[ubuntu-art] Edgy Eft Propose phase extension

[Frank Schoep]

Hello fellow artists,

Today officially marks the end of the Propose phase, but I'm going to  
extend the phase by three days to get some more sketch-like  
submissions in. I've been working on sketches for the usplash and GDM  
theme myself and I added them to these two Wiki pages, please take a  
look:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/Usplash
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/GDMProposal

It's unfortunate that I only recently had the time to get these  
sketches drawn, because they highlight what the Propose phase is  
about: coming up with compositional ideas. The good thing however is  
that we can create some sketches based on all submissions until now,  
just take a pencil and draw the idea without any details. Of course,  
you can use a computer program, but keep your submissions light on  
details and only use grayscale.

While sketching the usplash and the GDM theme I found that it's  
really easy to come up with derivative and new ideas, because you  
don't have to put in a lot of time polishing pixels. For the  
wallpaper, I find it's quite difficult to make sketches that properly  
convey the idea, so maybe that's something we'll work out as new  
submissions roll in. For the login splash, Troy already created some  
nice sketch-like proposals on the Wiki, but more is better of course.

So, to summarize: let's make a final sprint and focus on getting some  
ideas instead of pixels. I'm sure we'll have expanded the amount of  
sketches by the end of the weekend. Thanks for everyone's ongoing  
efforts and dedication!

With kind regards,

Frank Schoep