[ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I made an SVG based on Viper550's work; played around a bit adding more gradients and also a bit of a 3d effect. I added it to the wiki page, even though it is not really a new design (thought it would be better there than posting it here). Oh, and in my pic the reflection is not

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 16, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: On Mon, 2006-15-05 at 23:55 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: The logo does not have to be perfect, it just has to look *great* given the medium. Seems to me that the medium dictates that we must keep the palette simple considering the

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: Building on this momentum, anyone want to helm building a cohesive wiki page with the desktop contributions (thumbnails) splash and usplash thumbnails? Nice work guys. A little warning though -- some of those 640x400 images will NOT

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 11, Issue 46

2006-05-17 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 17-mei-2006, om 12:13 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven: Can I ask that we go through the options and delete (permanently) those which: (a) use too many colours [16 including black and white is all thats allowed] (b)

Re: [ubuntu-art] pngtobogl SOLVED

2006-05-17 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 3:48 AM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: Ok... for those of you frantically trying to make the best Ubuntu optimized usplash with Gimp, you will need to use imagemagick's convert function to avoid the pgn being stuck with an extra transparency color index. Save your palette

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 11, Issue 46

2006-05-17 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 1:38 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 17-mei-2006, om 12:52 heeft Kenneth Wimer het volgende geschreven: The problems I see with this whole thing is this: A pic, when rendered from vector with a decent editor, anti- aliases differently at different sizes. Every time

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 11, Issue 46

2006-05-17 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 17-mei-2006, om 14:49 heeft Kenneth Wimer het volgende geschreven: On May 17, 2006, at 1:38 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 17-mei-2006, om 12:52 heeft Kenneth Wimer het volgende geschreven: The problems I see with this whole thing

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 11, Issue 54

2006-05-22 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, On May 22, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 22-mei-2006, om 15:57 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven: We're reaching crisis mode on the usplash. Mark is ill today and has asked me to drive this to a decision. If the team would like to vote, that needs

[ubuntu-art] Paris involvement

2006-06-19 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, The Paris conference is underway. Frank, Troy and myself (Ken) are having a great time :-) If anyone wishes to be involved, we'll be in the irc channel (#ubuntu- art). See you there! Bye, Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick Update

2006-06-25 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, On Jun 25, 2006, at 7:21 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: On Jun 25, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: This will require some new language. Basically, Human icons are in and staying -- as per sabdfl. This will be a component of the 'Human Look', which is what we are sticking with

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick Update

2006-06-26 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:02 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: On Jun 26, 2006, at 10:29 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: OK, I think we are making progress here! Michiel Sikma wrote: snip We would like to flesh out and complete Human during Edgy, and will backport that to Dapper (along with Frank's

Re: [ubuntu-art] Schedule-thought

2006-06-26 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:29 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Niklas Weidel wrote: Just a small thought for the edgy-schedule; the headings could be a bit more obvious, for example there's Ponder two time in a row. It's not very obvious, at least to me, that the second of these is meant to

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Ponder] Ubuntu logo loading cursor

2006-06-28 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, It seems that great minds think alike :-) Troy and Frank actually started working a bit on this idea, so it seems to be a pretty good one! Bye, Ken On Jun 28, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Who wrote: This is an idea tha just occurred to me - no mock ups or anything till I get home tonight, sorry

Re: [ubuntu-art] new wallpaper

2006-06-30 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Thiago, On Jun 30, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Thiago Ribeiro wrote: I made this wallpaper in Inkscape, but I opened it in Gimp and saved as png. I dont know why when I export it in Inkscape the image isnt the same that I'm seeing. So I'm saving in The Gimp and it's normal. If someone prefer I can

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kubuntu.org look - really not a feast for the eyes

2006-07-02 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Martin, On Jul 2, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Martin B. wrote:Hello everyone,I am not very happy with the appearance of http://www.kubuntu.org/ , especially comparing it to ubuntu.com. The main page is filled (flooded) with recent news (that aren't any good for new users), other pages are mostly

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kubuntu.org look - really not a feast for the eyes

2006-07-02 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Martin, We are talking around each other and actually agree, let me explain what I meant. On Jul 2, 2006, at 11:22 PM, Martin B. wrote: As for the articles contained therein: I think that the content is not really in our hands, nor should it be (or we'd call this list something other

