Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 13:10 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Nicu Buculei wrote: Martin Sourada wrote: I noticed you attached the darker version to the Waves page [1]. I decided to give it another try and created a version that is neither that light like the first tries nor that dark like your try. I attached it to the page [1]. I think now is the time for us to settle on one single color, do the base wallpaper and start the other associated graphics, from grub to splashes (the deadline is coming). So we have so far one gray and 3 shades of blue, which is the one we are going forward with? opinions? informal votes? post here... Gray. Rahul Mid-blue (wallpaper.4). Martin signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
Nicu Buculei wrote: Martin Sourada wrote: I noticed you attached the darker version to the Waves page [1]. I decided to give it another try and created a version that is neither that light like the first tries nor that dark like your try. I attached it to the page [1]. I think now is the time for us to settle on one single color, do the base wallpaper and start the other associated graphics, from grub to splashes (the deadline is coming). So we have so far one gray and 3 shades of blue, which is the one we are going forward with? opinions? informal votes? post here... I like the grey best... I had settled on it after trying blue. I have been meaning to play with the sulphur itself to add a blue glow. Maybe the supporting artwork could have more blue, maybe with grey accents to match, but the wallpaper would be grey? From the initial feedback on the mockups it seemed a lot of people welcomed the change to grey as a change of pace. ~m ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Fedora India Wallpaper
Hi, I just made this , my first wallpaper. http://kushaldas.in/india3.png Kushal -- Fedora Ambassador, India http://kushaldas.in http://dgplug.org (Linux User Group of Durgapur) ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Fedora India Wallpaper
On Tuesday 26 February 2008 10:06:22 pm Nicu Buculei wrote: That is not bad for your first one, keep up with the work! I would make the halo (white blur) more softer and do something to the logo - add also a halo, a shadow, a highlight, something. (how about moving it under the highlight on the land?) I still don't understand these words properly :( Can you please make a few screencasts with audio for the newbies like me :) Also you may want to play a bit with the position and not have everything in the center, for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds (but you can use other composition techniques). I use that for photography, never thought of using that here though :) And you may want to do something with the background (the water): plain color is a bit boring, use a gradient or a texture. Will use these techniques and will make a few derivatives . Kushal -- Fedora Ambassador, India http://kushaldas.in http://dgplug.org (Linux User Group of Durgapur) ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Fedora India Wallpaper
Kushal Das wrote: I just made this , my first wallpaper. http://kushaldas.in/india3.png That is not bad for your first one, keep up with the work! I would make the halo (white blur) more softer and do something to the logo - add also a halo, a shadow, a highlight, something. (how about moving it under the highlight on the land?) Also you may want to play a bit with the position and not have everything in the center, for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds (but you can use other composition techniques). And you may want to do something with the background (the water): plain color is a bit boring, use a gradient or a texture. -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
I'm going to go with the darkest blue wallpapers. One of the last 2 under the Round 3 header. I think something that we could change for color for that feature is either some of the shades of the sulfur or perhaps the colors of the waves. Nicu Buculei wrote: Martin Sourada wrote: I noticed you attached the darker version to the Waves page [1]. I decided to give it another try and created a version that is neither that light like the first tries nor that dark like your try. I attached it to the page [1]. I think now is the time for us to settle on one single color, do the base wallpaper and start the other associated graphics, from grub to splashes (the deadline is coming). So we have so far one gray and 3 shades of blue, which is the one we are going forward with? opinions? informal votes? post here... References: [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves -- ~Michael http://ridleytx.structed.net (for now) http://michaelbox.net (eventually) ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Fedora India Wallpaper
Kushal Das wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2008 10:06:22 pm Nicu Buculei wrote: That is not bad for your first one, keep up with the work! I would make the halo (white blur) more softer and do something to the logo - add also a halo, a shadow, a highlight, something. (how about moving it under the highlight on the land?) I still don't understand these words properly :( Can you please make a few screencasts with audio for the newbies like me :) Well, neither of us is a native English speaker :D - you have the big India shape and under it a white hallo - for that I would either increase the blur amount, increase the transparency or both; - maybe do the same thing with the bubble logo, either leave it white and call it a hallo or make it black and call it a shadow; - for the India shape you use a light blue-gray color and a light zone in the upper part, the highlight. I think it would be interesting to do something similar for the bubble; - alternatively, you have the land object, the land higlight objet over it and the logo bubble over that. You can change the Z-order and have: land, logo bubble, land highlight. -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Fedora India Wallpaper
