Everyone feels free to use one of the jackalopse i've created for this
project:
http://passphrase.interfree.it/ubuntu910artwork/jackalope.html

take a look at these backgrounds..
http://passphrase.interfree.it/ubuntu910artwork/sfondi.html



2009/1/30 Saleel Velankar <svela...@gmail.com>

>
> > 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 .
>
> Windows Vista has a large amount of Default Wallpapers:
> I think they are rather good, featuring nature vistas, abstract
> light,textures.
>    http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070126/finding-vista-wallpapers/
> It is clear that /none/ of the wallpapers features a subject with an
> abstract background, like what I have have been trying to do. (check out
> my Mr. Bun submission.)
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
> 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

Reply via email to