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork specs for Edgy

2006-07-04 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, On Jul 4, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Could you add an overall edgy-artwork spec, which depends on each of the specific targets? Also, I think its important to rename the specs to edgy-ubuntu-usplash, edgy-kubuntu-login-screen etc rather than ubuntu-art-foo, because

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork specs for Edgy

2006-07-04 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, Any and all attempts to change a spec name on launchpad have failed (http://launchpad.net/bugs/51826). Just thought I would mention that it might take a bit longer to change this stuff. If nothing else, I guess creating new specs with the correct names and deleting the old might

Re: [ubuntu-art] QUESTION: usplash

2006-07-07 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, AFAIK, this is the correct info for pretty much all technical needs for the usplash from an artist point of view. It goes into detail about other splash mechanisms as well. http://help.ubuntu.com/community/USplashCustomizationHowto On Jul 8, 2006, at 12:37 AM, Troy James Sobotka

[ubuntu-art] ideas for kubuntu edgy...glass effects, colors, textures, etc.

2006-07-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I thought I might spur some creativity by posting some of the ideas I have played around with for kubuntu. Of course, all of these are SVGs, so if anyone wants to have those files as well, let me know. http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy.png ideas

Re: [ubuntu-art] ideas for kubuntu edgy...glass effects, colors, textures, etc.

2006-07-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, I forgot one link: http://bootsplash.org/snapshot3.png my current KDE desktop This shows the color scheme and new gradients for the window decorations. The buttons still need serious work. Bye, Ken On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Kenneth Wimer wrote: Hi all, I thought I

Re: [ubuntu-art] ideas for kubuntu edgy...glass effects, colors, textures, etc.

2006-07-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Klaus,On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:22 AM, Klaus Bitto wrote:http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy.png  ideas http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy1.png Work on the black versionhttp://bootsplash.org/edgy3a.png An idea for a Bg for kdm, desktop splash, etc.Although the black one

Re: [ubuntu-art] ideas for kubuntu edgy...glass effects, colors, textures, etc.

2006-07-11 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, As expected, several people have asked for the SVGs :-) http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy.svg http://bootsplash.org/kdm-edgy1.svg http://bootsplash.org/edgy3a.svg Have fun! Bye, Ken On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Kenneth Wimer wrote: Hi all, I thought I might spur some creativity

Re: [ubuntu-art] Introduction ;)

2006-07-11 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Lisa, On Jul 11, 2006, at 10:29 PM, Lisa Savage wrote: Hi Artwork Team, I thought I should just introduce myself. I am Lisa Savage and I have been given the task of heading up the edubuntu artwork team. I'm fairly new to the whole ubuntu community, so go easy on me :D Groovy! Good

[ubuntu-art] kubuntu philosophy wiki page

2006-07-13 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I have created a wiki page (hurray for me!) concerning the philosophy of the kubuntu artwork. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/KubuntuPhilosophy Check it out and let me know what you think. I am sure that we could tweak it a bit. Bye, Kenneth -- ubuntu-art mailing

[ubuntu-art] marketing page in incoming

2006-07-14 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, I made a new page in Incoming for working on new marketing material. For now, I put the banners we had printed and a design idea for a flyer which was not printed yet. More to come soon :-) Bye, Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Proposal] Kubuntu Wallpaper - Blue Bubbles

2006-07-17 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I love this idea. I say, rotate the colors to blue and purple, making sure to reduce the contrast a bit and tidy up some of the spacing on the front bubble. Then again, maybe I am wrong? Ideas? Bye, Ken P.S. I am trying to learn how to start a discussion :-) On Jul 18, 2006, at

[ubuntu-art] new wiki page

2006-07-18 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, Yeah, I am beating my head against the wiki door :-) eventually I will even like it! Here is a page that made with some interesting ideas for edgy... http://wiki.kubuntu.org/Artwork/Incoming/Kubuntu-Edgy-Ideas Have fun! Feel free to edit that page and add your own stuff (changing

Re: [ubuntu-art] Edgy usplash

2006-07-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Dennis, This sounds excellent :-) Having a few options is nice for a change :-) On Jul 24, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: Hello all, For Edgy usplash will be changing (and already has changed) significantly. The good news is that theming usplash will be a bit easier. The bad

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme Team application addendum

