[ubuntu-art] De Edgy Artwork reflection

[Ben Pygall]

On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 01:41 -0500, Billy wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 01:51 +0200, iacopo masi wrote:
> > I'm thinking about Edgy  future artwork and Dapper has close the
> > Human theme cyles.
> > With edgy there will be a new reinvented from skratch artwork.
> > I like very much the new Orange Human expecilly the wallpaper and
> > the icons (both Human and Tangerine). 
> > I put my opinion,my reflection in the next artwork.
> > Starting from other concorrential no open OS like Xp (Microsoft) and
> > Osx (Apple) we see that there is a big work on artwork. :D
> > Xp is tasted with a blue and green theme with yellow folder. Os x
> > with a light cyan, white and gray color scheme.
> > In this schemas there was not only a predominant color in the theme.
> > So the reproach to Human theme is "when a person looks ubuntu after
> > 2 minutes says: 
> > ohh too much Brown (Breezy: wallpaper dark brow and brown gtk and
> > brown metacity) or Too orange (dapper: orange icons,gtk and
> > metacity) "
> > So do you consider that for edgy it will be better if there will be
> > like 2 or 3 color: like 2 major colors and 1 minor. It will be
> > beautiful to think at ubuntu and remember nature: so blue (sky),
> > green (grass), brown (tree). If this is too xp-ish it can be taken a
> > lot of color scheme. For example thinking at dapper, 
> > my thought is that it was better if the metacity was of another
> > color than the orange. In this way the eye could rest and than all
> > theme could be less boring and heavy. Ispirating by Ubuntu logo it
> > is possibile to make the metacity of a black color and mixing the
> > black color also in the wallpaper. for dapper we could have mix
> > orange, black and sand begie. So I hope in edgy will be not only a
> > predomint color but at lease two with variations. 
> > About the gtk I consider that we must continue to work with engines
> > doing a synthesis of all best: I will take checkbox and V check form
> > ubuntulooks, scrollbar and progress bar form gFlat engines (rezlooks
> > modified) and tab and panel from Clearlooks. However a lot of good
> > work has been done with wonderful ubuntulooks. 
> > So at the end I consider that we can make a personal ,special,
> > recognizable and enviable look and feel mixing cairo animation
> > taking the best from various engines, innvoative (not blue) colore
> > schema but not boring and a  touch of art. 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > lizardking

Another vote for more than one desktop theme. Given the number of people
who like to contribute art and the time available, it makes sense to me
if possible to give people a choice. After all, is this not partly what
the free software movement is all about.