[ubuntu-art] FEEDBACK: Responses

[Troy James Sobotka]

On Mon, 2006-17-07 at 09:49 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> But... none of these really reminds me of the Dapper login splash,
> which I think is a nice combination of glassy and human. Did nobody
> submit anything along those lines? I would really like it if we could
> shape the login screen around the Dapper login splash "feel" so that
> the Dapper splash could be reused in Edgy, but with a login screen
> that has the same "feel".
> 

This is why the proposal phase is important!

At Paris it wasn't precisely clear that Mr. Shuttleworth was
hoping to resume where "Dapper" direction left off.  This is
now clearer.

Thank you for taking the time to comment, we shall steer accordingly.


So folks, take note, the Dapper logon splash is where Mr. Shuttleworth
is heading.


Who_'s gloss sampling is probably closest.  Let's try to steer
development that direction.  To summarize:

 * Literal gloss samplings similar to Dapper Logon Splash.
 * Glossing is illustrative (rather than practical), and should
   be simple in nature as per the folder gloss sample with Human.
 * Use Who_'s logo as a general directionality guide.

> On the gloss from, I liked the who_gloss.png option best, followed by
> weidel_gloss1.png. The latter tends to the "candy" side of things,
> which I think is a bit lightweight.

Noted.

> 
> 
> > EXTREMELY rough gloss samplings (to determine lighting direction, etc).
> > Niel and Frank are busy trying to refine many of the issues, but it 
> > should be considered a starting point:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/LogoProposal
> >   
> Of these, the thing I prefer is to have relatively even lighting on
> all the letters, from a consistent direction and with a consistent
> level of brightness. Some of these options have light from a single
> source that tails off very quickly, so letters at one end or the other
> of the "ubuntu" are left in the dark, with an uneven lighting across
> the word as a whole.


That's the goal.  The real facet of that series would be to determine
lighting directionality.  That said, if you prefer an illustrative 
glossing, we can simply go with that.


> > Dumped everywhere 'Proposals' that aren't quite in the same
> > development phase:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/WallpaperProposal
> >   
> I liked the silver and brown ones from Weidel, with the
> circle-of-friends device. It's relatively abstract and has a very
> high-class feel. I would certainly see those as being good "alternate
> wallpapers" if we have room for alternates.


I believe that Weidel's work can be simplified enough to make it
more in the direction you would like.

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