mosaico perspective mockups

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi!

As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of María's
mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.

http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/

The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I didn't
bother uploading the source.

~m

[Nicu Buculei]

On 08/06/2009 04:40 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of
> María's
>  mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
>  desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.
>
>  http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/
>
>  The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
>  poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I didn't
>  bother uploading the source. 
I like *a lot* what you did there! But far my faves are 
wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo and wallpaper-mosaico6c_mo, hard to decide which 
one of them. At the same time, I don't really care about the GIMP 
transformation, so I would forget about that.

However, I would change the perspective a bit, to make it less straight 
and symmetric, something like
http://nicubunu.ro/temp/wallpaper-mosaico6_mo_nicu.svg (but of course, 
with the colors and edge effects from mosaico6b_mo and  or mosaico6c_mo)

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[Jaroslav Reznik]

On Thursday 06 August 2009 08:35:50 Nicu Buculei wrote:
>  On 08/06/2009 04:40 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  > As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of María's
>  > mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
>  > desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.
>  >
>  > http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/
>  >
>  > The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
>  > poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I didn't
>  > bother uploading the source.
>
>  I like *a lot* what you did there! But far my faves are
>  wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo and wallpaper-mosaico6c_mo, hard to decide which
>  one of them. At the same time, I don't really care about the GIMP
>  transformation, so I would forget about that. 
Indeed, I like it a lot too so +1 for wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo, 6c_mo I think is 
too much blurry.

>  However, I would change the perspective a bit, to make it less
> straight
>  and symmetric, something like
>  http://nicubunu.ro/temp/wallpaper-mosaico6_mo_nicu.svg (but of course,
>  with the colors and edge effects from mosaico6b_mo and  or mosaico6c_mo) 
Maybe some change of perspective should work but not as much as in your 
mockup, it steals my focus to the top right corner (I'm looking for cookie 
there? :D)

Jaroslav
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[Martin Sourada]

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:35 +0200, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
>  On Thursday 06 August 2009 08:35:50 Nicu Buculei wrote:
>  > On 08/06/2009 04:40 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  > > As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of María's
>  > > mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
>  > > desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.
>  > >
>  > > http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/
>  > >
>  > > The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
>  > > poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I
> didn't
>  > > bother uploading the source.
>  >
>  > I like *a lot* what you did there! But far my faves are
>  > wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo and wallpaper-mosaico6c_mo, hard to decide which
>  > one of them. At the same time, I don't really care about the GIMP
>  > transformation, so I would forget about that.
>  
>  Indeed, I like it a lot too so +1 for wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo, 6c_mo I think is 
>  too much blurry.
>   
I like the concept behind 6c the most, but I agree it's too much blurry.
Best looking are IMHO 6b and 6. I'd also suggest deviating from the
tiled style.

I'm also not fan of the gimp modifications.

>  Maybe some change of perspective should work but not as much as in
> your 
>  mockup, it steals my focus to the top right corner (I'm looking for cookie 
>  there? :D)
>   
+1

Martin

[Charlie Brej]

On 06/08/09 08:50, Martin Sourada wrote:
>  On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:35 +0200, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
> > On Thursday 06 August 2009 08:35:50 Nicu Buculei wrote:
> >> On 08/06/2009 04:40 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> >>> As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of María's
> >>> mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
> >>> desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.
> >>>
> >>> http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/
> >>>
> >>> The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
> >>> poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I
> didn't
> >>> bother uploading the source.
> >> I like *a lot* what you did there! But far my faves are
> >> wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo and wallpaper-mosaico6c_mo, hard to decide which
> >> one of them. At the same time, I don't really care about the GIMP
> >> transformation, so I would forget about that.
> > Indeed, I like it a lot too so +1 for wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo, 6c_mo I think is
> > too much blurry.
> >
>  I like the concept behind 6c the most, but I agree it's too much blurry.
>  Best looking are IMHO 6b and 6. I'd also suggest deviating from the
>  tiled style. 
I like 6c the best too, I dont think the overblurrynes is a problem, but reather 
that some dark blue tiles have a sharp edge sitting on blurry backgrounds. That 
confuses my eyesso to how far they are. I think just making the dark blue tiles 
as blurry would fix that. Also notice in the very upper right corner there is 
tatica's email.

[Jayme Ayres]

I think this proposal is very simple since the original file, is in
the idea and concept, but is very simple wallpaper for the
distribution. Not that "simple" can not be stylish but since it was
chosen, I think there are better proposals. Beyond that, even with the
modifications of Mo is still vibrate the desktop icons.

