[ubuntu-art] gdm proposal

[Nathan Eckenrode]

I really like the background on this one, alot.

However, the box in the middle gets a little lost so I adjusted the curves to 
darken it and bring it more into focus.

http://eckenrodehouse.net/kubuntu/kamstrup-edgy-gdm1.xcf

On Thursday 05 October 2006 02:18, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 15:32 -0700, Chuck Huber wrote:
> > For what it's worth, it's a very light grayish white on my Sony lcd and
> > looks good.
> >
> > I thought it might be interesting if you were to rotate the white
> > rectangle 180 degrees so it would appear to be carved out of shiny
> > plastic instead of looking like a plaque on top of a background image.
> > I'm not sure if it has enough of a bevel to lend to that perception but
> > if you post the xcf I'd be happy to play with it and post results.
>
> I've uploaded the xcf to http://grillbar.org/tmp/kamstrup-edgy-gdm1.xcf.
> Play around to your hearts content :-) Consider the license to be "free
> like air" - do what ever you want.
>
> You might wan't to play around with the placement of the box and logo
> too. I'm not even sure the box is properly centered (the logo is
> though).
>
> In case anybody wonders about the background "gradient" it was a picture
> I took directly into a lightbulb from 2 inches away.
>
> > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 21:55 +0200, Kristof Verbeken wrote:
> > > On my desktop it does look blue too :)
>
> Ok. I give in :-) I'll try and adjust the colors. BBL.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Mikkel
>
> > > 2006/10/4, Toby Smithe <toby.smithe at gmail.com>:
> > >         On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 21:50 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
> > >
> > >         wrote:
> > >         > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 21:28 +0200, Kristof Verbeken wrote:
> > >         > > Well .. I like it .. a _lot_
> > >         > > But I'm quite sure you'll have to change the blue box to
> > >
> > >         brown.
> > >
> > >         > > Sorry .. Blue&brown just don't seem to fit.
> > >         >
> > >         > Maybe my laptop monitor is playing tricks on me... It
> > >
> > >         appears gray here,
> > >
> > >         > what do other people see?
> > >         >
> > >         > It is easy to tweak the color of the box so go ahead and
> > >
> > >         flame me ;-P
> > >
> > >         Yeah. The colour is bad. It could be really nice! Make it a
> > >         colour from
> > >         the suggested palette, or a variant, and it could be great.
> > >         Here on this
> > >         laptop, it looks blue.
> >
> > --
> > Chuck Huber <chuck at lagunadata.com>