2006-08-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Nathan, It seems to me that kubuntu can also use ubuntu-art and ubuntu-art- discuss as they are described below. What we would need would be one list for the default kubuntu theme. I made a page on the wiki (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/ KubuntuPhilosophy) which uses a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme Team application addendum

2006-08-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, On Aug 2, 2006, at 12:17 AM, Nathan Eckenrode wrote: Great! I am wondering if there is someone who heads the Kubuntu Artwork project or this is to be lumped in with the developement cycle with Ubuntu as concerns Edgy. Is there a schedule for creation of these works, it appears as

[ubuntu-art] Paris involvement

2006-10-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, The Paris conference is underway. Frank, Troy and myself (Ken) are having a great time :-) If anyone wishes to be involved, we'll be in the irc channel (#ubuntu- art). See you there! Bye, Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] Edgy Kubuntu coloring

2006-10-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Nathan, On Thursday 24 August 2006 14:15, Nathan Eckenrode wrote: This is specifically addressed to Ken, as I believe that he is in charge of the Kubuntu art project. I am wondering about some artwork which comes within the KDE package, specifically all the splash screens within the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Pretty System Consoles

2006-10-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 15:06, Étienne Bersac wrote: Hello, Afaik, bootsplash for bootsplash.org is a quiet ugly patch that include a lot of graphical stuff (jpeg decompression, ttf support, etc.) in the kernel. Something possible would a text terminal emulator that execute login and use

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-10-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, Thanks for the awesome effort. I am sure that it wasn't always easy :-) Perhaps once you've had some time to relax, you could write up a simple HOWTO or such. In the meantime, I will be looking forward to the update. Bye, Ken On Thursday 07 September 2006 01:29, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:

[ubuntu-art] apport icons needed

2007-02-03 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, There is an open request for Apport icons. Apport is a system for automatic problem reporting. It intercepts crashes of packaged software, kernel oopses, and failures of package installations/upgrades (with update-manager at least), collects debugging information, asks the user

Re: [ubuntu-art] Apport icons -- merely some ideas

2007-02-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Friday 09 February 2007 18:44:46 Donn wrote: Hello out there, For some reason I found myself designing symbols to express the ideas in the post asking for apport icons. Great work! Looks really nice. I have never seen apport (besides some screenshots) and I use Kubuntu, so I am sure I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Incoming Feisty art

2007-02-11 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Etienne, On Sunday 11 February 2007 12:29:04 Étienne Bersac wrote: Hi, Here are some through about usplash artwork : * although increase font weight, font is a bit too bold imo. Agreed. sabdfl actually made the same comment. Look for this to change in the next version(s).

Re: [ubuntu-art] Incoming Feisty art

2007-02-12 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I'm working on the usplash...here are 3 variants that I think address the issues that Etienne mentioned. http://sinecera.de/usplash_1.png http://sinecera.de/usplash_1a.png http://sinecera.de/usplash_1b.png What do you think? Bye, Ken On Sunday 11 February 2007 12:29:04 Étienne Bersac

Re: [ubuntu-art] Incoming Feisty art

2007-02-12 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 12 February 2007 17:53:39 Étienne Bersac wrote: Hi, I prefer the upslash_1.png variant. Can you round progress bar corners ? Étienne. Hehe, too late, I already did it! I noticed that it after the color reduction the corners were not rounded and fixed them. The package should

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-12 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Étienne, My suggestion to change the icon would be to humanize a tango icon: http://tango.freedesktop.org/static/cvs/tango-icon-theme/scalable/apps/system-software-update.svg It seems like a decent metaphor although I am not sure how well it would work at 16x16. That is the best thing about

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-13 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 13 February 2007 22:59:13 Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Lapo Calamandrei wrote: What about something like these? Lapo *Really* like the arrows, the orange one suits me better but I could live with the red

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-13 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 01:30:44 Lapo Calamandrei wrote: 2007/2/13, David Prieto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On mar, 2007-02-13 at 22:38 +0100, Lapo Calamandrei wrote: What about something like these? That red arrow looks GREAT! continuing with the arrow trend, here's another try with a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, On Wednesday 14 February 2007 11:03:12 Lapo Calamandrei wrote: I checked the naimng specs, it contemplate software-update-available and software-update-urgent: software-update-available: The icon used when an update is available for software installed on the computing device, through the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 03:53:34 Troy James Sobotka wrote: Mark Shuttleworth wrote: *Really* like the arrows, the orange one suits me better but I could live with the red one too. Ken? Should be Humanized though shouldn't it? It is pretty close now, but yes, it should fit well

