Gnome-Shell theme design resources?

[Argenteus]

Does anyone know of any guides on how to design a gnome-shell theme from scratch? I plan to design a Gnome-Shell theme based on the elegant look of the cover of Frank Herbert's Dune (and the sequels), but when I search DuckDuckGo or Google for it I only get guides on installing them.

[Frogs Hair]

Here are a few links. Gnome is up to 3.6 so I don't know what is still applicable.

http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.2/theming.html

http://worldofgnome.org/making-gtk3-themes-part-1-basics/

http://worldofgnome.org/making-gtk3-themes-part-2-the-gtk-css-and-gtk-widgets-css-files/

[Argenteus]

That appears to be for theming GTK3 window themes, not the shell theme. I'm talking about shell themes like Zukitwo, Elegance or SLAVE.

[Frogs Hair]

This post includes a command to view the css which you will have to learn how to write and that is true for GTK themes as well and that is why the links. http://forum.pinguyos.com/Thread-Anyone-wants-to-be-a-GNOME-Shell-theme-maker

The Elegance shell which I use most of the time is more complicated than other themes. If you are a beginner download the package and take a look in the folder and see how the theme is put together. It's easier to view another's work than it is to write a css from scratch.