Re: [ubuntu-art] new Jaunty Background - Wallpaper designs

[Chris Tomalty]

>I posted a couple of background images I made for Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope
to
>the wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Nomasteryoda
>designs<
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Nomasteryoda%20designs>.
>I also have more such artwork created for Jaunty up on my picasa page
>http://picasaweb.google.com/nomasteryoda/JauntyDesignsand
> the original GIMP
>files locally.

>I learned from boredandblogging of ubuntu-us-ga group that this is the best
>way to get in touch with the group for art submissions.
>
>Please let me know what you think and that these are in the right direction
>for the release.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jeff Hatfield ... aka nomasteryoda

I like this idea.  Mind if I try incorporating it into my work to make mine
more in line with earlier works? (mine being Ubuntu Energy currently at Mark
IV https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds )  I
think this is a really nice start, but I can't see a jackalope at all.  I
have slight colourblindness, but the sentiment seems to be shared.

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[ubuntu-art] Facebook Group

[Chris Tomalty]

I've noticed that it is somewhat difficult to carry on a dialogue and get
comments on a work in a mailinglist and was wondering if there was or if
there could be set up a facebook or flickr group for those who would like to
have all the submissions in one place, etc.  That way we could make comments
directly and more effectively on comps.

Thoughts?

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

[Chris Tomalty]

>> 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
>Personally I agree with Kenneth, when he said that the default wallpaper
>may/(should(?)) be an abstract one. Abstraction gives the final desktop
>a professional quality, without distracting the user with mad eyecandy,
>that is to say that it does not force on to a user any particular
>artstyle/deco that the artist prefers. As such, it is also less divisive
>within the community, than one featuring a subject. Looking to some of
>the competition, Windows Vista .
>
>[snip]
>
>Having spilled all that, I think what I am disliking in your submission
>is all of the harsh angles and blocky colors. A good abstract wall
>should imo should be smooth and unjarring to the vision.I should be
>similar to a light array. It should be able to hold a users sight and
>complement his/her Icon theme.
>
>Saleel V.

Thanks for the feedback!  I've modified my wallpaper and my submission entry
now contains a Mark II with an included jackalope (I think I actually may
have made a decent one) and at the side instead of the centre.  Looking
back, you're totally right about Mark I, and I think I've addressed some of
those remarks in Mark II, which has a lot more poise to it and the addition
of sky blue so it's not so monochrome.  I'm using it with Dust right now and
it goes really nicely.  It also looks nice with the gnome-colors iconset
(which is, I believe, the proposed iconset?) and by all indications will
work with the Breate iconset when that's finished (looks amazing so far)

As far as it having to go with things (just in general) I think that it's
pretty much impossible to design for every eventuality because we have so
many options with GNOME.  What I'm looking for is something that will go
nicely when the user boots Ubuntu for the first time and sees
Human/DarkRoom/Dust and Gnome-Colors/Breathe with this wallpaper.  It's
inevitable it will be changed, but the wallpaper is all about branding,
imho.

Could you take a peek at Mark II over at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds and see if
that fixes the flaws you saw? (there are a few rough edges which I've ironed
out and am soon to upload to my flickr account with all the wallpaper
variations (about 10) which is linked to on the art site).  If not, do you
suggest I try to add more nuance?  I'll admit it doesn't have much of that,
but I was going for something bold and energetic right out of the gate and I
see where some could desire a bit more nuance.

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

[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.

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[ubuntu-art] Feedback on Proposed Default Wallpaper

[Chris Tomalty]

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?

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