Concept Art for Watch Bands

[athousandbands]

what do you use to make these? just apple stock photos and sliders?

Yep, screenshot the big Store.app images and then Pixelmator on my iPad has sliders that aren’t too complicated for me. It also has decent magic selection tools that I used to separate out the layers. A big aha moment when I realized a few months ago to start with the most neutral white/spruce aura images. And then for black primary concepts I have a separate project.

 

[BasicAppleGuy]

 

[BasicAppleGuy]

 

[mikedis]

View attachment 1725099

View attachment 1725101

Now you just gotta name them!

 

[BasicAppleGuy]

I'd be nice if Hypergrape made a comeback too...

 

[mikedis]

I'd be nice if Hypergrape made a comeback too...
View attachment 1725108

WOAH.

 

[athousandbands]

☄️Martian Sunrise/Sea Glass Sport Loop by @jeremyfernie

 

[athousandbands]

Martian Sunrise in the Neptune style with some Cyber in the mix

 

[BasicAppleGuy]

 

[athousandbands]

Picante Leather Loop

 

[athousandbands]

Syrah Leather Loop

 

[athousandbands]

Medjool Leather Loop

 

[athousandbands]

Claret Leather Loop

 

[jeremyfernie]

Claret Leather Loop
View attachment 1726314

This right here. The red equivalent to Diver, so it’d be an instant frequent flyer for SBSS. Awesome.

 

[athousandbands]

Arctic Orange/Crimson Bliss

 

[athousandbands]

Lazily reimagining Red Sport Loop with mango and sunrise rails

 

[YaShiMo]

Galactic Jade/Black
View attachment 1721357View attachment 1721358

This is giving me military vibes and I love it!

 

[athousandbands]

This is giving me military vibes and I love it!

Everyone here is ready for the follow up to olive flak and cargo khaki

 

[athousandbands]

Trying to find a home for racer blue, bear with this wacky one:
Copa/Racer Blue:

 

[Appie11]

I Love so many of these concepts. Have any of these kind of ideas every been close to the real releases?

 

[jeremyfernie]

I Love so many of these concepts. Have any of these kind of ideas every been close to the real releases?

Some Nike-based ones by @athousandbands have, for sure!

 

[iOS Geek]

☄️Martian Sunrise/Sea Glass Sport Loop by @jeremyfernie
View attachment 1725257

Ok, I REALLY like this one!

For this thread as a whole...I hope/wish Apple is paying attention! Quite a few of these would be instant buys!

 

[the future]

Someone on 9to5 Mac had the idea of a whole range of „Molded Sport Bands“: 9to5

 

[athousandbands]

I Love so many of these concepts. Have any of these kind of ideas every been close to the real releases?

I mean for the nike ones I’m strictly using real Nike colorways. Some are more random wishcasts based on clothes I buy, but mostly I’m using Nike Running and Nike Tennis “lead colors” that have led to bands in the past. I didn’t predict which three they did perfectly for fall 2020, but once they were out, you could find that I had mocked them up previously.

Obsidian Mist I made too purple, and Spruce Aura/Vapor Green I didn’t have the name right but I had the look perfect. And then I was certain Bright Mango was coming because they dropped a bunch of gear the Monday before the bands dropped, but I had Mango as the primary.

Here’s a post from September showing how close I got:

Concept Art for future Watch Bands

Yeah they're pretty similar.

forums.macrumors.com

 

[athousandbands]

Crimson Bliss/Arctic Orange sport loop by @jeremyfernie