[ubuntu-art] extra wallpaper package for Karmic

[Smartboy]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:13 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > Other operating systems offer an extra selection of desktop
> > backgrounds to their users. Often they are based on different "themes"
> > typically applied to photography (nature, for instance).
> >
> >
> >
> > For Karmic we would like to include a set of high quality desktop
> > backgrounds which are organized according to a predefined set of
> > adjectives which describe emotional atmospheres, slogans (so to speak)
> > for the way an image makes you feel.
> >
> >
> >
> > In order to accomplish this we call on anyone and everyone to submit
> > images which are freely licensed and follow the guidelines for
> > inclusion.
> >
> >
> >
> > Let me know if you have any ideas for improving this idea, or if you'd
> > like to help coordinate things, etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken
> >
>
> Oops, one other thought while I'm here!
>
> It could be possible to get a wider community of artists
> (particularly ...err, "pros," for lack of a better word) on board if
> they can sign their work. The work still gets a CC or some such license,
> but serves as assured publicity for them since the signature is more
> than just metadata. I have a hunch that, done tastefully, it could even
> look pretty darn cool. For example, if said signature is actually an
> authentic looking handwritten signature.
>
> I uploaded a quick example here with my own horrible signature on it:
> http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/195/wallpapersigned.jpg
>
> In that example I used a web site URL beneath the signature, since of
> course my feeble signature alone does little for publicity. Realized
> fairly quickly that it could look kind of ugly (like we're trying to
> sell something, or pulled it without permission from the site), so using
> a more natural line of text such as a printed name (or just having the
> signature alone!) may be a better choice. Less likely to change, too.
>
> So there's another idea for the basket!
>
>
> Bye,
> Dylan
>
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The team doesn't even like their own logo being used in the artwork? What
makes you think they will allow someone else's logo on it? ;)

Smartboy
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