[ubuntu-art] More Mockups

[shadowh511]

fight coporate designs with home-brewed eye-candy :)


On 7/27/08, Mario Viviani <mariux01 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Il giorno dom, 27/07/2008 alle 15.42 +0200, Nicholas
> Ipsen(Sephiroth_VII) ha scritto:
>> 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!
>>
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>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Duncan Austin
>> <ubuntu at readitsideways.com> wrote:
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>>         2008/7/26 Ken Vermette <vermette at gmail.com>
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>>                 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
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>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_grass.png
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>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_leaf.png
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>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_rocks.png
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>>                 With buttons...
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>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_btns.png
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>>                 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
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>>
>>         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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> It would be great if Ken can make available the svg's or the png's that
> he used making his mockup. Thay can be used starting developing some
> candidates GTK made using different engines like Murrine, Clearlooks or
> Aurora.. It's almoust August so I think we can focus on coding
> somethig...
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> However, great mockups, it's original and different from OSX and
> Windows, we can give Ubuntu a real "unique" appearance!
>
> Mario
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