[Design-team] Upcoming Fedora 13 Tasks

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:02:38AM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 15:51 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> > On 03/31/2010 03:03 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 14:02 +0200, Fabian A. Scherschel wrote:
> > >> 2010/3/31 Máirín Duffy<duffy at fedoraproject.org>:
> > >>> Folks, can you come up with any way to do the clockwise swirl but have
> > >>> things look less awkward? What is the swirl was along the bottom right
> > >>> instead of upper right?
> > >>
> > >> Well.... According to Nicu's argument, which I agree with, you'd then
> > >> need to put the swirl into the left corner, right?
> > >
> > > I think the left corner is bad though, because that's where the icons
> > > start lining up. The swirl is the brightest part, so it'll interfere
> > > with the icons..... :( Or do you think I'm worrying over something
> > > silly?
> > 
> > You are right, the point of interest must be on the right part of the 
> > screen. Maybe have the swirl clockwise but full, not interrupted, like 
> > the one in Alpha (Rocket Trails 2) flipped vertically.
> 
> So I tried flipping the original vertically but it looks really odd. So
> I made another from scratch:
> 
> http://fedorapeople.org/groups/designteam/Resources/Fedora%20Release%20Themes/F13/Beta/try%202/skytrails17.png

This is a really interesting development -- I like the higher
smokiness factor in this one.  If it could be increased even a bit
more, it would make the background feel more smooth and relaxed IMVHO.

> All the source files are in 
> 
> http://fedorapeople.org/groups/designteam/Resources/Fedora%20Release%
> 20Themes/F13/Beta/try%202/
> 
> Anyone else want to try their hand? (pllleeeeasssseeee? :) )

Please artists -- give Mo a helping hand! :-)

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