Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Wallpaper Photo Pack
On Sunday 12 April 2009 20:49:33 Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 19:19 +0200, Mads Rosendahl wrote: Anyway... The last one is the one I actually want to talk about; No photography, unless heavily edited, stylized. No pictures of recognizable people/places/popular items. I would love to see this included in Ubuntu. I've actually been using some of the Vista photos on my Intrepid desktop (don't tell anyone!) and loved the absence of abstract brown imagery. That's why I've created the Ubuntu Wallpaper Photo Pack No people, places, items ... plants are pretty safe ;) One thing to note that the information I gave was only intended for the default wallpaper of Jaunty. As for the mascot, I purposely added prove me wrong in order to entice whose who felt strongly about it to step up and create something which would convince us otherwise :) Anyway, I think that having a pack of really nice wallpapers is a great idea. Let's create different categories and then collect submissions. Once we have a bundle we can go through them and pick out the best. Other ideas? -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Art council/open team
On Sunday 12 April 2009 11:06:29 Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 19:48 -0700, Smartboy wrote: On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: We are a listless bunch. Very little direction and nothing to hold us together. (sorry to be critical. I think we need more of it) I was rolling around the idea of an art council to set rules and guidelines. Define what we are and what we hope to achieve. A 4 member group or so. But besides that, what would it do? Hell, I even question if this team of ours should be open and is a moderated team of old-timers and knowledgeable folks something we should have? All very tricky. Should anyone be on the art team? Might hurt somebody's feelings but I often wonder How are you and why is your opinion important? Now this is not something I think of when someone takes the time to detail out *why* they have their opinion. It's the crazy 1-liners like That's ugly. or I don't like brown. So!? Ok. Bit of a rant that one. :P So who are we? What's our future? I'm just kinda throwing this out there. Maybe I'm nuts. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Well, a page to define what we are not might be nice. IE, a page that explains that we do not develop for the default Ubuntu artwork (that is Canonical's art team's job), but for the community package. From https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork: == About the Artwork Team == The goal of the Artwork Team is to produce artwork for the community side of Ubuntu. The Artwork Team aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality, original and beautiful themes to be available in the repo as an *alternative* to the default look. I think that giving the impression that the 'team' (if you would call it that) was open is actually in line with Ubuntu's philosophy, rather than it giving the impression that you have to be some Picasso in order to join the team. Yes, we do get the bad, but what is the good without the bad? I think we could have avoided a lot of hot air if we had a single moderated or outright closed list from the start. Where people are only granted membership after showing that they know what they will talk about by submitting artwork that is deemed to be of reasonable quality. Judged by the current members. It would be great if we could have a way of helping people to improve their skills, even starting from an outright beginner level. Another kind of being open to everyone. I think that having a seperate moderated list with a few selected community members who have proven their dedication by their helpful contributions and support over a longer time not only has the benefit of strengthening the community it also allows for a channel of discussion with the canonical design team. The infrastructure is available, perhaps it is time to look into having monthly meetings again to have a forum for voting for this stuff. -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Need Launchpad Help
On Sunday 12 April 2009 21:31:30 John Baer wrote: I added Impression to Launchpad @ https://launchpad.net/impression . Currently a 192x192px image titled product-mugshot is displayed to the left. https://launchpad.net/@@/product-mugshot How does one change this image? https://launchpad.net/impression/+branding -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Defining the Artwork Team Goals and Objectives
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 17:10:30 Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 19:08 -0400, John Baer wrote: I technique often used to bring clarity to a team is stating the goals and objectives. Very useful to someone new and in light of the lively discussion of late this may help. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/GoalsAndObjectives Our desire is to add value to the Ubuntu community by creating high quality artistic content and advocating the use of open source creative tools. Slightly changed from the Artwork wiki page: The Artwork Team aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality, original and beautiful themes to be available as an alternative to the default look. == Top Goals == * Enjoyment: Having fun being creative and interacting in the community * Growth: Practise and improve your artistic skills (possibly also managerial and writing skills), gather experience * Support: Further the goals of Ubuntu * Idealism (or long-term pragmatism ;): Advocate and showcase the use of open-source tools in the design and artwork realm == Goals of Ubuntu == To offer a free (in both the economic and FSF sense), sustainable platform for commodity requirements with optional commercial support * To act according to the following ideals (from http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy): 1. Every computer user should have the freedom to download, run, copy, distribute, study, share, change and improve their software for any purpose, without paying licensing fees. 2. Every computer user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice. 3. Every computer user should be given every opportunity to use software, even if they work under a disability. * Have free software break into Microsoft's majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1 * Improve the overall usability of free software within Ubuntu. Surpass Apple in the quality of the user experience. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/shuttleworth_apple_challenge/, http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/162) I get the feeling that we are recreating some of the stuff from Kyüdo somehow. I think a page like this is helpful, but we would do well to make sure that we understand the exact need which is filled by this page and how it interacts with other information. -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Planning
