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Flip Clock Redux

by Dave Ruiz Pro Sep 20, 2011
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  1. 39
  2. 24
  3. 12
  4. 2
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21 Responses

  1. Pro Img_5472 Dave Ruiz

    My client wanted a flip clock for a wedding site to countdown to the wedding day, but I wanted to do something a little different than the usual style that you see.

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    8 months ago

  2. Icon_twitter Matthew Roberts

    Like it v much

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    8 months ago

  3. Pro Ooykun Oykun Yilmaz

    amazing colors and style. numbers are "pompadour"??

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    8 months ago

  4. Pro Img_5472 Dave Ruiz

    Oykun: They sure are.

    8 months ago

  5. 300x300_tonguey01_3_blurs Matt Sauter

    That's super nice, man!

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    8 months ago

  6. Pro Untitled-1 kailoon

    Love the font, nice!

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    8 months ago

  7. Pro Tom Tom Creighton

    That fine grit on those numbers: dang! Subtle but great.

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    8 months ago

  8. Pro Img_5472 Dave Ruiz

    Thanks, Tom. Didn't know if it was noticeable enough!

    8 months ago

  9. N501098432_1148078_4100 Steve Schoger

    Great work, Dave. Textures are just right on this.

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    8 months ago

  10. Pro Patrick Pat Dryburgh

    I want this on my wall.

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    8 months ago

  11. Pro Img_5472 Dave Ruiz

    Pat: Come to think of it, that would be pretty neat.

    8 months ago

  12. Pro Me Jonah Werre

    Very unique Dave... nice work

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    8 months ago

  13. Pro Tom Tom Creighton

    It's just noticeable enough, I think.

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    8 months ago

  14. Pro Avatar Joel Jenkins

    Why can't I hit the Like button more than once?

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    8 months ago

  15. Pro Img_5472 Dave Ruiz

    Joel: If I figure out a way, you will be the first to know ;)

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    8 months ago

  16. Pro New-bw-twitter Christian Ross

    I could spend my valuable, billable time slobbering over how great this clock is but I'd prefer to take the next 10 minutes analyzing the meaning behind the number 24 that you decided to go to market with...

    If I were a beginner in Psych 101, the rookie answers would be something along the lines of girlfriend's birthday, date of first lost tooth or the last two digits of your bank PIN number (and ultimately most of your Internet passwords); but alas, Mr F6, I am not. I realize the shrewdness you possess and would never resort to such novice tactics.

    A step further down the line would have me think that maybe you subconsciously chose those numbers due to childhood a fascination with the great Willie Mays or the Black Mamba himself, Kobe; but I know you too well. While other less astute Dribbbler's might have even guessed a Barry Bonds or Ricky Henderson, I am well aware that your passion in life is one for those who only turn left. If you were to go down the road of comp-ing your designs based on famous athletes, you my friend would have most likely chosen Jeff Gordon, the Rainbow Warrior.

    Yet still, I believe there's more to the story. There's too much history here to be ignored. I ultimately believe the choice of the number 24 is in the fact that it isn't a conjoined number at all; you have distinctly chosen to use the number 2 and the number 4 but they, in fact, were not used in the form of the integer between 23 and 25.

    People of Dribbble, I present to you the following case:

    At the tender age of 11, little Davey once took a trip in the back of his family's station wagon to the great natural wonder we all know as Niagara Falls. What was proposed as a fun family vacation, sadly turned to one of Dave's darkest secrets in life. As the youngest of 3, it was often hard for Dave to be noticed but it never crossed his mind that he might be forgotten all together.

    On that fateful day, it is true that as Dave's family loaded the car and set forth towards the Poconos, little Dave himself stood in amazement of the falls. An hour of driving passed before the family realized the grave mistake that they made and thus returned to retrieve there lost possession. In total, Dave sat and cried a falls of his own for no more than 2 hours.

    In a feeble attempt to make up for their lack of attention to their bright little son, they decided that Dave himself would be allowed 4 cones full of ice cream thinking that it would smooth things over and everyone could move past the situation quickly. At 11, ice cream helps, but it could never freeze out the events of that day completely in young Davey's mind.

    In your attempt to game the Dribbble community once again, I see through your pain. I know how significant the numbers 2 and 4 are in your life. Let it out Dave, it’s okay to cry.

    C

    PS. Also, nice shot.

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    8 months ago

  17. Pro Small Chris Bowler

    That comment, Mr. Ross, needs to be cemented in the annals of Dribbble's history.

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    8 months ago

  18. Pro Img_5472 Dave Ruiz

    Christian: I am at a loss for words. Clearly you are not.

    The two signifies the amount of hours you used to concoct this fantastic drivel, and the four represents the amount of times I had to read it to quell my disbelief.

    Oh, on a side note, I have never met my real parents and I am lactose intolerant. Thank you for reopening those emotional wounds.

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    8 months ago

  19. Pro New-bw-twitter Christian Ross

    Trumped. Well played.

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    8 months ago

  20. Pro Img_5472 Dave Ruiz

    If trumping is defined as yearning for my birth parents and soft serve while softly sobbing in the dark listening Enya, then yes, I trumped.

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    8 months ago

  21. Pro 80 Stuart Wagner

    Lovely work here, man. Dribbble is clearly home to great artists... and comedians :D

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    8 months ago

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