Re: [ubuntu-art] Incoming Feisty art

2007-02-14 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 14:31:54 Étienne Bersac wrote: Hi, Why use 1365x768 ? I never saw such screen. Shouldn't you use 1280x800 ? Étienne. I assume that this resolution was included as a mistake (ie it was the pic used to make the 1024x768 scaled version). I wasn't sure so I went

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Lapo, On Wednesday 14 February 2007 16:47:31 Lapo Calamandrei wrote: This is what I have in mind for software-update-available and the uparrow-exclamationmark for software-update-urgent (eventually), the orange arrow should tie the two icons together. These icons (I prefer the one at the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 18:04:15 Lapo Calamandrei wrote: 2007/2/14, Kenneth Wimer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [SNIP] The exclamation mark in the bottom one is kinda hard for me to see/understand and having the box in the front seems to make the icon look a bit too busy for my tastes. I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 21:59:28 Nacho de los Ríos Tormo wrote: I suggest that we might somehow add the newness sparks flying out metaphor that is often used in other icons to indicate new something. Like, for example, a sparking new computer inside the up arrow. Might that be a good

Re: [ubuntu-art] HumanFeistyList

2007-03-09 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Thursday 08 March 2007 13:56:56 Étienne Bersac wrote: Hi, I posted some screenshots at different resolutions at http://bersace03.free.fr/pub/Images/Captures/Gnome/GDM/Themes/HumanFeistyLi st/ Étienne. -- Verso l'Alto ! Hi Étienne, Looks great :-) I suggest we include this one as well.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Advices and artwork needed for the Ubuntu Media Center project

2007-03-11 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Saturday 10 March 2007 10:29:00 Jonathan Delrot wrote: Hi ! I do well know this problem. And gmail is very helpful, though having tons of mail seems to cause it few problems. I think too, gmail is very great ! But seriously, it is a very solid palette which, in the meantime, has

Re: [ubuntu-art] Wanted: artists input on papercdcase.

2007-03-18 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, On Sunday 18 March 2007 15:13:02 Daniel Buch wrote: Hi Nik, Although it isn't exactly the same approach, our LoCo Team has started work on a project to package (and repackage) Ubuntu CDs for distribution to libraries: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/CDdistribution Our plan was to

Re: [ubuntu-art] Style MATTErs

2007-03-30 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, Looking good so far :-) I think that something like this might be nice for Feisty+1. Personally, I would like to see the same logo used throughout the interface (from boot on) to improve continuity in look and branding. Ken On Thursday 29 March 2007 05:31:28 Who wrote: Hi all, I did

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, I think that Brian has a very good idea although I am not sure if it is realizable or not at this point in time. Why not create an entirely flexible theme which can be adjusted by setting certain values? The installer asks you several questions; one of them could be What is your favorite

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu ISO Testing Team Artwork

2007-04-25 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Thursday 26 April 2007 01:30:09 Ryan Pavlik wrote: Troy James Sobotka wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Pavlik wrote: I find the same problem with the burning idea, and suspect it may not internationalize/localize well. Perhaps using the lightburst design

Re: [ubuntu-art] Current Community Theme and a Good Read

2007-05-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 04:51:17 Troy James Sobotka wrote: Simon Hough wrote: Another point to maybe mention, since it has been leaked that Dell will be using Ubuntu on new PC`s sold will there still be the same community involvement? Actually, if a company is doing this for themselves we

Re: [ubuntu-art] Logos to play with / Logo 'toolkit' svg

2007-06-04 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, On Sunday 03 June 2007 15:38:51 Who wrote: I'm a bit short on time these days, but all this talk of getting some community artwork going again is exciting, I thought it might be useful for the people who are making work to have the logo we used for edgy in SVG format - it will save a

Re: [ubuntu-art] New

2007-06-06 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 06 June 2007 07:21:53 Daniel Moore wrote: Hi I'm Daniel, Just signed on to see if I could lend a hand with some art projects. So, how do things work around here and what needs doing? D. Well, find something that you think needs doing, do it, and then get it out to the people