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 12:46 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: I don't think we can mandate a license, but we should suggest that people release it per CCbySA or LGPL. In any case, to be included in Ubuntu it will need to be a free license such as one of the these. Ok, it's now: == Guidelines for Inclusion == 1. Licensed to permit distribution and editing. Preferred licenses are the latest LGPL and CC-BY-SA. With links: http://www.gnu.de/documents/lgpl-3.0.de.html http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Defining the Artwork Team Goals and Objectives
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:25 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: == Top Goals == * Enjoyment: Having fun being creative and interacting in the community * Growth: Practise and improve your artistic skills (possibly also managerial and writing skills), gather experience * Support: Further the goals of Ubuntu * Idealism (or long-term pragmatism ;): Advocate and showcase the use of open-source tools in the design and artwork realm == Goals of Ubuntu == To offer a free (in both the economic and FSF sense), sustainable platform for commodity requirements with optional commercial support * To act according to the following ideals (from http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy): 1. Every computer user should have the freedom to download, run, copy, distribute, study, share, change and improve their software for any purpose, without paying licensing fees. 2. Every computer user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice. 3. Every computer user should be given every opportunity to use software, even if they work under a disability. * Have free software break into Microsoft's majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1 * Improve the overall usability of free software within Ubuntu. Surpass Apple in the quality of the user experience. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/shuttleworth_apple_challenge/, http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/162) I get the feeling that we are recreating some of the stuff from Kyüdo somehow. I think a page like this is helpful, but we would do well to make sure that we understand the exact need which is filled by this page and how it interacts with other information. Lol, that's because the 2nd part is from Kyüdo ;) Now resides at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Briefing Regarding the need: everyone who is serious about artwork for Ubuntu needs such a briefing. I'll be happy if someone manages to improve it. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Art council/open team
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:18 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: I think that having a seperate moderated list with a few selected community members who have proven their dedication by their helpful contributions and support over a longer time not only has the benefit of strengthening the community it also allows for a channel of discussion with the canonical design team. The infrastructure is available, perhaps it is time to look into having monthly meetings again to have a forum for voting for this stuff. If we have meetings again, I'll try to be there, of course :) From the design team, I would just like to have briefings and guidelines. There's actually not much need for discussion if you can't participate, anyway. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Defining the Artwork Team Goals and Objectives
On Thursday 16 April 2009 14:29:08 Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:25 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: == Top Goals == * Enjoyment: Having fun being creative and interacting in the community * Growth: Practise and improve your artistic skills (possibly also managerial and writing skills), gather experience * Support: Further the goals of Ubuntu * Idealism (or long-term pragmatism ;): Advocate and showcase the use of open-source tools in the design and artwork realm == Goals of Ubuntu == To offer a free (in both the economic and FSF sense), sustainable platform for commodity requirements with optional commercial support * To act according to the following ideals (from http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy): 1. Every computer user should have the freedom to download, run, copy, distribute, study, share, change and improve their software for any purpose, without paying licensing fees. 2. Every computer user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice. 3. Every computer user should be given every opportunity to use software, even if they work under a disability. * Have free software break into Microsoft's majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1 * Improve the overall usability of free software within Ubuntu. Surpass Apple in the quality of the user experience. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/shuttleworth_apple_challenge/, http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/162) I get the feeling that we are recreating some of the stuff from Kyüdo somehow. I think a page like this is helpful, but we would do well to make sure that we understand the exact need which is filled by this page and how it interacts with other information. Lol, that's because the 2nd part is from Kyüdo ;) Now resides at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Briefing Regarding the need: everyone who is serious about artwork for Ubuntu needs such a briefing. I'll be happy if someone manages to improve it. Right, I was trying to express the importance of the structure of this information and somehow controlling the flow rather than just having a bunch of static pages which one can search for. -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Wiki Page Update
On Thursday 16 April 2009 14:18:02 Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 22:32 -0400, John Baer wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox If agreed, I will move the content to the official page. You have my blessing. Just change the line about licenses to suggest LGPL or CC-BY-SA. Right, other than that we are good to go. -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] bret karmic koala art background
bret sheppard wrote: I sent some thumbnails a bit ago and just wanted to make sure you guys had them. Here is a link for a larger one. While think the 1st one is fun it's more like parody and doesn't strike me as serious. Also, there might be others that have a cultural issue with it. The 2nd just feels disjointed. Like you slapped 2 things together that just don't belong. (background/foreground) -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Planning
Kenneth Wimer wrote: On Monday 13 April 2009 14:09:08 Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 13:55 +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/CommunityThemes What can we add or change? I already see we need a point about licensing. What are the acceptable licenses for a theme? GPLv2 or v3? Would be nice to have one and the same license for them all. I don't think we can mandate a license, but we should suggest that people release it per CCbySA or LGPL. In any case, to be included in Ubuntu it will need to be a free license such as one of the these. -- Ken Does CC-BY-NC-SA also qualify? -- Best Regards, Erno Horvath web: http://www.szerencsefia.webs.com skype: szerencsefia -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Mascot wallpapers for future releases.
