On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:17:36 -0400 Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > * The multitude of gears is AWESOME. It might be nice to make them > > a bit more faded and subtle, but I wonder if that might lose detail > > to a point of losing the theme. > > Yeh. I am thinking maybe some clever fade-in fade-out might make it > more suitable for a desktop background. Another idea I had was make > some kind of keyhole shape in a much more solid/less distracting > gradient, and punch the hole (or wholes) through so you can see > glimpses of this gear work behind it. It might be a really cool > effect, but I also think it would take it even further towards the > cyberpunk end of the spectrum than steampunk. :) FWIW, I really like the keyhole idea, if you want to move it in a more concrete direction. By that, I mean more of a feeling of looking inside an actual mechanism than an abstract collection of gears. Both directions have merit, but I find the more-concrete idea interesting. I'd also personally love to see the gears meshing, and more types of mechanical components, such as ratchets, worm drives, flywheels, springs, et al. It could be made to look more like the inner workings of a clock or watch or similar device, such as: http://watchluxus.com/admin/ajax/image.php?src=101&maxwidth=550 With more of the inner workings covered up with the keyhole idea. Perhaps the keyhole(s) could be in the shape of or suggesting the Fedora logo? Also, this could be made to dovetail with the cambridge concept a little bit, for instance: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Clock_Tower,_Great_Court,_Trinity_College,_Cambridge.jpg In a different direction, could the rotating background effect be used to show a suggestion of an actual clock face with the current time? I realize that interpolating images of a clock with the hands at each hour will make a blur rather than discrete hand positions, but perhaps that could be made to work. -RN -- Robin Norwood Red Hat, Inc. "The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone." -Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
