ago)
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curre says:

Cool.

Thu, Dec 28th at 10:49pm (1 year ago)
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neodude says:

Bout freeking time! Well put together as always and best VS of the year...

Thu, Dec 28th at 11:07pm (1 year ago)
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relik says:

using it now. :)

Thu, Dec 28th at 11:22pm (1 year ago)
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Damn sexy as always Heylove.

Thu, Dec 28th at 11:23pm (1 year ago)
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definitely im in love.

till your next release ill be using this. :)

thanks.

Thu, Dec 28th at 11:30pm (1 year ago)
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egolatra: Yeah, me too :P
oh btw: the haxrcorp font's you included are corrupt.

Thu, Dec 28th at 11:44pm (1 year ago)
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I'd use this VS if I wasn't too lazy to reshack my icons.

Thu, Dec 28th at 11:45pm (1 year ago)
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scooby says:

yay

Fri, Dec 29th at 12:21am (1 year ago)
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OftenK says:

Wonderful! The brown is gorgeous!

Fri, Dec 29th at 01:44am (1 year ago)
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vkeios says:

Awesome, you just made me wish I didn't just switch to osx.

Fri, Dec 29th at 02:28am (1 year ago)
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krate says:

Just seems a bit too similar to the first one. I was expecting something different...

Nonetheless, areao4 is still one of my favorite visual styles.

Fri, Dec 29th at 02:30am (1 year ago)
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aakio says:

Great visual style and icons! If i could give you higher than a 100 i could, because of all the work that must have gone into this. The black schemes are still my favourites and i love that balloon close button!

Fri, Dec 29th at 04:39am (1 year ago)
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Quanoo says:

Sexy indeed. :) Edit: Have been using this for a while now, and i must say that i'm not very fond of a few things, like captionsbuttons and etc. This is however a nice update to a very nice style, but I think that the first one was more stable and smooth.

Fri, Dec 29th at 04:42am (1 year ago)
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Flykes2u says:

I've allways loved area and this looks kinda perfect to me...great work ;)

Fri, Dec 29th at 04:56am (1 year ago)
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dnz says:

What did you expect, it's area o4.2. Not a completely new VS. I think it looks fantastic! Great work as usual heylove :)
Love the icons and walls aswell.

Fri, Dec 29th at 05:49am (1 year ago)
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kowoolo says:

you don't see such a detailed visual style often!

Fri, Dec 29th at 05:52am (1 year ago)
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7sinz says:

I've never seen so many ass-lickers in a row.. unbelievable. She could have realesed a Luna Mod and you guys would love it. Omg, and why? Just because it's Heylove? Oh dear... Well, great work - that's for sure, but a 'lil bit too hyped, isn't it?

Fri, Dec 29th at 05:55am (1 year ago)
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Imrik says:

Wonderful icons my lady.

Fri, Dec 29th at 06:19am (1 year ago)
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puer says:

Nice seeing an icon set included with this release. Well done.

Fri, Dec 29th at 07:40am (1 year ago)
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Damzk says:

Okay, area o4 is certainly one top 3 best VS EVER, maybe the best. It had a few bugs, probably was rushed out, but so wonderful that yet my fav one. This fixed them out. Was it needed? Maybe not for like 100 that know how to do it, but fuck you elitists complaining people, if what's best can become better, of course it should. Plus, it has nothing less than lotsa awesomelly beautiful icons included and another color scheme. I don't get it, this is not like a SS where you can say meh and whatever, FUCK, this is the most talented VS maker GIVING you her hard work, if you don't feel it's good enough then just shut the fuck up. Thank you heylove, much appreciated.

Fri, Dec 29th at 07:44am (1 year ago)
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Nice ;)

Fri, Dec 29th at 07:50am (1 year ago)
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Troper says:

Heylove, why you always kick all custo's asses? :P

That is sooo sekzi!

Fri, Dec 29th at 10:04am (1 year ago)
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fate0000 says:

Classic, legendary VS but I'd say the icons and the wall pack steal the show as the VS aside from the 2 or 3 things I can pick out and the new color schemes, is virtually the same.

Fri, Dec 29th at 10:37am (1 year ago)
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09wkd says:

Agree w/ 7sinz, its a great release, don't get me wrong, but I think the praise is more because its a 4imp vs than just a VS :/ Nevertheless, I downloaded just for the icons alone :P They're quite the shiznit indeed. I'd use the VS but am currently rocking classic windows because I want the speed advantage edit screw it, Im rocking the VS too now, couldnt resist

Fri, Dec 29th at 10:43am (1 year ago)
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Great update to an already legendary suite. Glad to be a part of it. I've been using this for quite some time now and its funny how it suits almost any wall you throw at it. Great work again Cara.

Fri, Dec 29th at 01:20pm (1 year ago)
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R I P says:

sweet :)

Fri, Dec 29th at 08:35pm (1 year ago)
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Pokit says:

omg <3. I really like the mouseover borders and scrollbars and everything!!!1

Fri, Dec 29th at 08:38pm (1 year ago)
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obviously my fave, since I leeched the color scheme for GSM: http://www.gypsyspacemuffin.com/forum/in
dex.php


Best vs ever.

Sat, Dec 30th at 02:12pm (1 year ago)
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Thanks, heylove! This kind of quality work really inspirates me into start skinning.
Shame that won't have a WA... But fuck that! XD

Sat, Dec 30th at 03:06pm (1 year ago)
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blueslaad says:

Nice way to end the year. Outrageous work here, as always.

Sat, Dec 30th at 06:00pm (1 year ago)
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heylove says:

"all of the all of the" lol. Thanks everyone!

