Re: Re: anyone wanna help with gnome-backgrounds
- From: Erik Grinaker <erikg wired-networks net>
- To: Jakub Steiner <jimmac ximian com>
- Cc: sisob-lists tuxfamily org, Mark Finlay <sisob tuxfamily org>, GNOME themes list <gnome-themes-list gnome org>, gnome-love gnome org
- Subject: Re: Re: anyone wanna help with gnome-backgrounds
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:55:58 +0200
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 17:49, Jakub Steiner wrote:
> 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
I agree, the backgrounds included should be subtle without too many
distracting elements. And in addition to being gnome-branded, they also
need to fit well in with the rest of the environment. Stock icons and
other graphics all have this "cute", cartooney feel to them - and I
think this should somehow be reflected in a few of the backgrounds. But
we should also have room for some variation - people are different, and
we should try to include backgrounds which will appeal to a large range
of people.
> 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.
Absolutely, these kinds of photos are excellent, and I think we
definitely should include a couple. I would also like to propose
FlowerScanBlue by Star, based on a tigert photo - I've been using this
as my background for a year or so:
http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/gnome/27.php
Although it may be a bit intrusive, it is clean and beautiful - and it
gives my desktop this really cozy feel ;)
--
Erik Grinaker <erikg wired-networks net>
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