[ubuntu-art] More Mockups

Nicholas Ipsen(Sephiroth_VII) sephiroth7vii at gmail.com
Sun Jul 27 14:42:22 BST 2008


Now THIS is what I've been looking for in a new Ubuntu theme. Beautiful
work, keep it up, and let's hope it's noticed!


On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Duncan Austin
<ubuntu at readitsideways.com>wrote:

>
> 2008/7/26 Ken Vermette <vermette at gmail.com>
>
> I'm not entirely sure about the direction Kin and Kith are taking,
>> especially with the whole OSX smackdown - so I'm trying something new with
>> the themes, posting mockups of the new directions the theme could go
>> flailing into. When I hit something half-decent, I'm going to develop it
>> similarly to Kith/Kin, but I'd like to know I'm getting warmer first. If you
>> post links to other themes, I'll try to incorperate what you like, wether I
>> personally like it or not!
>>
>> Below are with different backgrounds...
>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_kith.png
>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_grass.png
>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_leaf.png
>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_rocks.png
>>
>> With buttons...
>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_btns.png
>>
>> The main difference is that I've broken the slab, and made the outer rim
>> outline protrude even farther from the block while making it more subtle.
>> I've also switched to gray for the window contents.
>>
>> --
>> -Ken Vermette
>>
>
> brilliant. This is well on the way to challenging Mac, IMO. And it's not a
> copycat. If we go in this direction then the first words I say when showing
> someone Ubuntu for the first time will no longer have to be "don't worry, it
> doesn't have to look like this"
>
> Duncan
>
>
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