While I've heard word that Canonical would like to move away from the mascot wallpapers I think they are (or can be) quite fun. I think there's no reason why we can't collect the best from each release from here on out and have then in their own section. Maybe even have this be it's own ongoing project that someone can manage. Get the word out and collect submissions from different places. All it would require is some writing and management skills. Yes/No? -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Mascot wallpapers for future releases.
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 09:06 -0400, Cory K. wrote: While I've heard word that Canonical would like to move away from the mascot wallpapers I think they are (or can be) quite fun. I think there's no reason why we can't collect the best from each release from here on out and have then in their own section. Maybe even have this be it's own ongoing project that someone can manage. Get the word out and collect submissions from different places. All it would require is some writing and management skills. I'm all for having them, at least this Koala. But just having a section on the Backgrounds page might be sufficient. I mean, people will create some, in any case :) -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Mascot wallpapers for future releases.
What are mascot wallpapers? :S Ben From: Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 16 April, 2009 14:06:26 Subject: [ubuntu-art] Mascot wallpapers for future releases. While I've heard word that Canonical would like to move away from the mascot wallpapers I think they are (or can be) quite fun. I think there's no reason why we can't collect the best from each release from here on out and have then in their own section. Maybe even have this be it's own ongoing project that someone can manage. Get the word out and collect submissions from different places. All it would require is some writing and management skills. Yes/No? -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Planning
On Thursday 16 April 2009 15:01:38 Erno Horvath wrote: Kenneth Wimer wrote: On Monday 13 April 2009 14:09:08 Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 13:55 +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/CommunityThemes What can we add or change? I already see we need a point about licensing. What are the acceptable licenses for a theme? GPLv2 or v3? Would be nice to have one and the same license for them all. I don't think we can mandate a license, but we should suggest that people release it per CCbySA or LGPL. In any case, to be included in Ubuntu it will need to be a free license such as one of the these. -- Ken Does CC-BY-NC-SA also qualify? It could be used for a package only included in the universe repository but it is not something that I would suggest people use as it limits the exposure of their work from the get-go. -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Netbook Launcher Ideas
I love that mockup. On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 12:03 +1000, Michael Ralston wrote: I posted a page to the artwork wiki about a month ago about some ideas I had for netbook launcher. Thorsten since deleted it while he was cleaning up the wiki, but never mind. I'll repost the text of the page here for those who haven't seen it. Explanation == I'm currently studying a course in User Interface Design at Newcastle University. I am required to design, implement and evaluate a user interface. I also currently use Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and Netbook Launcher on my desktop. I would like to contribute to the evolution of Netbook Launcher via my User Interface Design course. The text below is from the project proposal for my user interface course, and some of it is redundant to somebody that already has an understanding of how Netbook Launcher works. The design is also influenced by Mayanna / Gimmie and Long_Term_Vision. Problem === The user interface of most major operating systems displays the icons and names of the applications installed on the computer. This requires that the user learn the purpose of each application so that they may perform the tasks they require. A more natural approach would be to choose from a list of tasks, which then opens the relevant application. For example the task of writing a letter could open the word processor with a letter template. Most major operating systems allow users to store their documents, images, music and other files in a directory structure. Users may store everything in the one directory, or use a hierarchy, but either way it eventually becomes cumbersome to find and open the file a user needs. The application launcher should provide a more convenient way of accessing user's documents. User activities are increasingly more web oriented. The process of opening a web browser, and then navigating to the required web page is slow and inefficient. Many websites can now be considered applications themselves and deserve this acknowledgement as a task in the application launcher. People are also more commonly using their computer for communicating with family and friends. An application launcher should provide a facility for initiating communications with a users contacts, whether they be in Gmail, Windows Messenger or Facebook for example. Solution The interface will contain tabs for the categories: system, tasks, documents, contacts. Each tab will display customized options relevant to the category selected, including recently used options. The interface will also provide a text entry box for searching for applications, tasks, documents and contacts. This box will have keyboard focus when the application launcher is visible. After entering text into this box, search results will be displayed in the main area of the application. This combination will allow the user to quickly locate the tasks, documents and contacts that they wish to use. Attached is an initial mockup, you can also view the progress at: http://sites.google.com/a/ralston.id.au/netbook-launcher-ideas/ -- Michael -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala background