Re: [ubuntu-art] Blubuntu Font Theme

2007-06-13 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 19:37:20 Zach Rattner wrote: Hi, I am interested in helping the development of Blubuntu. Would a new font scheme be possible? Everything else about Ubuntu is easily customizable, but the fonts always have to be changed manually. I think it would be a good idea to

Re: [ubuntu-art] Blubuntu Font Theme

2007-06-19 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 19 June 2007 23:36:03 Troy James Sobotka wrote: Kenneth Wimer wrote: On Wednesday 13 June 2007 19:37:20 Zach Rattner wrote: Hi, I am interested in helping the development of Blubuntu. Would a new font scheme be possible? Everything else about Ubuntu is easily

Re: [ubuntu-art] xdg-user-dirts icon set for Ubuntu Human theme

2007-07-18 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 18 July 2007 17:30:01 Valentyn Kukushkin wrote: Hi everybody! As you all already know the next Ubuntu release Gutsy comes with a new xdg-user-dirs tool which manage “well known” user directories like the Desktop, Documents, Downloads and the Music folders. I've just created

[ubuntu-art] call for Gutsy artwork

2007-07-26 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, Things for Gutsy are heating up and, as usual, we are bit behind in the wallpaper artwork. Any ideas for Gutsy are more than welcome. Perhaps together we can make something unique and new which fulfills the high expectations awaited from us. The best way to work on this would be to

Re: [ubuntu-art] List Submissions

2007-07-26 Thread Kenneth Wimer
As one can simply join the team and post to the list I think it would be fine to simply delete all the submissions from non-members. Anyone seriously intersested in posting to this list can and will join the team and post their mail so in my opinion, delete them. Ken On Friday 27 July 2007

Re: [ubuntu-art] call for Gutsy artwork

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Friday 27 July 2007 02:18:43 Justin Blau wrote: Hey Ken, I'll start thinking of some wallpaper ideas, just send a message when we have some kind repository for them. -Justin I have started a wiki page at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/GutsyIdeas Feel free to add any ideas

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Wallpapers

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Saturday 28 July 2007 00:11:54 Justin Blau wrote: I uploaded a basic sketch of my idea for flowing Ubuntu logos. Check the wiki for the link. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/GutsyIdeas -Justin I think that the pics you suggest have too much contrast. Look at previous artwork

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 25, Issue 7

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Oops, sent this from the wrong email address, sending again... On Saturday 28 July 2007 00:22:44 Kenneth Wimer wrote: On Saturday 28 July 2007 00:17:23 Austin Anderson wrote: Could somebody explain how this works? :-) :-) That email shows you the emails that have been received

Re: [ubuntu-art] call for Gutsy artwork

2007-07-29 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 30 July 2007 00:26:34 Alex Jones wrote: On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 11:31 +0900, Brian White wrote: This is a question I've had about synaptic for a while now--why doesn't it conform to the rest of the desktop's theme? Is it a GTK1 application? If it is, what needs to be done to port

Re: [ubuntu-art] First idea ...

2007-07-30 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 30 July 2007 13:19:51 Filipe DA COSTA wrote: Hi, I'm not that familiar with the creation of bootsplashes :P But if you know a nice tutorial that you can give me, maybe i'll give it a try! Filipe The wiki is your friend:

Re: [ubuntu-art] First idea ...

2007-07-30 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Filipe, On Monday 30 July 2007 09:40:56 Filipe DA COSTA wrote: Hi, Here you have my first idea for a wallpaper: http://www.play.lu/host/test_01_002.jpg I try to find a perfect color combination for an orange/brown theme. For now this orange-to-blue seems not that bad ... Comments

Re: [ubuntu-art] community themes

2007-08-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi again, I forgot to mention that you can install any of the themes built by the ArtworkBuilder by adding this repository to your software sources: http://daniel.holba.ch/art-builder/publish/ Ken On Wednesday 01 August 2007 14:05:56 Kenneth Wimer wrote: Hi all, I'd like to see as many

Re: [ubuntu-art] Another idea

2007-08-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Justin, On Friday 10 August 2007 21:55:59 Justin Blau wrote: Hey All, I updated the wiki with another sketch. Send me feedback. I think that if you properly executed the idea it could work well. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/GutsyIdeas -Justin - Ken -- ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] white blur around text wanted/needed

2007-08-23 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, As seen in these screens: http://gnomestyle.blogspot.com/2007/05/make-ubuntu-look-like-vista.html It is possible to have a nice blur around the text to help it stand out when overlayed and transparent. Anyone interested in hacking such and effect into our windeco stuff? -- Ken --

