On 06/06/07, Matthias Clasen <mclasen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
- Personally, I'd like to explore a somewhat different style of artwork for F8; something much less branded and image-based (maybe stripes :-) -- if only because the F7 artwork is pretty much at the top of the quality scale for this kind of heavily image-based, branded artwork (as the initial F7 reviews show), and will be hard to top...
It will be very difficult to beat the FC5/6/7 artwork (I prefered the 6 then 5). The stripes were nice in FC5 Bubbles but got a bit tiresome after a few months. I think I shall try some vector-style stuff like my Arty Farty wallpaper (more later) which is clean yet has a good impact.
- I haven't heard much about the status of the Echo icon theme lately; are you hoping to have this in good enough shape to become the default in F8 ? We also need to redo the experiment to include svns.
I hope to find some time durig the summer to continue work on Echo, I have been swamped with college work lately as I am reaching the big crescendo and final project. I also am on holiday for the first two weeks in July but after that, I'm all yours ;-) On 06/06/07, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree about exploring a new style because I think we should bring something fresh in each release and because is fun to explore different styles.
+1, as I say I liked the FC5 style. My current desktops are pretty minimal as they are colourful yet not distracting. On 06/06/07, Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2) We should have a general discussion here on list to get our thoughts out on where F8's artwork could go. What desktop wallpaper are you using these days? Have you seen any cool ones lately? Seen any cool current graphic design in general lately?
As I say, my desktop's are fairly minimal. Elements for my E17 : http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4elementsfedorakp0.jpg Arty Farty in my KDE : http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=artyfartyvb9.jpg FreeBSD wallpaper : http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=freebsdwallpaperbg5.png Some kind of designs like this can be trendy but carefully worked! http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=homebackgreenbdx7.gif http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50077920/ http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/46129029/ On 06/06/07, Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Daring thought : have a non-blue wallpaper (blue is great but there are other colors too. Fedora theming have bordered on the monochrome those past releases)
I'm afraid I'm against that as the blue is all over the place; the logo colours and prominent areas of Echo icons are various shades of blue. On 06/06/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One thing that has frequently been mentioned by some reviews including the distrowatch one at http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070604#feature is that the clearlooks theme looks distinctly dry compared to the polished artwork in GDM, wallpaper etc. I think folks are looking for a more glossy theme.
Heh, I'm runnning Enlightenment E17, Entrace and all :-) On 07/06/07, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am for focusing on the concept (metaphor), illustrated with just a single image (wallpaper), I think we can mentally extrapolate from it and have a good idea about how it work for the other elements.
Me too, I have found creating the wallpaper and then expanding into other areas to be the easiest and it create a more unified look. Maybe using the GDM themes etc. as colourful backgrounds without much detail might work depending on the individual design.
Punctually, I think we should stay with blue as the dominant color and agree about reducing the usage of the logo.
I quite like the logo on my wallpapers, even if it is small. This will help with the identification from screenshots. _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
