Re: Re: anyone wanna help with gnome-backgrounds

[Ramzi Ferchichi <razheer bredband net>]

I agree with Jakub.

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 17:49, Jakub Steiner wrote:
> I'm rarely this negative, but none of the wallpapers you propose make a
> good example of what I'd like to see in gnome-backgrounds.
> 
> On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 15:43, sisob-lists tuxfamily org wrote:
> 
> > Well i've just had a quick look at a.g.o and saw these nice ones:
> > Gnome branded:
> > http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/gnome/163.php
> > http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/gnome/200.php
> > http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/gnome/223.php
> 
> I think a gnome wallpaper should be
>       * simple. low contrast image is a must. anything gaining too much
>         attention fails as a wallpaper. You have to perfectly see the
>         items on your desktop.
>       * gnome branded. a gnome2 fancy button or the simple foot shape
>         should be part of the wallpaper
> 
> But these are quite bland (including the simple.png rip-off ;). I really
> like the single-color-toned abstract textures that osX ships with. 
> 
> > Penguin related:
> > http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/other/92.php
> > http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/other/93.php
> > http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/other/147.php
> > 
> 
> This is a bad idea. Although they are great images, they a) are linux
> focused b) gain too much attention. People like to put photos on their
> desktop for some reason, but distributing some non-personal picture as a
> default background wouldn't make sense. Many windows theme/skinning
> sites have all that neat technoish wallpaper stuff that looks absolutely
> fab until you put it on the desktop and realise you cannot find anything
> on there. 
> 
> A nice compromise would be the stuff that garrett does with his macro
> photography. The field of depth makes most of the shot blurry, there are
> large single colored areas. check his stuff on http://linuxart.com. I
> would talk to him and discuss possibilities creating some wallpapers out
> of those images. Some of his stuff is insanely cool:
> 
> http://linuxart.com/photoview.phtml?sid=03jun09-arboretum_dusk&iid=0609-185434
> http://linuxart.com/photoview.phtml?page=1&sid=03jun09-arboretum_dusk&iid=0609-184114
> http://linuxart.com/photoview.phtml?page=1&sid=03jun09-arboretum_dusk&iid=0609-184932
> 
> cheers