2009/8/6 Charlie Brej <fedora-art(a)brej.org&gt;:
>  On 06/08/09 08:50, Martin Sourada wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:35 +0200, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
> >> On Thursday 06 August 2009 08:35:50 Nicu Buculei wrote:
> >>> On 08/06/2009 04:40 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> >>>> As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of
> María's
> >>>> mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
> >>>> desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/
> >>>>
> >>>> The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
> >>>> poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I
> didn't
> >>>> bother uploading the source.
> >>> I like *a lot* what you did there! But far my faves are
> >>> wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo and wallpaper-mosaico6c_mo, hard to decide which
> >>> one of them. At the same time, I don't really care about the GIMP
> >>> transformation, so I would forget about that.
> >> Indeed, I like it a lot too so +1 for wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo, 6c_mo I think is
> >> too much blurry.
> >>
> > I like the concept behind 6c the most, but I agree it's too much blurry.
> > Best looking are IMHO 6b and 6. I'd also suggest deviating from the
> > tiled style.
>
>  I like 6c the best too, I dont think the overblurrynes is a problem, but reather
>  that some dark blue tiles have a sharp edge sitting on blurry backgrounds. That
>  confuses my eyesso to how far they are. I think just making the dark blue tiles
>  as blurry would fix that. Also notice in the very upper right corner there is
>  tatica's email.
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comments about mosaico perspective mockups

[Luya Tshimbalanga]

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On 08/05/2009 06:40 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  Hi!
>
>  As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of María's
>  mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
>  desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.
>
>  http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/
>
>  The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
>  poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I didn't
>  bother uploading the source.
>
>  ~m
>  
gimp1 - highly satured blue. might be not good for some people with very
sensible eye. give some energy
gimp2 - low satured blue. Very subtle and not too too distracting for
the eyes which is good enough for working on screen
wallpaper-mosaico6a_mo - interesting concave effect. give some tactile
feeling
wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo - feel flat overall although the bright tile is
sightly bumpy. it has potential.
wallpaper-mosaico6c_mo - the least impressive of wallpaper by far.
mixing bright outline with darker tiles looks odd. might change them for
darker outline to give more bumpy effects.
wallpaper-mosaico6_mo -  better than gimp1

wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo is my favorite following by
wallpaper-mosaico6_mo. It would be nice if there is a mirrored wallpaper
for people (particularly arabic speaking people who likes placing icons
on right.

Regards,

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comments about mosaico perspective mockups

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 12:46:31AM -0700, Luya Tshimbalanga wrote:
>  On 08/05/2009 06:40 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  > Hi!
>  >
>  > As per Paul's suggestion to try to modify the perspective of María's
>  > mosaico designs to make it vibrate a little less with icons on the
>  > desktop, I did some experimentation today in Inkscape with perspective.
>  >
>  > http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12%20mosaic/
>  >
>  > The source SVG is in the directory as well. The two gimp ones I just
>  > poked around at in the gimp, I didn't do too much with them so I didn't
>  > bother uploading the source.
>  >
>  > ~m
>  >
>  gimp1 - highly satured blue. might be not good for some people with very
>  sensible eye. give some energy
>  gimp2 - low satured blue. Very subtle and not too too distracting for
>  the eyes which is good enough for working on screen
>  wallpaper-mosaico6a_mo - interesting concave effect. give some tactile
>  feeling
>  wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo - feel flat overall although the bright tile is
>  sightly bumpy. it has potential.
>  wallpaper-mosaico6c_mo - the least impressive of wallpaper by far.
>  mixing bright outline with darker tiles looks odd. might change them for
>  darker outline to give more bumpy effects.
>  wallpaper-mosaico6_mo -  better than gimp1
>  
>  wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo is my favorite following by
>  wallpaper-mosaico6_mo. It would be nice if there is a mirrored wallpaper
>  for people (particularly arabic speaking people who likes placing icons
>  on right. 
Luya, you already stated the same things I would have said.  The only
thing I would add is that, to accommodate people with icons on the
right, perhaps the brighter area could be constrained more to the
middle of the background.  That way both the left and right hand sides
are darker.

I have icons all over my desktop right now (busy week) and this
background is a big improvement at allowing me to focus on the objects
on my desktop, as opposed to the picture itself.

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[Alexander Smirnov]

Hi!

María's mosaico designs (cool idea) +1.
Mo variant (
http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/f12_mosaic/wallpaper-mosaico6b_mo.png)
+1. (Nicu's perspective very good too. ;) )

Thanks.

Alexander.