[ubuntu-art] Wubi Website Artwork

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Tuesday 07 October 2008 22:14:37 Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 12:10 +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> > Agostino Russo (xivulon) is in need of a replacement for the heron on
> > http://www.wubi-installer.org/
> >
> > While an Ibex would be acceptable, it might be better to have something
> > more creative that doesn't need to be changed for every release.
> >
> > Please keep his address in the CC field, if you have something to offer
> > here :)
>
> So, as no idea besides using Rico's ibex came up, here's a quick
> photo-mashup to show the idea of a Window to an African landscape.
>
> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/wubi_concept_01.jpg
>
> Images used:
> Window from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnadi/34012604/ by mnadi,
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
>
> Landscape from
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:African_landscape.jpg by Tjeerd
> Wiersma, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
>
>
> I will readily admit that this isn't overly original. I will be happy to
> see other ideas or even someone picking this one and running with it. I
> will not start actual realisation before I hear an OK from Agostino and
> not before the weekend in any case :)

To be honest, I like the idea. It gets the point across. One thing I would 
suggest would be to use a more sunnier field like view out the window 
(something more like the XP bg).

--
Ken