[ubuntu-art] Feedback on Proposed Default Wallpaper

[Saleel Velankar]

> Are there any specific suggestions on how to make it better?  I'm 
> trying to integrate a stylized jackalope into it but success continues 
> to elude me.
>
> -Chris
Personally I agree with Kenneth, when he said that the default wallpaper 
may/(should(?)) be an abstract one. Abstraction gives the final desktop 
a professional quality, without distracting the user with mad eyecandy, 
that is to say that it does not force on to a user any particular 
artstyle/deco that the artist prefers. As such, it is also less divisive 
within the community, than one featuring a subject. Looking to some of 
the competition, Windows Vista .

Windows Vista has a large amount of Default Wallpapers:
I think they are rather good, featuring nature vistas, abstract 
light,textures.
    http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070126/finding-vista-wallpapers/
It is clear that /none/ of the wallpapers features a subject with an 
abstract background, like what I have have been trying to do. (check out 
my Mr. Bun submission.)

Having spilled all that, I think what I am disliking in your submission 
is all of the harsh angles and blocky colors. A good abstract wall 
should imo should be smooth and unjarring to the vision.I should be 
similar to a light array. It should be able to hold a users sight and 
complement his/her Icon theme.

Saleel V.