I tried to make my wallpapers simple as i think this is important when using the desktop and makes it easy to see files etc. As i joined at a later stage it would be handy for me to have an overview on the decisions which have been made for example i am unsure if the gears theme is definate or can a try to come up with new ideas. I started an idea wich i couldnt get to work visualy well ,using 2 gears and a belt to create the infinity effect.....maybe someone could use this better. Thanx On 8/15/08, fedora-art-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx <fedora-art-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Send Fedora-art-list mailing list submissions to > fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fedora-art-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fedora-art-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Fedora-art-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. gears ideas (Ben Hamment) > 2. Re: [F10 themes: round 2] Gears: lot of gears (Nicu Buculei) > 3. Re: gears ideas (Nicu Buculei) > 4. Re: [F10 themes: round 2] Gears: lot of gears (Matthias Clasen) > 5. Re: [F10 themes: round 2] Gears: lot of gears (M?ir?n Duffy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:18:55 +0100 > From: "Ben Hamment" <fisix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: gears ideas > To: fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: > <937c51310808141718r29f43da5v6a71739eb8ce54d6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Ive been playing with a few ideas > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Gears_draft_copy.png > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Gears_2_draft_2_copy.png > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Gears_2_draft_copy.png > > let me know what you think. > also it would be handy to know the dimensions for the artwork required. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/attachments/20080815/090620db/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:20:25 +0300 > From: Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [F10 themes: round 2] Gears: lot of gears > To: "Discussions about the artwork included with Fedora, including > icons, themes, and wallpapers." <fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <48A52029.7060201@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Máirín Duffy wrote: >> Well here's another couple iterations: >> >> I made this weird gear gadget thingy (modeled after watch internals) >> using Nicu's gears and some custom other thingys: >> http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/mairinduffy/gears-blueswirl_steampunk3c.png >> >> >> >> Also liked how the background was a bit more subtle behind it so I made >> a copy without the weird watch thing: >> http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/mairinduffy/gears-blueswirl_steampunk3d.png >> > > I like better the simple version, without the additional gear. > I also think this time the "gold" is almost right (I as not that happy > with it in the previous iterations). > > -- > nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com > Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ > Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org > my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:38:51 +0300 > From: Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: gears ideas > To: "Discussions about the artwork included with Fedora, including > icons, themes, and wallpapers." <fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <48A5247B.2070909@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Ben Hamment wrote: >> Ive been playing with a few ideas >> >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Gears_draft_copy.png >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Gears_2_draft_2_copy.png >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Gears_2_draft_copy.png >> >> let me know what you think. > > I think they are a bit simplistic, see how Mo added various textures: > http://mihmo.livejournal.com/60026.html > >> also it would be handy to know the dimensions for the artwork required. > > Do you work with vectors, right? (the images above look like Inkscape). > Then the size does not really matter, aspect ratio is the key (and at > this stage we can safely work at small resolutions, for speed and ease > of use). > > In the final version we will need 4 or 5 image sizes, for various aspect > ratios, like 1920x1200, 1600x1200, 1280x1024 and whatever else we decide > is needed at the moment (800x480 for first gen ultra portables?) > > -- > nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com > Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ > Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org > my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:46:27 -0400 > From: Matthias Clasen <mclasen@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [F10 themes: round 2] Gears: lot of gears > To: Discussions about the artwork "included with Fedora, including > icons, themes, and wallpapers." <fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1218811587.32009.1.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 01:18 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: >> Máirín Duffy wrote: >> > Maybe they could be made more sparse for the desktop but dense for the >> > banners/splashes for the rest of the artwork set? >> > >> > Or maybe we could have another focus besides just gear cogs? >> >> Well here's another couple iterations: >> >> I made this weird gear gadget thingy (modeled after watch internals) >> using Nicu's gears and some custom other thingys: >> http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/mairinduffy/gears-blueswirl_steampunk3c.png >> >> Also liked how the background was a bit more subtle behind it so I made >> a copy without the weird watch thing: >> http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/mairinduffy/gears-blueswirl_steampunk3d.png >> >> I also attached the SVG source for the new gear arrangement. > > Not that my voice counts much, but I must say that I liked the earlier > monochromatic (blue) version much better. I've used it for a few days > now, and it is very nice. > > > Matthias > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:10:27 -0400 > From: M?ir?n Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [F10 themes: round 2] Gears: lot of gears > To: "Discussions about the artwork included with Fedora, including > icons, themes, and wallpapers." <fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <48A59C63.20509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Matthias Clasen wrote: >> On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 01:18 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: >>> Máirín Duffy wrote: >>>> Maybe they could be made more sparse for the desktop but dense for the >>>> banners/splashes for the rest of the artwork set? >>>> >>>> Or maybe we could have another focus besides just gear cogs? >>> Well here's another couple iterations: >>> >>> I made this weird gear gadget thingy (modeled after watch internals) >>> using Nicu's gears and some custom other thingys: >>> http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/mairinduffy/gears-blueswirl_steampunk3c.png >>> >>> Also liked how the background was a bit more subtle behind it so I made >>> a copy without the weird watch thing: >>> http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/mairinduffy/gears-blueswirl_steampunk3d.png >>> >>> I also attached the SVG source for the new gear arrangement. >> >> Not that my voice counts much, but I must say that I liked the earlier >> monochromatic (blue) version much better. I've used it for a few days >> now, and it is very nice. > > I actually really liked that one better as a wallpaper too, and I think > it may be a better style for a default Fedora wallpaper because it's so > blue. However the problem is that as soon as we tint the gears blue, > people complain it's "too KDE." > > I'm not sure how to get around that, because even though I disagree that > it's "KDE", that perception is not something I think we want and enough > people have made comments to that effect that I think we're going to get > that unless we modify that version of the wallpaper somehow. > > My only ideas are different coloring (which I tried above but I think it > doesn't seem as suitable for a wallpaper) or if some additional widgets > can be integrated into it so the gears are just one type of object in > the design, maybe there won't be such a strong association with KDE. I'm > not sure what though. Maybe gears at all different angles and other > things you'd see inside a watch like Robin suggested earlier. Another > idea I had was maybe to create some kind of abstract steampunky object, > kind of like these steampunk jewelry pieces [1] and have that as a focal > point along the right bottom of the wallpaper. > > ~m > > [1] http://www.greatgreengoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/steampunk.jpg > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-art-list mailing list > Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list > > > End of Fedora-art-list Digest, Vol 29, Issue 53 > *********************************************** > _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
