[ubuntu-art] ideas for kubuntu edgy...glass effects, colors, textures, etc.

[Kenneth Wimer]

Hi all,

As expected, several people have asked for the SVGs :-)

http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy.svg
http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy1.svg
http://bootsplash.org/edgy3a.svg

Have fun!

Bye,
Ken


On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Kenneth Wimer wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I thought I might spur some creativity by posting some of the ideas  
> I have played around with for kubuntu. Of course, all of these are  
> SVGs, so if anyone wants to have those files as well, let me know.
>
> http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy.png		ideas
> http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy1.png	Work on the black version
> http://bootsplash.org/edgy3a.png 		 An idea for a Bg for kdm,  
> desktop splash, etc.
>
> As can be seen I have tried the ideas of a strong glass effect, so  
> stick with the crystal theme, which is what we have, like it or  
> not, for kde3. In addition I have used the color purple a lot - I  
> seriously think we should go in this direction, color-wise. In  
> addition, I used a camera pic for the bg of the login manager which  
> is a neat idea, I think - not necessarily that pic, but something  
> interesting and purple :-) Last but not least, I tried to use the  
> world map texture in a first attempt at a kdm bg. I think this is  
> nice as it supports the idea of linux for the whole world, etc. I  
> am going to play around with making a normal desktop bg out of the  
> world map idea as well.
>
> If we can nail things down a bit, I'll start a wiki page (urghhhh,  
> me no like wiki editing) :-)
>
> Bye,
> Ken
>
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