The Bastard Pack
One of the first things that the pedagogical overlords try to pound into our tiny brains is the concept of sharing. We start in pre-school or kindergarten, after that it’s mostly downhill. Over the last few years, there’s been a resurgence of that playground ethos as we gleefully steal music and movies from the entertainment gods.
After harpooning copyright spokemen and lamenting the evils of digital rights management, we jealously guard our precious stylesheets and provide aloof answers to the secrets of our ways. Not everyone is a bastard though. There are lots of great people out there producing themes, pretty pictures and contributing their time to open-source projects. Now, as they say, is the time to put up or shut up.
A Bastard’s Story
Last September, I modelled a theme around the famous portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower and called it Bastard. That look made it onto a number of CSS gallery sites, and helped me to get my name out there. So it’s only fitting that the look is the first one I give away.
This isn’t a theme release, it’s just some WordPress templates and Photoshop files. It probably won’t work out of the box, but it should give you some insight into the method and the madness. The theme never really existed as one template, it just kind of evolved and got picked up by the gallery crowds before it was fully formed. At this point, the theme is six months old and I can’t attest to the condition of the code, but it’s probably a mess.
The Goods
For the cautious type that won’t get in a car without a map, I present to you the contents of the pack:
- 1 screenshot
- 15 jpg images
- 4 psd images
- 22 php templates
- 1 css document
- 3 rare dinosaur bones
- 2 orbital weapons platforms
Download the Bastard Pack 2.3mb
The Fine Print
Just so we’re clear… there is no support for this package, take it or leave it. There is also no license per se, but that doesn’t mean you can use it for anything. I haven’t made any money off the pack, it wouldn’t be fair if you did. Use it for your personal sites… if you need something professionally, you can do better.
Epilogue
There should be at least two more packs coming out in the near future, but don’t lose sleep waiting for them. I’d like to thank recent SXSW award winner Bryan Veloso for inspiring me to dump a .zip file full of crap on the unsuspecting public. That and answering five questions for Seal Club.
Dave, that’s awesome dude. I’ve been trying to get myself going on creating a theme pack out of my current design. Bah, just seems like so much work. Nice of you to include PSDs as well.
I also like what you’ve done with the place. Is it just me, or are there no images used in the current design?
Yeah, it takes time to create and support a theme that works properly across the board, I prefer the dump and run style. Was going to put the effort into creating one large pack like Bryan, but it’s easier to chunk it up. The next one for Tool should be cooler pack to look at.
Thanks, I’m trying to create a style that will force me to post more… love the one column look but it wasn’t working for me. And no images in the css so far (other than the grid).
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I know, you mentioned that there was no support for the bastard pack you released and I totally understand why you would say so. But, I was kinda, sorta hoping you wouldnt mind just a few general questions..please? I uploaded the files, and it was giving these errors for functions that it couldnt find, neither could I. after commenting out a couple these, the theme came up but showed nothing but a few titles. My question… does theme need any programming to get working? Is there absolutely anyway you have a copy of the working themes files?
Again, I really appreciate you releasing the files and hope your new theme kicks as much design butt as the last one.
thanks,
Kedar
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I’ve taken the liberty of adapting your PSDs to skin my new K2 theme work in progress, I absolutely love that industrial ‘abused’ look. Thanks for providing the pack and the PSDs!
The bastard, is slowing getting into some shape on my blog..:-)I am beginning to like it..Thanks for making it available.
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for what version of wordpress is this bastard pack? because i have the same problem as Kedar above…
Kedar, can you help me?
Brilliant!
I really love the whole grunge look and have been trying to develop my own photoshop backgrounds and images on this style but no luck.
Thanks for the files, they’ll go a long way to getting my site re-designed and looking good.
Please let me know if you release any more like this, the more the better.
Appreciate all your hard work and many many thanks,
;-)