On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Dylan McCall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:13 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > > Other operating systems offer an extra selection of desktop > > backgrounds to their users. Often they are based on different "themes" > > typically applied to photography (nature, for instance). > > > > > > > > For Karmic we would like to include a set of high quality desktop > > backgrounds which are organized according to a predefined set of > > adjectives which describe emotional atmospheres, slogans (so to speak) > > for the way an image makes you feel. > > > > > > > > In order to accomplish this we call on anyone and everyone to submit > > images which are freely licensed and follow the guidelines for > > inclusion. > > > > > > > > Let me know if you have any ideas for improving this idea, or if you'd > > like to help coordinate things, etc. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ken > > > > Oops, one other thought while I'm here! > > It could be possible to get a wider community of artists > (particularly ...err, "pros," for lack of a better word) on board if > they can sign their work. The work still gets a CC or some such license, > but serves as assured publicity for them since the signature is more > than just metadata. I have a hunch that, done tastefully, it could even > look pretty darn cool. For example, if said signature is actually an > authentic looking handwritten signature. > > I uploaded a quick example here with my own horrible signature on it: > http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/195/wallpapersigned.jpg > > In that example I used a web site URL beneath the signature, since of > course my feeble signature alone does little for publicity. Realized > fairly quickly that it could look kind of ugly (like we're trying to > sell something, or pulled it without permission from the site), so using > a more natural line of text such as a printed name (or just having the > signature alone!) may be a better choice. Less likely to change, too. > > So there's another idea for the basket! > > > Bye, > Dylan > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > The team doesn't even like their own logo being used in the artwork? What makes you think they will allow someone else's logo on it? ;) Smartboy
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