Hi Jayme! These are very nice works - I've some quick feedback below: On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 15:16 -0300, Jayme Ayres wrote: > Hello Folks! > > I would like to propose an art to the wallpaper of the F12. I was > researching the name "Constantine" and with this there are many ways > to conceptualize an art for the code. As I like to work with bitmaps > (and I know that is a little problematic to work with this format, > because the final file size) then decided to make 2 collage of photos > I found in Stock.XCHNG and Flikr. > http://jaymeayres.fedorapeople.org/f12/fedora-wall-jayme-I.jpg - I think maybe the walled obelisk is a bit obscure a reference that most users won't understand unless they dig for the info - What are the laser beams / light rays? What are they meant to symbolize? Why is one blue, one orange? I almost feel the composition would be stronger without them... they seem a different kind of style (smooth bright) than the rest of the image (faded, gritty, worn) and it kind of clashes doesn't it? - I love the little light balls swirling around the obelisk - it's simply a very pretty effect - but again I am not sure it works with the rest of the composition the way it stands now. I'd love to see a wallpaper with these light balls in it though. - I really like how you've brought a warm color, purple, into the wallpaper. We usually have blue which is very cold, purple being an analogous color is something we've tried to work in before, I would like to see it happen sometime. > http://jaymeayres.fedorapeople.org/f12/fedora-wall-jayme-II.jpg - I have the same concern here about the clash between the classical / gritty / faded / photorealistic artwork & the very vector-like, bright, and smooth light beams. - why are the beams blue? why are they surrounding the gate? One thing that concerns me about both wallpapers as well as they have a similar texture/grittiness to them as the Fedora 11 wallpaper. So I would worry maybe perhaps folks would think it is too close to what we have for F11. In general I think the method of taking a photo of an object affiliated with the theme codename, especially if it's an obscure connection, and building a wallpaper around that is too literal a way to interpret the theme. I think it's better to think about more abstract ideas and themes that come from a bit of deeper background on the codename (like we had talked before about some thematic ideas to build a visual interpretation of: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2009-June/000299.html) Because of this, I'm not sure how to suggest a path forward for these works. :-/ Perhaps take a more thematic idea around constantine and apply some of the light beam / glow balls towards an interpretation of it? Overall, these are beautifully rendered works! I just worry about the concept and the message (or lack thereof) they would send to users. ~m _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
