Ben - i think it is great that you would like to make some artwork for parabola - we have been working to release some new installer discs and wondering whether or not to re-use the artwork from previous editions - most distros use different designs for each release but parabola has been without a dedicated artist for some time so not much has been done in that respect for the new releases
i would like to ask you to change the filename of the wallpaper named 'parabola-banner.png' - for three reasons: 1. that it is not banner - a banner is a wide and stout shape such as the top header of a web-page - 2. the name is not descriptive - it implies that there is and can only ever be one "The Parabola Banner" - and 3. i am working now on a parabola_banner_untitled that is a banner - for instance some of the existing wallpapers have names like: * parabola_wallpaper_landscape * parabola_wallpaper_SimpleC so i would like to see something more descriptive to easily distinguish them - of a common form like: * parabola_wallpaper_bluecrystals * parabola_frame_purpleneon on the wiki is is easy to see what the image is but in the end, these are stored in git repos - take a look at this list of existing artwork for example https://git.parabola.nu/pac.git/tree/src/img+gpl and see just how ridiculously difficult it is to determine what that image actually is - i would very much like to go through all of those and give them more meaningful names - they are mostly duplicates as well - as i would be one who is most closely working with the artwork, i would like to have these better organized in the future the most important request i would like to make of you though is that you publish these under the GPL and provide your sources - "sources" meaning your .xcf or .svg project files and anything else that would be needed to edit the layers and re-create the images - i think the blue crystals wallpaper that you made is quite nice for example but i would not want to use as a desktop background for a couple reasons - firstly it has an unconventional aspect ratio and would be noticeably distorted from the original on most people's monitors - also the aspect ratio of the logo is distorted out of proportion which should always be avoided - that is why you rarely see logos on desktop wallpaper - something like 16x10 is better for a desktop wallpaper because the majority of monitors in the world are in the 16x9 to 16x10 range - ideally there would be multiple versions at different sizes for the user to select but the default should be like 1280x800 or 1920x1200 - i tried resizing that image to 6x10 and 6x9 but the logo was still the wrong aspect ratio - this is why having the sources is invaluable so that nice works would not need to be sent back to the artist over such relatively small details - and it helps to make them re-usable in other forms
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