fight coporate designs with home-brewed eye-candy :)
On 7/27/08, Mario Viviani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Il giorno dom, 27/07/2008 alle 15.42 +0200, Nicholas > Ipsen(Sephiroth_VII) ha scritto: >> Now THIS is what I've been looking for in a new Ubuntu theme. >> Beautiful work, keep it up, and let's hope it's noticed! >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Duncan Austin >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> 2008/7/26 Ken Vermette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> I'm not entirely sure about the direction Kin and Kith >> are taking, especially with the whole OSX smackdown - >> so I'm trying something new with the themes, posting >> mockups of the new directions the theme could go >> flailing into. When I hit something half-decent, I'm >> going to develop it similarly to Kith/Kin, but I'd >> like to know I'm getting warmer first. If you post >> links to other themes, I'll try to incorperate what >> you like, wether I personally like it or not! >> >> Below are with different backgrounds... >> >> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_kith.png >> >> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_grass.png >> >> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_leaf.png >> >> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_rocks.png >> >> With buttons... >> >> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_btns.png >> >> The main difference is that I've broken the slab, and >> made the outer rim outline protrude even farther from >> the block while making it more subtle. I've also >> switched to gray for the window contents. >> >> -- >> -Ken Vermette >> >> >> brilliant. This is well on the way to challenging Mac, IMO. >> And it's not a copycat. If we go in this direction then the >> first words I say when showing someone Ubuntu for the first >> time will no longer have to be "don't worry, it doesn't have >> to look like this" >> >> Duncan >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >> >> >> > > > > It would be great if Ken can make available the svg's or the png's that > he used making his mockup. Thay can be used starting developing some > candidates GTK made using different engines like Murrine, Clearlooks or > Aurora.. It's almoust August so I think we can focus on coding > somethig... > > However, great mockups, it's original and different from OSX and > Windows, we can give Ubuntu a real "unique" appearance! > > Mario > > -- Ubuntu FTW! -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
