Ubuntu Studio 11.10 Oneiric artwork brainstorming/discussion

[Jorge G. Mare]

Hi Cory,

Thanks for making the effort to include the rest of us in this
discussion. Can't speak for others, but personally, I really
appreciate it. ;)

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 9:28 AM, C K <coryisatm at gmail.com> wrote:
> As noted in the "Artwork FYI" thread I've reached out to Izo
> (www.design-by-izo.com and http://tinyurl.com/42t496w) for help on
> developing an overarching thematic idea to use for the disrto and
> website in time for our 11.10 release.
>
> Things are still early but here goes: (hopefully the formatting
> doesn't get screwed)
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Izo <designbyizo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>I had a little bit of a brainwave over the weekend, largely influenced by the interface of Tweetbot. Have a look at the app: >http://tapbots.com/software/tweetbot/
>>
>>Ubuntu Studio uses a very similar colour scheme, so if the GTK theme uses mainly darkish grey with blue highlights, kinda like Atolm but with lighter >blues, that would make sense. Plus, the Faenza icon theme would work lovely with this kind of GTK colour scheme. Furthermore, influenced by the >Tweebot interface, the word "etched" very much entered my consciousness as a possible overarching concept for this releases artwork.

For those who (like me) may not know the Stolm theme:

http://skiesofazel.deviantart.com/art/Atolm-191381339

This theme does not seem to depart very much from the current one
color-wise, which I think it is good, as IMO the existing UbuntuStudio
theme colors already have some brand equity that you would want to
build on top of. So, FWIW, I think this is a good direction to take.

>>With that in mind, here's a couple of wallpaper examples, so you can see what I mean.
>>http://imageshack.us/m/683/6924/ubuntustudiowallpaperdr.jpg

Just as a general observation: I like the simplicity, as I believe the
current wallpaper is too busy/distracting (as in, it gets visually in
the way to using the computer). So, style-wise, I like the direction
of non-obstructive simplicity.

> I do dig this look. I'll let others chime in. (and note: this isn't a
> wallpaper we're gonna use. it's just an example of the style we're
> going for) I'll get those technical requirements I gave Izo up on the
> wiki ASAP.
>
> So what this thread is for is to brainstorm on the overall look and
> feel for the distro and website. To determine exactly what images will
> be needed and formatted. On the distro side, I know it will be the
> wallpaper and images for LightDM. (i've yet to look into theming for
> it but will very soon) As far as the website goes, that's where Jorge
> and Scott will come in the most.

Thank you again for sharing; this early insight in the thought process
makes it a lot easier to start building in my head images for the
website that would fit well in the overall theme of the distro. Thanks
again Cory.

Jorge