[CoLoCo] LoCo wallpaper

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is one idea i had. But, now that it's done I'm not sure i like
> it. Maybe it has too much spacing between the word "colorado".
>

(Okay, that didn't work. Too big. Trying again with smaller images.)

Andrew,

That's a pretty cool idea, but I would offer a couple suggestions. I don't
know how to do it as I'm not very good with gimp, but if you could make the
working look like it's chiseled into the rock that might look more
"natural". Also, and this is more personal preference, but I am not a fan of
scenery for wallpaper. There are too many colors, textures and shadows that
make it hard to see what's on the desktop. I tend to go for more abstract
like http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaper/?545. This one has been on my
desktop longer than any I can remember. What I'm wondering is if you can
stylize the scenery to make it look kind of like a painting or something or
make it flatten and with fewer colors. I'm not sure that makes sense. I
attached a couple quick changes that approximate what I'm saying. I wouldn't
suggest either as an option, just a lame attempt to describe what I mean. Of
course I'm sure others prefer regular scenery. Last, I wonder if it would be
fun to play on the rock images with "ubuntu-rocks" instead of just ubuntu.

Anyway, just some ideas. Feel free to take 'em or leave 'em. I have little
to no artistic talent so my suggestions are probably not worth a whole lot.


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