bret sheppard wrote: Hi another idea for a background Please post larger versions. It's a little hard to tell from images this small. Something around 1024x768 would be fine. Should attach fine or use a image host. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala background
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 12:41 -0400, Cory K. wrote: bret sheppard wrote: Hi another idea for a background Please post larger versions. It's a little hard to tell from images this small. Something around 1024x768 would be fine. Should attach fine or use a image host. Or add them to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Backgrounds -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] karmic koala art background
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[ubuntu-art] karmic koala art background
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Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala art backgrounds
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 10:47 -0700, bret sheppard wrote: thanks for looking at them. It's a fun process Do the photos you use have permissive licenses? Link to your sources, please. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 14:14 -0400, Saleel wrote: Here is an idea I have been working on. The word Karma is sanskrit in origin, so I started thinking about traditional Indian styles and patterns. The second thing that I have been playing around with is a combination of a photo/vector graphic, since I think they look awesome...(And we have a real non-ugly animal this time). I am attaching a very rough ideafap on these 2 points. Would like some direction/guidance/critique with this. photo is thanks to here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronjacobs/2364232578/sizes/l/ I think you should avoid sleeping Koalas. The photo vector combination has a tendency to be rather loud, as you have that contrast ... but if go this way, try to give the vector art some meaning, make it look like it is the koala's dream, or if it it the structure of another plane of existence. It shall not look like just something scribbled above the photo. You could make people happy with just a bit of that vector work, I bet. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.
Saleel wrote: Hello, Its been a while since I have replied to the list. My Internet connection was down for about 2 weeks(damn you brighthouse), and exam season is around the bend. Here is an idea I have been working on. The word Karma is sanskrit in origin, so I started thinking about traditional Indian styles and patterns. The second thing that I have been playing around with is a combination of a photo/vector graphic, since I think they look awesome...(And we have a real non-ugly animal this time). I am attaching a very rough ideafap on these 2 points. Would like some direction/guidance/critique with this. photo is thanks to here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronjacobs/2364232578/sizes/l/ I like this pick as a base. As-is it might not work but I think it's a solid foundation to something great. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.
Thorsten Wilms wrote: I think you should avoid sleeping Koalas. The photo vector combination has a tendency to be rather loud, as you have that contrast ... but if go this way, try to give the vector art some meaning, make it look like it is the koala's dream, or if it it the structure of another plane of existence. It shall not look like just something scribbled above the photo. You could make people happy with just a bit of that vector work, I bet. I would agree on the 'sleeping' part, placid might be good whereas dozing tends to give the wrong impression, in my opinion. But I really like the idea of dreams and/or 'another plane of existance' since it ties in very nicely with the ideas of the cloud, which seems to be *the* new feature of Karmic. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala art backgrounds
here is a link to the picture source I used but I cant seem to reach the administrator of that site for permissions. If you like the design ,I am an artist and can draw the same thing. http://www.coolaggregator.com/2008/11/13/lesbian-koala-bear-stun-researchers/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala art backgrounds
wat dat? no finishing its like ARTIFICIAL -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Mascot wallpapers for future releases
While I've heard word that Canonical would like to move away from the mascot wallpapers I think they are (or can be) quite fun. +1 I have no idea why Canonical want's to move away from mascot wallpapers. Both Hardy and Intrepid turned out *very* beautiful (in my opinion). I know that many of the mascot wallpapers suggested looks really bad - mainly because this is a very hard task. I was sad to see the mascot concept didn't survive in Jaunty, but again I must admit, nothing I've seen matches the quality of the last releases. If no truely artisticly amazing mascot artwork comes along as default wallpaper for Koala, I would at least hope to see the mascot used in Alpha releases. Using the current release wallpaper in Alphas is (can't find the right word, but something like) confusing. Just my 2 cent :-) Mads Rosendahl //MadsRH anotherubuntu.blogspot.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Wiki backgrounds seems unorganized
