[ubuntu-art] cONTENT OF ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 44, Issue 18

Sun Feb 22 13:27:30 GMT 2009

MY Background !

Lukas Eigensatz

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>   1. Re:  Jaunty Wallpaper (Alan Pope)
>   2. Re:  Jaunty Wallpaper (Kenneth Wimer)
>   3. Re:  Jaunty Wallpaper (nomasteryoda at gmail.com)
>   4. Re:  Jaunty Wallpaper (Saleel)
>   5. Re:  Jaunty Wallpaper (Jonathan Blackhall)
>   6. Re:  Jaunty Wallpaper (nomasteryoda at gmail.com)
>   7.  Looking at you - a Jauty Jackalope background (Jeff Hatfield)
>   8.   Jaunty Wallpaper (Osliner)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:43:22 +0000
> From: Alan Pope <alan at popey.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper
> To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> 2009/2/12 Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com>:
>> more information can be found in the attached pdf. A lot of great 
>> information
>> was used from the Kyudo project
>
> I appreciate the "don't copy the competition" and "don't use photos"
> points in the document, .. but..
>
> If you take a look at the latest (7) version of Windows you'll see
> that one of the built in themes uses some generic photos. I assume
> (but don't know) they are localised because the photos I see (being a
> british person) are very "british". Hills, valleys, streams, stone
> circles, cottages and so on. On the machine at work running Windows 7
> there have been a fair number of comments from people passing about
> how striking the images are, nobody seems to have paid any attention
> to other desktop components or furniture.
>
> Maybe photos aren't _such_ a bad thing, especially if they're
> localised, and does _everyone_ have to see one single wallpaper?
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:49:52 +0100
> From: Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper
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> On Thursday 12 February 2009 21:43:22 Alan Pope wrote:
>> 2009/2/12 Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com>:
>> > more information can be found in the attached pdf. A lot of great
>> > information was used from the Kyudo project
>>
>> I appreciate the "don't copy the competition" and "don't use photos"
>> points in the document, .. but..
>>
>> If you take a look at the latest (7) version of Windows you'll see
>> that one of the built in themes uses some generic photos. I assume
>> (but don't know) they are localised because the photos I see (being a
>> british person) are very "british". Hills, valleys, streams, stone
>> circles, cottages and so on. On the machine at work running Windows 7
>> there have been a fair number of comments from people passing about
>> how striking the images are, nobody seems to have paid any attention
>> to other desktop components or furniture.
>
> And I'd bet that a lot of work into making those photos as great as they 
> are.
> That is my whole point. It is easy to go somewhere amazing and take a 
> pretty
> good photo. It is something else to make it an amazing desktop wallpaper.
> There is no need for people to spam the list with the photos of their last
> vacation (unless you really mean it!).
>
>> Maybe photos aren't _such_ a bad thing, especially if they're
>> localised, and does _everyone_ have to see one single wallpaper?
>
> I am all for including a larger set of really good wallpapers, including 
> many
> photos. I think there are plans for it underway.
>
> --
> Kenneth
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>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:16:22 +0000
> From: nomasteryoda at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper
> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
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> oops... sent back to Kenneth... Sorry about that.
>
> I've posted some images on my Jaunty art page on the wiki - Nomasteryoda
> designs - and gotten some good comments. I made some changes and updated
> the page with more grit and less impressionist style. This is a photo, but
> not like normal photographs you find in the family scrapbook or on the
> Windows 7 desktop.
>
> If this is in the right mode of thinking as far as imagery goes, let us
> know. I can always warp the image to yield the mascot since that appears 
> be
> desired. One note from Intrepdi is the Ibex is still hard for people to
> pick out on the current release as I think it should be, but it looks
> almost like a coffee stain on the elephant skin of prior versions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff Hatfield (aka nomasteryoda)
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:52:27 -0500
> From: Saleel <svelanka at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper
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>> The current status for Jaunty is as follows:
>>
>> a) a decision concerning an alpha wallpaper using some form of one of the
>> mascot pics from the wiki is coming soon.
>>
>>
>
> I wish that y'all would hurry this up. It would give a specific date to
> start cleaning up some of my submissions. I tend to work better with
> specific deadlines since I am a lazy bastard, who is constantly
> distracted. :-)
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>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:54:22 -0600
> From: Jonathan Blackhall <johnny.one.eye at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper
> To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> I see from the pdf that you're specifying #FFA443 as the active window
> decoration color.  I assume that means that the current theme will be
> carried into Jaunty.  Is there any plan for Canonical to change (or accept
> suggestions for changes to) that color specifically in the near future? 
> I'm
> not saying give up on orange and brown, but I feel like that particular
> shade draws ire from the masses who like to complain that the default 
> Ubuntu
> colors are ugly.  Orange and brown themes can actually be made to look
> fairly nice if done correctly, but I'm not sure how well if Canonical
> insists on specifying the exact shade that many people dislike.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:22:47 +0000
> From: nomasteryoda at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper
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> Jonathan,
> I agree with the shade ideas you have and am continuing to use brown/gold
> themed background idea because it really looks sharp with a darker theme 
> in
> compiz and the dust theme I saw in Intrepid. It even looks good with the
> light themes as well and can simply be filtered to make a Kubuntu or
> Xubuntu background.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Feb 12, 2009 4:54pm, Jonathan Blackhall <johnny.one.eye at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> I see from the pdf that you're specifying #FFA443 as the active window
> decoration color. I assume that means that the current theme will be
> carried into Jaunty. Is there any plan for Canonical to change (or accept
> suggestions for changes to) that color specifically in the near future? 
> I'm
> not saying give up on orange and brown, but I feel like that particular
> shade draws ire from the masses who like to complain that the default
> Ubuntu colors are ugly. Orange and brown themes can actually be made to
> look fairly nice if done correctly, but I'm not sure how well if Canonical
> insists on specifying the exact shade that many people dislike.
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:36:07 -0500
> From: Jeff Hatfield <nomasteryoda at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-art] Looking at you - a Jauty Jackalope background
> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
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> I just posted my new image showing something similar to a Jackalope image
> facing you, with his head tilted to the left.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Nomasteryoda
> designs<%20https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Nomasteryoda%20designs>
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> The top-most under "Looking at you"
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> Please let me know what you think.
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>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:33:13 +0100
> From: Osliner <oslineblog at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-art]  Jaunty Wallpaper
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> I wouldn`t forget to mention kde 4.2`s new wallpaper
> (http://nuno-icons.com/images/wall/snapshot3.jpg) in competition. I
> guess its called the air we breathe, and is one of the best default
> backgrounds lately.
>
> Osliner
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