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Kushal Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I just made this , my first wallpaper. http://kushaldas.in/india3.png You know what would be...keen Overlaying the client density map of India from the mirrorlist map with what you have there... to make an artistic topology map of what fedora usage in India looks like -jef ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been meaning to play with the sulphur itself to add a blue glow. Maybe the supporting artwork could have more blue, maybe with grey accents to match, but the wallpaper would be grey? burning sulfur. From the initial feedback on the mockups it seemed a lot of people welcomed the change to grey as a change of pace. I really really want to see blue...but everything i see with the sulfur yellows and blues together hasn't really worked for me. The grey and yellow works. Playing with the burning sulfur metaphor to bring in some blue hilights might do the trick. -jef ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 09:45 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote: Nicu Buculei wrote: Martin Sourada wrote: I noticed you attached the darker version to the Waves page [1]. I decided to give it another try and created a version that is neither that light like the first tries nor that dark like your try. I attached it to the page [1]. I think now is the time for us to settle on one single color, do the base wallpaper and start the other associated graphics, from grub to splashes (the deadline is coming). So we have so far one gray and 3 shades of blue, which is the one we are going forward with? opinions? informal votes? post here... I like the grey best... I had settled on it after trying blue. I have been meaning to play with the sulphur itself to add a blue glow. Maybe the supporting artwork could have more blue, maybe with grey accents to match, but the wallpaper would be grey? Which reminds me, I really liked the third banner available for Alpha Release [1], would you be able to do a wallpaper using this styling? I especially like the blueish halo and strong transition between the sea and the sky. From the initial feedback on the mockups it seemed a lot of people welcomed the change to grey as a change of pace. ~m Well, I noticed it as well, and I like the grey version a lot, but I guess I could not get used much to such colours. I prefer more saturated ones, the grey feels a little depressing, like if it was a sea/sky on some distant inhabited planet composed mostly of lava-like surface. But don't care about me, I'm probably the only one with this feeling anyway :-D And some technical comment, grey gradients tend to not look smooth on weaker/older/cheap lcd displays, while saturated ones are usually better... Martin References: [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/PromoBanners?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=fedora9alpha-banner2_mo.png signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
Jeff Spaleta wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been meaning to play with the sulphur itself to add a blue glow. Maybe the supporting artwork could have more blue, maybe with grey accents to match, but the wallpaper would be grey? burning sulfur. From the initial feedback on the mockups it seemed a lot of people welcomed the change to grey as a change of pace. I really really want to see blue...but everything i see with the sulfur yellows and blues together hasn't really worked for me. The grey and yellow works. Playing with the burning sulfur metaphor to bring in some blue hilights might do the trick. Well here's my first attempt: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves#head-1096218c57cd3645e55b094661dd3f7208924a9b Had another idea to make the flames a bigger part of the concept, hopefully i'll get a chance to sketch that tommorrow. ~m ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
Hey Martin, Martin Sourada wrote: Well, I noticed it as well, and I like the grey version a lot, but I guess I could not get used much to such colours. I prefer more saturated ones, the grey feels a little depressing, like if it was a sea/sky on some distant inhabited planet composed mostly of lava-like surface. But don't care about me, I'm probably the only one with this feeling anyway :-D It is a little depressing on the one hand, but on the other it is very non-distracting, perfect for a default wallpaper. And some technical comment, grey gradients tend to not look smooth on weaker/older/cheap lcd displays, while saturated ones are usually better... I've never heard this before? ~m ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well here's my first attempt: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves#head-1096218c57cd3645e55b094661dd3f7208924a9b Had another idea to make the flames a bigger part of the concept, hopefully i'll get a chance to sketch that tommorrow. That's pretty good i think. I think its a workable way to get blue into there. 1) The edge between the sulfur crystal and the flame feels a bit heavy. 2) You might think about pulling back the flame such that its not rising from the full width of the crystal. Perhaps just burning the edge of the crystal...perhaps... the leading edge. Fedora Sulfur: What's Hot on the Leading Edge of Open Software. -jef ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
Máirín Duffy wrote: Well here's my first attempt: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves#head-1096218c57cd3645e55b094661dd3f7208924a9b I like where are you going with this. Maybe make the flame look more like a flame and not like a blue cloud? Even if it not so realistic (considering the photo from wikimedia commons), it may be better distinguishable. Had another idea to make the flames a bigger part of the concept, hopefully i'll get a chance to sketch that tommorrow. And a drop of red molten sulfur? (but a small one) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Burning-sulfur.png -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
Martin Sourada wrote: Perhaps. Come to think of it, how is the alternative artwork project going? I think we could provide (a) package(s) with alternative wallpapers for F9? I am not aware about any new developments on this front, but it is trivial to package and include additional *wallpapers*, you have only to create a RPM which will deploy some PNG (and maybe XML for animation/multiple resolution) in a certain directory. The real problem was for the alternate artwork to replace the entire look, from grub from rhgb to wallpaper, but I think this is not on the agenda anymore (it was an issue a year ago). -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: [Round 3] Alternative wallpapers for Sulphuric Waves
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 23:16 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote: Hey Martin, Martin Sourada wrote: Well, I noticed it as well, and I like the grey version a lot, but I guess I could not get used much to such colours. I prefer more saturated ones, the grey feels a little depressing, like if it was a sea/sky on some distant inhabited planet composed mostly of lava-like surface. But don't care about me, I'm probably the only one with this feeling anyway :-D It is a little depressing on the one hand, but on the other it is very non-distracting, perfect for a default wallpaper. Perhaps. Come to think of it, how is the alternative artwork project going? I think we could provide (a) package(s) with alternative wallpapers for F9? And some technical comment, grey gradients tend to not look smooth on weaker/older/cheap lcd displays, while saturated ones are usually better... I've never heard this before? ~m I don't know the technical details, but whenever I read some tests of LCD monitors, one of the tests they usually do is a test of quality of display of greys and that's usually where the cheaper LCD fails. But I think it's getting better with newer technologies. Martin signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
