Heavily diegetic and packed with real world materials, the goal all along was to give a rich, visceral feel to the entire Front end, including HUD. The grit, stress and weight of the theme itself was employed to great success to create this almost tactile feeling UI. 

I developed several techniques in Photoshop to expedite the rendering of these objects and materials, including the use of batch scripts for randomized textural effects and custom brushes for ice/snow, metal frames and fabrics.