Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-17 Thread Renze van der kamp
2009/4/17 Renze van der kamp > I think it all comes down to the final integration of art and photograph. > Maybe http://www.desktopography.net/ can help for inspiration? Although > it's got some wild pieces with a lot of contrast, you'll also find proof > that the contrast can be soft if done rig

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-17 Thread Renze van der kamp
I think it all comes down to the final integration of art and photograph. Maybe http://www.desktopography.net/ can help for inspiration? Although it's got some wild pieces with a lot of contrast, you'll also find proof that the contrast can be soft if done right. Renze van der kamp 2009/4/17 Sale

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-17 Thread Saleel
Cory K. wrote: > I like this pick as a base. As-is it might not work but I think it's a > solid foundation to something great. > :) The criteria for picking were: 1. Large and focused 2. Subject matter (koala) offset 3. Soft focus on the background( so I can use things like liquid rescale) 4. g

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-17 Thread Saleel
Thorsten Wilms wrote: > I think you should avoid sleeping Koalas. > I was actually going for meditating koala. The designs were supposed be like the koala chi (lol dragonball). still looking back I agree it does not convey this properly. > The photo vector combination has a tendency to be rath

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-17 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 11:03 -1200, kevin sekniqi wrote: > I sorta like it but it would be nicer to make it a little more > abstract. Less vague and more grounded would be nice. Kevin, please read and try to understand http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette#head-c70bc55ce

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-16 Thread kevin sekniqi
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 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 contra

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-16 Thread Arand Nash
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 > structur

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-16 Thread Cory K.
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 ab

Re: [ubuntu-art] On the subject of koalas and wallpapers.

2009-04-16 Thread Thorsten Wilms
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 gra