Highlaj Thanks buddy

Sat, Dec 30th at 07:00pm (1 year ago)
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versuz says:

Heylove, nothing beats your Aesthetic Groove, but this one comes very close! I especially like the hoover and the colour schemes. And the little things finish it :)

Sat, Dec 30th at 08:51pm (1 year ago)
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sbbath says:

i like it much better that the first release

Sat, Dec 30th at 10:07pm (1 year ago)
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gorgeous icons!

Sat, Dec 30th at 11:29pm (1 year ago)
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ParTKiD says:

Fantastic, congrats on a v2 with actual real improvements, some just don't get it.. now it's time to port this to my cellphone. The only thing that I am not a fan of is the arrow in the Startmenu, besides that this works for me.

Sun, Dec 31st at 12:14pm (1 year ago)
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i agree about the arrow in the start menu, it's half-assed and oddly placed, but otherwise this is probably my favourite vs of 06! brown/teal is particularly choice.

Mon, Jan 1st at 08:25pm (1 year ago)
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Highlaj says:

100 for the black :)
The brown is gets 0.

100+0/2 ~ 1 4ME

Toobad i removed the magnifiying glas, otherwise i'd use this.

Thu, Jan 4th at 05:37pm (1 year ago)
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ranqour says:

sechsey.

Fri, Jan 5th at 02:46pm (1 year ago)
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rob1101 says:

very very nice. i would suggest making a better preview though

Wed, Jan 24th at 09:39pm (1 year ago)
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kevinlau7 says:

lovely!

Tue, Feb 27th at 11:24am (1 year ago)
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wraybling says:

this is definitely my favourite vs at the moment. great work!

Sun, Mar 25th at 08:45pm (1 year ago)
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adz_619 says:

schweeeeeeeet......

Fri, Mar 30th at 06:51am (1 year ago)
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-_- says:

Very nice, is the wallpaper released yet? Thx!

Sat, Mar 31st at 04:10am (1 year ago)
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i used this vs for a while but then could not get it to work again (changed to another vs and could not revert back). i will try again soon i'm sure. i love this theme a lot. gj!

Wed, Apr 4th at 06:15pm (1 year ago)
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wrong download page... thats why!! lol

Thu, Apr 5th at 03:57pm (1 year ago)
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akka says:

best vs to date.

Tue, Apr 24th at 01:57pm (1 year ago)
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pjdark says:

beautiful, functional, and easy on the eyes.

Wed, Apr 25th at 10:07pm (1 year ago)
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damn, good job on this theme, even if I am a bit late on the praise.

Wed, May 9th at 08:40pm (1 year ago)
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if i were back on windows id use this. great work.

Thu, May 10th at 06:19pm (1 year ago)
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raoul says:

Sweet skin except for the font sizes whcich for some reason are all messed up on my laptop >.<

Could you possibly include Arial 8 as one of the default choices? Im pretty sure thats a universal fav :)

Fri, Jun 1st at 04:12am (1 year ago)
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golbez says:

Yeah. For some reason, I think it's cause i dont use Windows ClearType, the fonts looks odd... someline like arial or even tahoma version would be cool :D

Wed, Jun 13th at 04:51am (1 year ago)
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a_ib91 says:

i love it , it's so cute

Sat, Aug 18th at 03:43am (1 year ago)
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jw62 says:

All these VS's are crap! What gets me is how quickly pubes fire off any new OS look before it hits the stores. I think you all need jobs.

All one needs is a window for each application and a way to distinguish between one application and another. What exactly are you all hoping and looking for?

Thu, Sep 20th at 01:19am (1 year ago)
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jw62 says:

In fact many of these VS's are a testimony to the ignorance of the author. Many seem to ignore the status bar and make VS's so dark that the status bar font, which is kept black, is impossible to read. The same applies to light VS's with milky white backgrounds and white fonts. Contrast means nothing to these fools.

Thu, Sep 20th at 01:41am (1 year ago)
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krm says:

Hey very nice work looks awsome!
im just having some troubles getting the icons
working if someone has the time 2 help me
add me zfunk-@hotmail.com thanks!

Fri, Sep 21st at 11:51am (1 year ago)
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pjdark says:

@ jw62...... shut the fuck up man. *bitchslapped*

Mon, Sep 24th at 07:56pm (1 year ago)
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I wanted to make an account for this, but Bugmenot had one so yay!
First of all, nice theme, used it in the past and even tho it isn't really what i wanted i was very happy with it.
@ jw62, if you hate the themes on this site so much, stop coming here or make a theme to show how it is done or something, but don't go around criticizing everyone like you are the world's authority on themes.

Mon, Oct 1st at 05:23am (1 year ago)
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BlakjaK says:

Most excellent. : )

Sat, Nov 10th at 12:43pm (10 months ago)
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wow amazing work! love the theme :)

Tue, Nov 13th at 03:11am (10 months ago)
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love it. using it now.

n00b question: any idea how I restore web form text field outlines?

Great icons as well.

Thu, Nov 29th at 09:08am (10 months ago)
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This is really sweet.

I was wondering if someone could help me. I'm new to this stuff. How do you install icons without .iconset, .iconzip, .iptheme, etc. file?

Plz msg me if you know...thanks!

Thu, Dec 6th at 03:12pm (9 months ago)
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floms87 says:

super cool

Sun, Jan 6th at 07:05pm (8 months ago)
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silkcut says:

Thank you. One thing though. HaxrCorp Caps.FON and HaxrCorp.fon are corrupt. Anyone know where to get these?

Thu, Jan 10th at 03:13pm (8 months ago)
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