On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:26:54AM -0500, Patrick Connelly wrote: > 2010/1/14 Máirín Duffy <mairin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi, > > > > I had this idea in my head all week; I did a very simple sketch and > > posted it to the f13 artwork wiki: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:F13-concept-rocketlines.png > > > > It's a really rough sketch. The concept is really along the lines of > > what all of our sketches have, I think. But the visual style I'd want to > > go for is like this Modest Mouse album: > > > > http://www.kolnstyle.com/lbmcvrz/Modest%20Mouse-GNFPQLBN.jpg > > > > I think it would be cool for the trails of the rockets to have an > > organic shape to them like they're flower stems or something. > > > > Maybe a kooky idea, just something that's been in my head this week. > > > I love where that idea is going. I think you could make the rocket > trails do something like a DNA strand or something like that would be > cool. I also like the kind of one sidedness of the background. As do I. The desktop background works best which does not demand a lot of attention. I'd much rather see something on the Fedora desktop *inspired* by the release name than being a direct, verbal interpretation. That inspiration aspect can keep the background more figurative, subtle, and less likely to clash with graphical objects like icons and windows. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team