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Theme

2007-08-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
-- From: Troy James Sobotka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ubuntu Art Mailing List ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:23:57 -0700 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] white blur around text wanted/needed -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth Wimer wrote: Hi all

Re: [ubuntu-art] Blubuntu GDM Theme with face browser

2007-09-04 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 15:30:24 Stéphane Marguet wrote: Screenshot : http://ubuntufr.free.fr/upload/screenshot-blubuntu.png Source : http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8544933/Blubuntu-List.tar.gz No the question is : how to include it to the blubuntu-theme ? Any advices ? My guess is

Re: [ubuntu-art] Blubuntu GDM Theme with face browser

2007-09-05 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Thursday 06 September 2007 00:44:05 Who wrote: On 9/4/07, Matthew Nuzum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/4/07, Stéphane Marguet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well that's why I'm writing to this list. The maintainer of the meta package is Ubuntu Artwork Team. And I really don't know how to

[ubuntu-art] mailing list queue

2007-09-06 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, We have over 2,500 emails waiting in the queue. 99.9% of them are spam. I am sorting through things, discarding most everything. If I should happen to erase a good one by mistake, please understand :-) With that said, I set the queue to discard any messages held longer than 30

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Ubuntu Art Member

2007-09-06 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Meg, Normally, one has to join this mailing list in order to send email to it. I noticed your post and thought it was so cool I broke the rule :-) If you would like to post to the list, join it by going here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Really nice stuff! -- Ken

Re: [ubuntu-art] My new Wallpaper

2007-09-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Ravi, On Sunday 09 September 2007 01:34:50 Ravi Shanker wrote: Hi Friends, Here is the wallpaper I designed just for my Ubuntu Desktop. I am sharing it, in case someone like it. Link: http://www.mypicshare.com/lfspy2tepic.html Would you mind posting this to the wiki?

Re: [ubuntu-art] Blubuntu GDM Theme with face browser

2007-09-11 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 11 September 2007 11:35:24 Daniel Holbach wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 05.09.2007, 23:44 +0100 schrieb Who: 1. I didn't package the work - I think it was Daniel Holbach who did the packaging. I would suggest we create a package 'Blubuntu-GDM-Facebrowser' or put it in the same package.

[ubuntu-art] community wallpaper package

2007-09-18 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I am in the process of putting together a community wallpaper package. If anyone has any final edits on their pics on http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/GutsyIdeas let me know asap and I'll include them in the package - otherwise I'll pick versions from the wiki page. Thanks,

Re: [ubuntu-art] community wallpaper package

2007-09-18 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:31:17 Damian Vila wrote: Hi Ken (and everybody else), I can produce a 4:3 version of the animal wallpapers (most probably 1280x1024) and the original 16:10 I've already submitted. I really apologize, but currently I don't have time to produce a larger version

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gutsy wallpaper observation

2007-09-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, After spending the weekend with my family it has taken quite a while to figure out exactly what is going on. Perhaps I should explain a few things. First off, the version of the wallpaper inluded as default at this time will change. It will be a version much closer to the lighter, less

[ubuntu-art] Gutsy wallpaper

2007-09-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, After spending the weekend with my family it has taken quite a while to figure out exactly what is going on. Perhaps I should explain a few things. First off, the version of the wallpaper inluded as default at this time will change. It will be a version much closer to the lighter, less

Re: [ubuntu-art] Let one thousand flowers bloom

2007-09-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 24 September 2007 13:25:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have been talking with kwwii about this on #ubuntu-art, and we need to do something about how artwork is managed. #ubuntu-art decided that we should try to have a meeting to find out how to handle this. I propose Friday

Re: [ubuntu-art] Let one thousand flowers bloom

2007-09-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 24 September 2007 15:11:57 Martijn Bastiaan wrote: Murat Gunes wrote: Kenneth Wimer wrote: I propose Friday evening at 20 UTC in #ubuntu-art on freenode...sound good? Unfortunately I can't attend this Friday or Saturday at evening time. If Thursday isn't too early and suits

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 27, Issue 17

2007-09-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Normally you have to be a member of the list to post to the list. I allowed this to go through so that nobody thinks I am secretly controlling things :p ...and now a few general comments which are not aimed directly at what you have written nor should they be taken personally: The top of the

