Crafts – Page 3 – Lewis Moten

April 30, 1998

WinAmp Aqua Skin

The WinAmp Aqua Skin was a custom interface theme designed during the golden age of desktop personalization. Packaged for download and manual installation, it reflects an era when tweaking media players was both creative expression and technical exploration. Read More

April 28, 1998

3-D Images

In 1998, I showcased early 3D renderings created with 3D Studio Release 4, featuring a modeled modem and a detailed bee. These experiments explored lighting, texture, and form—capturing late-90s fascination with digital modeling and emerging desktop graphics. Read More

April 27, 1998

Miscellaneous Graphic Design

This early design page showcases experiments with customization and motion—from crafting a personalized WinAmp skin to building animated GIFs during the peak of web-era creativity. Small projects, but foundational steps in learning visual identity, interface styling, and digital expression. Read More

April 27, 1998

Backgrounds

In the late 90s, I curated a small gallery of looping background textures—gears, nets, pipes, wax, and abstract bumps—designed for websites and desktops. Seamless GIF patterns built for tiling, tweaking brightness, and giving early web pages mechanical personality. Read More

April 18, 1998

Bee

Created as a class assignment in 3D Studio Release 4, this rendered bee explores organic modeling through polygon shaping, lighting, and texture work. Built during the late 90s, it reflects early experimentation with digital sculpture and desktop CGI tools. Read More

April 18, 1998

Modem

This 3D rendering of a 56K modem captures a detailed printed circuit board populated with through-hole resistors, capacitors, diodes, and microchips. Created during the dial-up era, it reflects late-90s fascination with hardware, connectivity, and precision digital modeling. Read More

April 18, 1998

Pipes

This page showcases the tiled pipes.gif background, repeating in a seamless industrial pattern across the screen. Created in the late 90s, the looping GIF evokes mechanical depth and metallic texture, capturing the bold, experimental spirit of early web design. Read More

April 18, 1998

Web

This page displays the tiled web.gif background, repeating seamlessly to form an intricate, layered pattern across the screen. Created for late-90s websites and desktops, the looping design captures the textured, immersive aesthetic that defined early personal web pages. Read More

April 18, 1998

Net

This page highlights the tiled net.gif background, repeating edge to edge to create a layered, grid-like texture. Built for late-90s web layouts, the seamless pattern adds depth and structure while showcasing the era’s love for looping graphical backdrops. Read More

April 18, 1998

Gears

This page showcases the tiled gears.gif background in action, repeating seamlessly across the screen. Designed in the late 90s for web and desktop use, the pattern demonstrates how simple GIF textures could transform a page’s mood and mechanical atmosphere. Read More