[Watch Face] Ironworker

This face took its own way through to fruition. I was messing around trying to make a metal background with a clock on it that is transparent to the time, and I think I mostly succeded with a fire through it. After I got that working, the watch looked a bit empty, so I added a fireplace opening, and it looked a bit like a kiln, so I added an ironworker logo to it. It still looked empty, so I added a digitally zoomed second wheel. As some of you know, I like to put way to much stuff on my faces, and found mself wishing i had a button like the paid version to turn on other stuff when you press it. But I’m a scrooge, so i just used the accelerometer to do that. If you tilt your wrist a little extra towards yourself as you look at the time, something extra will display.

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Love it, the 2 shine metal finish, the glass flow, the flaming seconds custout.
Could be easily mandalorian themed.
Would love to know your under font animation secret for the time.

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Hmm, a Mandelorian theme is intriging. :wink:

The time isn’t really a secret. It is simply an inverse (negative) font. That is a font that is hollow and the outline is solid. Then I just made it and the background grey. Then I added an overexposed metal sheen on top, set to 10% transparency, just enough to let the metal finish cascade over top. Then I tied the accelerometer into the rotation of the metal finish, so when you tilt the watch, the metal sheen also changes. There’s also some transparent shading and such going on.

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Fantastic piece of creative artwork Brad, with not too much on display at all, well done :clap:
Two things I did think of:
Maybe have the Forger at the top animated, actually hammering the iron :thinking: (that would definitely add a Mandalorian Theme).
Secondly, I think your Dim display needs some work sorry :face_with_monocle:
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This Is The Way

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Mandaloorian armour forging is already strong in the design. Could be played on well.’'Indeed, I had neglected the display of dim and thickness is required on the numbers if not nore,"

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Ha! I totally forgot to make an AOD clock. I added it in now, thanks @icrltd4 !

Surprised nobody noticed the little extra when the watched is tilted a bit more. Can be viewed on the phone preview, no need to sync.

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Really nicely done, everything on theme, even the weather in place of the smith icon is metallic :slight_smile:
Long ago I downloaded one gif for later use, now this reminded it to me.
blacksmith

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I got it thanks Brad :grin:


Not too clear in the dark sorry :rofl:

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Awesome, unfortunally ticwatch 2020 Lag as a donk if there are gif,btw the work with font inverse Is really cool ,the shine mixed veey good the main BG with the font bg, could be a good font for a bg with real pic weather forecast

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Thanks @alsx65 . So the ticwatch doesn’t show gifs very well? I didn’t know that. Will keep that in mind.

Actually yes, I have already used that font a couple of times with real weather pix for the the daily forecast. Here’s one of them. Works ok.

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The newer Ticwatches are probably a lot better

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Great watch, as a fairly Newby in designing watchfaces I wondered how you did that with the seconds, how they rotate like that and the how the present second pops up (enlarges)?

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Hi @dutchie65, looks like you have a few faces already, good start.

To make the seconds like that is a bit tedious. You need a text object for each second, so 60 text objects. Yes, that is a pain. In each X/Y coordinate box ad in an orbital expression appropriate for the diameter of the circle you want. In the rotation add in an expression for #dwfss# plus 360/the second number. Maybe more or less depending on where u want the circle. Add an expression for font size if the current second = the second of the text object. That should get u going. Post what you come up with in here so we can check it out!
:beers:

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