[Design-team] Proposal for wallpaper to Constantine

Tue Jul 28 14:28:15 UTC 2009

Congratulations Jayme!

Excellent artwork!

Em 28-07-2009 11:18, Jayme Ayres escreveu:
> Hi folks!
>
> I made another proposal [1] to follow the line of wallpaper Samuele
> and changing the tone of color. The concept is simply a composition of
> images of the statue of Constantine I [2] in York, England, a texture
> of concrete and pieces of lithographs for Gustave Doré (of whom I
> admire a lot), the concept is more than obvious that the image of
> Constantine is explicit .
>
> [1] http://jaymeayres.fedorapeople.org/f12/fedora-wall-jayme-IV.jpg
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2009-04-13_ConstantineTheGreat_York.jpg
>
> Samuele, great draws man!
>
> Cheers
>
>
> 2009/7/28 Samuele Storari<sstorari at byte-code.com>:
>> Hi Guys
>> This is another idea I'm workin' on.
>> 4 Horses of 4 F Theme
>> I think about horses 'cause in roman time they were so diffused and not only
>> a transport, but as a sign of power for the nobilities.
>> Like a lot of leader statues riding an horse in many squares.
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sstorari/3765877908/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sstorari/3765878880/
>> These are only sketches to show my idea and have some feedback, take a look
>> Ciao
>> Samuele
>>
>> ----- "Cata"<catalinfest at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> About feedback on my wallpaper :
>>> Sorry but problems with  dense patent and contrast is not very easy to
>>> remediate.
>>> Because i use gimp and filter mosaic have minimal 5 px.
>>> If i use 7 px and more this will be ta range of chars so the text icons il
>>> be damage .
>>>
>>>   The result is this (1600x1200 px) :
>>>    http://catalinfest.xhost.ro/imgin/screen4.png
>>>    Maybe is to bluejeans :) but is a ergonomic wallpaper.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/7/27 Paul W. Frields<stickster at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 05:49:46PM +0300, Cata wrote:
>>>>> "...we have one more week for some polishing (*not* final, release
>>>>> quality
>>>>> work) and packaging."
>>>>>
>>>>> This is correct !
>>>>>
>>>>> I try use some wallpapers with icons and the result is not very
>>>>> impressive.
>>>>> I show my wallpaper screenshot (the others maybe try some feedback
>>>>> ...) :
>>>>>
>>>>> http://catalinfest.xhost.ro/imgin/screen1.png
>>>>> http://catalinfest.xhost.ro/imgin/screen2.png
>>>>> http://catalinfest.xhost.ro/imgin/screen3.png
>>>>
>>> FWIW, desktop icons seem to have a somewhat difficult time standing
>>>> out on any of these backgrounds, and the desktop icon labels even more
>>>> so.  The darkness of the screen1 version makes this problem less
>>>> severe.  The screen2 version, with a less dense pattern, might work
>>>> better if it was made darker.  Same with screen3, only you might want
>>>> to lower the contrast as well.
>>>>
>>>>
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