Karmic Artwork

[Pasi Lallinaho]

Lionel Le Folgoc wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 05:17:00AM +0300, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
>   
>> Here is the current state of the artwork cycle for Karmic. There hasn't
>> been that much discussion, so I would be really glad if you could give
>> your opinions on things.
>>
>>
>> 1. Wallpaper / gdm theme
>>
>> There is a draft version of the wallpaper/gdm theme on emonk.fi [1]. As
>> on the Jaunty cycle, I think we'll just use a modified gdm theme as the
>> background. Maybe lighter colors for the tree for wallpaper mode? This
>> wallpaper works for both wides and normal monitors. Cody suggested it's
>> a bit too blocky for his taste, but what others of you think? Personally
>> I think it's a good depart from the earlier style [2], but it could
>> maybe be a bit lighter. (As I look it now, it needs some more texture at
>> least.) Opinions please.
>>
>>     
>
> I like it. ;)
> The only problem at the moment is that I've not been able to change the
> background picture of the new gdm. :]
>
>   
I'll dig deeper into that tomorrow night.
>> 2. Icon theme
>>
>> We are currently using Gnome Brave [3]. Steve suggests that the new
>> community-based theme Humanity [4] would be worth using. I agree, but we
>> should test run it [5].
>>
>>
>> 3. GTK+ theme
>>
>> We want to refresh our GTK+ theme. Steve suggests that we use something
>> Alvaro [6] -based, and personally I'm totally fine with that. Overall it
>> looks quite good and with some tweaks to the menubar and colors, I think
>> we're fine. Opinions?
>>
>>     
>
> Although this is a bit brownish (i.e. not the Xubuntu blue),
> alvaro+humanity looks nice.
>
> Also, you should be aware that the default desktop theme (gtk+ and
> icons) will also be used by the new gdm…
>
>   
I understand. It's not a bad thing, I think. Is there a screenshot of
how the new gdm looks like?
>> 4. xfwm theme
>>
>> I propose we still keep with the Xfce default. I like it, a lot.
>>
>>
>> 5. U/Xsplash / Live CD boot menu
>>
>> Do we want a basic logo only? Do the technical reasons keep us from
>> doing anything else? Can we still change the U/Xsplash at this time? Is
>> the image the only thing we want to change or are we going to do
>> something with the throbber et cetera? Or will we just use the Ubuntu
>> theme [7], change the colors and the logo? Will Michael be able to help
>> with Usplash, if we need help? Cody, I need especially your input on
>> this one.
>>
>>     
>
> As I said yesterday on irc, I have resynced usplash-theme-xubuntu's code
> with the one from usplash-theme-ubuntu (size, position, but I kept blue
> colors from the current theme) in an experimental branch (not committed
> yet). So the "only" thing that remains to do is to adapt the pngs from
> the ubuntu usplash theme to xubuntu, and it should be ok.
>
> Of course, I'm speaking about usplash. Since xsplash has been a great
> success so far when I tried it (it displayed a beautiful white area on
> the left top quarter of my screen), I won't be able to help with it. ;)
>
>   
Great! Let's talk more about this the next time we see on IRC.
>> 6. Documentation theming
>>
>> We will try to theme the documentation with Jim. I am waiting details on
>> this.
>>
>>
>> 7. New website look
>>
>> As we are switching from Drupal to WordPress [8], we need to create a
>> new look for the website [9]. It is still unsure if any of this will
>> happen before Karmic release, but it's definitely coming and I'm hoping
>> we can create something that lasts for a bit longer than the current,
>> big and clumsy design. It might have looked great then, but it's really
>> starting to wear out. If you have any ideas, come on and let the rest of
>> us know them.
>>
>>
>> 8. For your reference...
>>
>> [1] http://emonk.fi/open/xubuntu/9.10/Mockups/06-hires.png
>> [2]
>> http://www.23hq.com/23666/4154747_d462059598bebaa18474a71275015777_large.jpg
>> [3] http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GNOME-colors?content=82562
>> [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Humanity_Icons
>> [5] http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/humanity-icon-theme
>> [6] http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Alvaro?content=104145
>> [7] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBeNMk2W6hw
>> [8] http://wordpress.org/
>> [9] http://xubuntu.org/
>>
>> Phew!
>>
>> -- 
>> Pasi Lallinaho
>> Xubuntu Marketing Lead
>> Web-designer, graphic artist
>> IRC: knome @ freenode
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks for your work!
> Cheers,
> Lionel
>
>   
Thank you! :)

-- 
Pasi Lallinaho
Xubuntu Marketing Lead
Web-designer, graphic artist
IRC: knome @ freenode