On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 01:12 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > Not sure what it is supposed to represent. The wallpaper would not include > the > logo in the middle. I just put it together quickly to show the idea. > > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/SimpleDarkIbex > > I have a couple of other versions as well...I'll post something else tomorrow.
That's pretty cool, Kenneth! An issue I find with a lot of the ibex wallpapers is that they look like decapitated animals, which Will Not go over well. (Stuffed animal heads pinned on walls. ...Anyone remember that scene in Ace Ventura?). This one cleverly avoids that by showing the distinctive part of an Ibex people actually notice and leaving out the bland bits that people can't figure out what to do with. Also, while there is no Ubuntu logo, the palette and shape hints at Ubuntu's branding pretty well, which is how things should be. As for the background, I am not a fan of the additional circles. Now that my screen brightness is higher, I see that it kind of repeats the same pattern in the background as in the center, which hurts your otherwise very striking effect. Perhaps it would be useful to look at an Ibex's environment for some inspiration as to what can be done with the background. Alas, just "rocky" probably doesn't help much... Straight lines, small amounts of vegetation and sharp edges may get somewhere. For some reason my rather hopeless imagination is now being invaded by the Ford "tough" logo. I'd better get out of here before I say something dumb :) Bye, -Dylan
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