Okay, really sorry to do this folks, but I am going to nearly duplicate something I have just written; I managed to write to the wrong thread...
Here is a Wikipedia article on the classical elements, which may feed some ideas... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element Personally, I think the Chinese Wu Xing stuff would be the most interesting here, since it feels more tactile. It is suggested to poke at elements of human life, and I think the Chinese system works great for that. The Greek elements seem to explain inanimate objects in an effort to "understand the universe", while the Chinese phases are focused more on philosophy, life and interaction at the human level. That, and the Greek elements are plain over-used ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xing Some thoughts: -Wu Xing has some interesting description of how certain phases interact with each other. Perhaps the wallpapers corresponding to those phases could have others quietly blended in. For example, I can picture a forest scene for wood (nature) with a metal scene (a city) in the background... -Simply drawing pictures of the elements or phases as they literally appear seems rather simplistic to me. Look at, for example, how fire interacts with all the other elements! I bet some neat stuff could be created out of that. -It could be cool to mix artistic styles. Fire, again, could be interesting with a more abstract brush than what Metal may immediately inspire. (Although I keep linking metal to electricity over here...) Regarding time lapsed backgrounds: Is there a particular reason why these can't just define a little Python script that chooses when to change the wallpaper? The current thing seems rather inflexible, which would make sense if the time control stuff was exposed to the user, but does not make an awful lot of sense here. Anyway, I think I would sooner die than see a window manager handle a wallpaper slideshow on its own. Compiz plugins have their place, and it is not there; fancy accelerated graphics can happen wherever they please, and a window manager should do just that: Manage windows. Having said that, it could maybe be done more smoothly by stacking windows and changing their opacity, but that still sounds quite ugly. The "Pictures folder" screensaver seems to do transitions pretty well on even my rather weak computers, so maybe stuff could be borrowed from there... Bye, -Dylan On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 23:40 +0200, Álvaro Medina Ballester wrote: > I've updated the wiki page. Now there is a section where we should > post everything that can be inspiring. > > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Elements > > > El 28/04/2008, a las 23:27, Cory K. escribió: > > > shadowh511 wrote: > >> Cory K. wrote: > >> > >> shadowh511 wrote: > >>> take a look, and be sure to post comments. > >>> > >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Elements > >> > >> I'd put on the page that this is being done independent or > >> regardless of > >> what Ubuntu does by default. Just so others who visit the page are > >> clear > >> about it. > >> > >> I'm sure as things move on the "powers that be" will look at > >> them and > >> will tell kwwii "Hey. We like that." or not. Then it's up to you > >> guys > >> whether or not you want to continue to take suggestions to > >> refine for > >> Ubuntu or continue on your own direction. > >> > >> I'll gladly package up what comes out of this if enough parts are > >> there. > >> > >> > >> can i have a link to how to make gtk themes (windows borders and > >> whatnot) > > > > Only if you remember to bottom post next time. :P It *really* makes > > things hard to follow. Especially in active threads. > > > > But seriously, do anything you want to the page. I just thought it > > would > > be good to put the note about working "independent". I ain't nobody in > > the end. Do what ya like. :P > > > > -Cory \m/ > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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