[ubuntu-art] ibex idea

[Dana Goyette]

Hmm, I couldn't see the circles in the background until I tipped my 
laptop LCD downward.  That's a bit of an odd effect.
In addition, is it just me, or does the curvature on the spiral seem a 
bit... off?  It seems to change sharpness, rather oddly; ideally, it'd 
be a smooth spiral.


Dylan McCall wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 01:12 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
>> Not sure what it is supposed to represent. The wallpaper would not include the 
>> logo in the middle. I just put it together quickly to show the idea.
>>
>> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/SimpleDarkIbex
>>
>> I have a couple of other versions as well...I'll post something else tomorrow.
> 
> That's pretty cool, Kenneth! An issue I find with a lot of the ibex
> wallpapers is that they look like decapitated animals, which Will Not go
> over well. (Stuffed animal heads pinned on walls. ...Anyone remember
> that scene in Ace Ventura?).
> 
> This one cleverly avoids that by showing the distinctive part of an Ibex
> people actually notice and leaving out the bland bits that people can't
> figure out what to do with. Also, while there is no Ubuntu logo, the
> palette and shape hints at Ubuntu's branding pretty well, which is how
> things should be. As for the background, I am not a fan of the
> additional circles. Now that my screen brightness is higher, I see that
> it kind of repeats the same pattern in the background as in the center,
> which hurts your otherwise very striking effect. Perhaps it would be
> useful to look at an Ibex's environment for some inspiration as to what
> can be done with the background. Alas, just "rocky" probably doesn't
> help much... Straight lines, small amounts of vegetation and sharp edges
> may get somewhere.
> For some reason my rather hopeless imagination is now being invaded by
> the Ford "tough" logo. I'd better get out of here before I say something
> dumb :)
> 
> Bye,
> -Dylan
>