On 12/30/07, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > first to introduce myself. I'm 29 years old fiber-optics technician > and a linux geek from Croatia. I used fedora since came out but for my > primary desktop since FC5 (i used openSUSE before and Mandriva before > that, ubuntu just doesn't work for me). I'm also a amateur > photographer and have worked with different artists as a critic for > last 10 years. > > This is really hard for me to say and I apologize in advance because > all of Fedora Artwork team does great job, but I really have to say > what I think. > > I have seen this: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves > and it frightens me if this is going to be the Fedora 9 theme... or > anything near this. If these are only sketches then ok. But this bring > me back to Fedora 8 theme proposal when I saw current infinity theme > proposed and I thought it will never pass quality check - how was I > surprised when I booted Fedora 8 for the first time. > > I know that some people are really satisfied with Fedora 8 theme, and > that different people have different tastes but still I feel fedora 8 > theme as too bland, too simple (and I love zen simple design!) and > just too plain. FC5 baloons were nice, FC6 DNA theme was amazing!, F7 > hot baloons were cool but I just can't say anything nice about F8 > Infinity. > > I used Fedora as my primary work desktop since FC5 and for work also > (since FC6) and I upgrade my home systems always to latest Fedora - > this is the only wallpaper I changed from default and I believe that > says a lot. > > Unfortunately, I have no creativity talent (except photography) and I > cannot contribute directly except as an constructive critic. > > Please, please, pretty please go with a more bold wallpaper theme this time. > > Thank you once more for all the work you have given to Fedora project > and I hope you accept these comments as constructive because this is > my intention. > > Valent. Here are one audio review which also says artwork for Fedora 8 is lacking: http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/fedora-8-audio-review/ and one random forum comment: "Artwork quite poor compared to version 7." http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=43139#p43139 -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