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 27, Issue 17

2007-09-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Damian, On Monday 24 September 2007 23:37:43 Damian Vila wrote: Sorry, don't get me wrong, because I don't want to sound hash, but I don't agree with the part that things were clear at the wiki. And also, you are contradicting yourself. Perhaps you are right on some points. If it was

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 27, Issue 17

2007-09-24 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Misosaki, On Tuesday 25 September 2007 00:03:26 Misosaki wrote: Hi, Thanks for your quick response. My apologies -- I am actually a member of the list, but the email client's SMTP was set under another account with the same email provider and I didn't realise it until the auto-response

[ubuntu-art] BETA artwork

2007-09-25 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, After a very long day with very long discussions the deadline for the beta came and went. I realize that the default pic included in the beta is not perfect. There were technical issues which got in the way but I am trying to work this out. The pic included needed to be very small so

[ubuntu-art] meeting next week

2007-09-25 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, To continue the discussion on when have the meeting I would like to submit two possible times and dates. a) Tuesday at 17.00 UTC (several people have pinged me personally to say that the 20:00 UTC is too late for them, therefor this proposal) b) Tuesday at 20:00 UTC If Tuesday is bad for

Re: [ubuntu-art] meeting next week

2007-09-25 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 25 September 2007 13:10:46 Kenneth Wimer wrote: Hi, To continue the discussion on when have the meeting I would like to submit two possible times and dates. a) Tuesday at 17.00 UTC OK, if nobody complains really soon it will be at 17:00 on Tuesday -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing

Re: [ubuntu-art] meeting next week

2007-09-25 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 25 September 2007 16:45:12 Martijn Bastiaan wrote: Kenneth Wimer wrote: a) Tuesday at 17.00 UTC (several people have pinged me personally to say that the 20:00 UTC is too late for them, therefor this proposal) Hi, Yes 20:00 UTC in the Netherlands is a bite late (my roommates

[ubuntu-art] latest version of default pic

2007-09-25 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, Just a preview of what the default pic will be after the beta is out and we get a chance to update things again: http://sinecera.de/warty-final-ubuntu.png Now if we can only find space for it on the CD. -- Kenneth -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-art] art team meeting topics

2007-09-26 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, As announced we will be having a meeting on Tuesday October 2nd on freenode channel #ubuntu-meeting at 17:00 UTC. I also put this information on the wiki at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Meetings Here is the list of topics I would like to discuss and explain: 1) an explanation of

Re: [ubuntu-art] art team meeting topics

2007-09-26 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, One correction (already fixed on the wiki): On Wednesday 26 September 2007 11:15:35 Kenneth Wimer wrote: Hi all, As announced we will be having a meeting on Tuesday October 2nd on freenode channel #ubuntu-meeting at 17:00 UTC. I also put this information on the wiki at http

Re: [ubuntu-art] art team meeting topics

2007-10-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, This is reminder that tomorrow at 17:00 UTC we will be having a meeting in freenode #ubuntu-meeting. Topics are: 1) an explanation of the decision making process 2) the process for contributions and a more accessible method to contribute a) as suggested by nothlit part of this

[ubuntu-art] meeting minutes

2007-10-02 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, We had a *very* successful meeting. Thanks to everyone that attended! Here are the minutes for anyone who couldn't be there: http://kryten.incognitus.net/mootbot/meetings/ubuntu-meeting.log.20071002_1759.html -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] Art.ubuntu.com

2007-10-03 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi Matthew, This sounds like a prefect way to start. I especially like the idea that people could add their own tags if needed - it makes things much more flexible and could show us which direction we need to go. Can you guess how much work it would be to set up something like this? -- Ken

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash ubuntu 7.04 feisty

2007-10-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 10 October 2007 16:38:16 Oliveiros Peixoto wrote: Hi. I need change usplash screen, but in ubuntu 7.04 feisty is not possible, using documentation for others ubuntus. Anyone can help? I need information about image size, colors and extensions. I think that your best bet would be

[ubuntu-art] gallery aka art.ubuntu.com

2007-10-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, We discussed using a gallery for easier user contribution at the meeting and I'd like to pick up this topic and get the ball rolling. It seems like we have a couple of options: 1) create a new art.ubuntu.com If we decide on this we need to figure out exactly what we need. There

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