[ubuntu-art] Feedback on Proposed Default Wallpaper

[Cory K.]

Chris Tomalty wrote:
> Hey (I'm new to the whole mailing list thing, so please bear with me if I
> mess up a bit :) )
>
> I was looking at the default wallpapers proposed for Jaunty in the Incoming
> Artwork section on the wiki (
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds ) and I
> don't think that it's really possible to do a jackalope as well in a similar
> style as we did the Heron and the Ibex.  I decided to open Photoshop and
> tool around, and my submission is on the AlphaBackgrounds page under Ubuntu
> Energy.
>
> This is my first creative submission to the Ubuntu community and I would
> like some feedback as to its quality and/or suitability.  One of the people
> in the comments section said that we shouldn't have text, but my design
> feels incomplete without it and the black bar.
>
> Anyways, any feedback that I could use to improve the submission?  Need we
> use animals now?
>   

While I think it's generally ok, I don't think it's currently what is
being looked for.

And what *is* being looked for, seems up-in-the-air atm.


-Cory K.