Re: [ubuntu-art] Feedback on Proposed Default Wallpaper

2009-01-29 Thread Chris Tomalty
>Chris Tomalty wrote:
>> Hey (I'm new to the whole mailing list thing, so please bear with me if I
>> mess up a bit :) )
>>
>> I was looking at the default wallpapers proposed for Jaunty in the
Incoming
>> Artwork section on the wiki (
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds ) and I
>> don't think that it's really possible to do a jackalope as well in a
similar
>> style as we did the Heron and the Ibex.  I decided to open Photoshop and
>> tool around, and my submission is on the AlphaBackgrounds page under
Ubuntu
>> Energy.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Anyways, any feedback that I could use to improve the submission?  Need
we
>> use animals now?
>>
>
>While I think it's generally ok, I don't think it's currently what is
>being looked for.
>
>And what *is* being looked for, seems up-in-the-air atm.
>
>
>-Cory K.

Are there any specific suggestions on how to make it better?  I'm trying to
integrate a stylized jackalope into it but success continues to elude me.

-Chris
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Re: [ubuntu-art] zgeg themes

2009-01-29 Thread François Degrave

> just to propose the inclusion in the repository of the zgegblog themes
>
> http://francois.vogelweith.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=3&Itemid=14
>
> all themes are already packaged.
>
> Max
I definitely agree; those themes are gorgeous.

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[ubuntu-art] zgeg themes

2009-01-29 Thread Max
just to propose the inclusion in the repository of the zgegblog themes

http://francois.vogelweith.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=3&Itemid=14

all themes are already packaged.

Max

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Re: [ubuntu-art] Feedback on Proposed Default Wallpaper

2009-01-29 Thread Nicklas Widlund Bjurman
Ohh, but don't let me going to make a modern-art Jackalope stop you
for cooking up something yourself.

It is always great to have many choices of Jackalopes to choose from.

Best regards
Nicklas W Bjurman

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Nicklas Widlund Bjurman
 wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Ryan Prior  wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Cory K.  wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris Tomalty wrote:
>>> > Hey (I'm new to the whole mailing list thing, so please bear with me if
>>> > I
>>> > mess up a bit :) )
>>> >
>>> > I was looking at the default wallpapers proposed for Jaunty in the
>>> > Incoming
>>> > Artwork section on the wiki (
>>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds ) and I
>>> > don't think that it's really possible to do a jackalope as well in a
>>> > similar
>>> > style as we did the Heron and the Ibex.  I decided to open Photoshop and
>>> > tool around, and my submission is on the AlphaBackgrounds page under
>>> > Ubuntu
>>> > Energy.
>>> >
>>> > This is my first creative submission to the Ubuntu community and I would
>>> > like some feedback as to its quality and/or suitability.  One of the
>>> > people
>>> > in the comments section said that we shouldn't have text, but my design
>>> > feels incomplete without it and the black bar.
>>> >
>>> > Anyways, any feedback that I could use to improve the submission?  Need
>>> > we
>>> > use animals now?
>>> >
>>>
>>> While I think it's generally ok, I don't think it's currently what is
>>> being looked for.
>>>
>>> And what *is* being looked for, seems up-in-the-air atm.
>>
>>
>> Jaunty: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
>>
>> I think what we need to look for is a jackalope that is decidedly modern.
>> Any artists inspired to do that somehow?
>
>
> I'll give a modern-art Jackalope a shoot...
> See what I can achieve. Hopefully something awesome :D
>
> Best regards
> Nicklas W Bjurman
>

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Re: [ubuntu-art] Feedback on Proposed Default Wallpaper

2009-01-29 Thread Nicklas Widlund Bjurman
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Ryan Prior  wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Cory K.  wrote:
>>
>> Chris Tomalty wrote:
>> > Hey (I'm new to the whole mailing list thing, so please bear with me if
>> > I
>> > mess up a bit :) )
>> >
>> > I was looking at the default wallpapers proposed for Jaunty in the
>> > Incoming
>> > Artwork section on the wiki (
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds ) and I
>> > don't think that it's really possible to do a jackalope as well in a
>> > similar
>> > style as we did the Heron and the Ibex.  I decided to open Photoshop and
>> > tool around, and my submission is on the AlphaBackgrounds page under
>> > Ubuntu
>> > Energy.
>> >
>> > This is my first creative submission to the Ubuntu community and I would
>> > like some feedback as to its quality and/or suitability.  One of the
>> > people
>> > in the comments section said that we shouldn't have text, but my design
>> > feels incomplete without it and the black bar.
>> >
>> > Anyways, any feedback that I could use to improve the submission?  Need
>> > we
>> > use animals now?
>> >
>>
>> While I think it's generally ok, I don't think it's currently what is
>> being looked for.
>>
>> And what *is* being looked for, seems up-in-the-air atm.
>
>
> Jaunty: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
>
> I think what we need to look for is a jackalope that is decidedly modern.
> Any artists inspired to do that somehow?


I'll give a modern-art Jackalope a shoot...
See what I can achieve. Hopefully something awesome :D

Best regards
Nicklas W Bjurman

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