Could we organize backgrounds (wallpapers) better. Right now it isn't very clear or easy to get an overview. Perhaps make subcategories on the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Backgrounds/ page like: - Abstract - Mascot - Photographs I mean, look at the Hardy and Intrepid mess: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid Very hard to sort the wallpapers from the themes from the icons from the Mads Rosendahl //MadsRH anotherubuntu.blogspot.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Wiki backgrounds seems unorganized
Mads Rosendahl wrote: Could we organize backgrounds (wallpapers) better. Right now it isn't very clear or easy to get an overview. Please! I suggest 4 categories Wallpapers Themes Other Graphics Other Projects (Sounds/posters/etc..) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Wiki backgrounds seems unorganized
Saleel wrote: Mads Rosendahl wrote: Could we organize backgrounds (wallpapers) better. Right now it isn't very clear or easy to get an overview. As long as it's *not* sub-pages that would be fine. Please! I suggest 4 categories Wallpapers Themes Other Graphics Other Projects (Sounds/posters/etc.. You don't get the point of the the link. It's *only* for wallpapers. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Wiki backgrounds seems unorganized
Cory K. wrote: You don't get the point of the the link. It's *only* for wallpapers. :( read too fast. I meant those 4 categories for /Incoming/Karmic. Saleel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala art backgrounds
no really the picture is not good!! On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM, akhil mk akhilmekk...@gmail.com wrote: wat dat? no finishing its like ARTIFICIAL -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- Sincerely, Kevin Sekniqi -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.
I sorta like it but it would be nicer to make it a little more abstract. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Arand Nash ienor...@gmail.com wrote: Thorsten Wilms wrote: I think you should avoid sleeping Koalas. The photo vector combination has a tendency to be rather loud, as you have that contrast ... but if go this way, try to give the vector art some meaning, make it look like it is the koala's dream, or if it it the structure of another plane of existence. It shall not look like just something scribbled above the photo. You could make people happy with just a bit of that vector work, I bet. I would agree on the 'sleeping' part, placid might be good whereas dozing tends to give the wrong impression, in my opinion. But I really like the idea of dreams and/or 'another plane of existance' since it ties in very nicely with the ideas of the cloud, which seems to be *the* new feature of Karmic. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- Sincerely, Kevin Sekniqi -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala art backgrounds
kevin sekniqi wrote: no really the picture is not good!! On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM, akhil mk akhilmekk...@gmail.com mailto:akhilmekk...@gmail.com wrote: wat dat? no finishing its like ARTIFICIAL -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- Sincerely, Kevin Sekniqi Both of these replies add nothing. Give proper feedback. Just saying that its bad does nothing for the artist. Personally I feel that the brown is too--- washed out. Saleel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Need Launchpad Help (Kenneth Wimer)
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 12:54 +0100, Kenneth Wimer wrote: On Sunday 12 April 2009 21:31:30 John Baer wrote: I added Impression to Launchpad @ https://launchpad.net/impression . Currently a 192x192px image titled product-mugshot is displayed to the left. https://launchpad.net/@@/product-mugshot How does one change this image? https://launchpad.net/impression/+branding -- Ken Changed it! Thanks :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] karmic koala art backgrounds
the second picture is good, more abstract but change the color. make it a darker brown with red shadows On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Saleel svela...@gmail.com wrote: kevin sekniqi wrote: no really the picture is not good!! On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM, akhil mk akhilmekk...@gmail.com mailto:akhilmekk...@gmail.com wrote: wat dat? no finishing its like ARTIFICIAL -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- Sincerely, Kevin Sekniqi Both of these replies add nothing. Give proper feedback. Just saying that its bad does nothing for the artist. Personally I feel that the brown is too--- washed out. Saleel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- Sincerely, Kevin Sekniqi -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Wiki Page Update (Thorsten Wilms)
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:39 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 22:32 -0400, John Baer wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox If agreed, I will move the content to the official page. You have my blessing. Just change the line about licenses to suggest LGPL or CC-BY-SA. +1 Done ... -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
