[ubuntu-art] Feedback on Proposed Default Wallpaper

[Ryan Prior]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Cory K. <coryisatm at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 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.
>


Jaunty: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

I think what we need to look for is a jackalope that is decidedly modern.
Any artists inspired to do that somehow?


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> -Cory K.
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