[ubuntu-art] Getting involved...

2005-09-09 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
) does art.ubuntu.com play in getting a complete theme ready for Breezy? Will a handful of wallpapers be picked from there or what? Cheers! Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Getting ready for Breezy

2005-09-20 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I figured it was time to actually _do_ something instead of discussing how we should do it. I've attached a sort of bullet point list of what needs to be done. We have two deadlines. - Artwork 2005-09-29 - Release 2005-10-13 Not everything needs to be ready for the artwork deadline; see my atta

[ubuntu-art] Background submission (target: children)

2005-09-22 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I've just submitted an SVG to art.ubuntu-org. I'm waiting for it to be accepted (hopefully ;-P). It's called "Child's Play" or "Riding the Breeze" as an alternative title. I would like to apply it for the childrens wallpaper category [1]. You can find it here: http://www.skim.dk/breezy/childs-play

[ubuntu-art] Spreading the word

2005-09-22 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Unless somebody opposes to it, I will post a note for volunteers/submitters in the forums. It will include something along the lines of: We have artwork deadline on the 29th of september bla bla... Artwork criteria: - Avoid text - Avoid anything that might offend anybody -

Re: [ubuntu-art] Spreading the word

2005-09-23 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
> Perhaps I could do some (or all) calendar artwork / concept. > What do we need? A monthly calendar, two months , a quarter year..? We need six wallpapers for the calendar. I would really love to see a calendar where there's a common red thread through all six images. Ideally users should be look

Re: [ubuntu-art] Spreading the word

2005-09-24 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 14:40 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote: > i'd like to point out that its very important that the licensing for > artwork ubuntu can ship must be the cc-sa-2.5 (*) license and that also > contained third party pictures need to be under a opensource license (in > the above case i sus

Re: [ubuntu-art] Icons for Firefox and OOo

2005-09-25 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I like the fox. One thing though. When you scale it down to roughly panel/menu icon size the globe behind it won't be very visible. I don't know if this is fixable by touching up a few pixels, but I doubt it. The fox alone would definitely do good (after some pixel touch up), but inexperienced user

[ubuntu-art] Managing art on art.ubuntu.com

2005-09-26 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Is there no way to manage something you've added to art.ubuntu.com? I'm looking for a way to do revisions/updates or just add new image formats... I assumed that this was possible since there's a "version" entry in the submission form. Cheers Mikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.u

[ubuntu-art] Wallpaper suggestion (category: realism)

2005-09-26 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I've just uploaded some wallpapers in the "realism" group, please comment before I submit to art.ubuntu.com... About the images: It is based on a photograph I took myself in Ogmore, Wales. You will find both left and right versions (horiz flipped). The main reason for this is that the ubuntu logo

Re: [ubuntu-art] Wallpaper suggestion (category: realism)

2005-09-26 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
volvoguy wrote: On 9/26/05, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The PNGs are transparent, so that you can choose the background color yourself. My only constructive criticism is that you should probably include the full Ubuntu logo on anything that you thi

[ubuntu-art] Thoughts on the calendar

2005-09-26 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Since I'm afraid I wont be able to find the time to work on any calendar images myself (damn masters thesis), I figured I'd better post my thoughts here. The basic idea is to have a common red thread or idea pervading the calendar images. Maybe even a history. We need six images. If we are to use

[ubuntu-art] Wallpaper proposal submitted (category: realism)

2005-09-27 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I just submitted my rocky_shore wallpaper to art.ubuntu.com. It is now called Ogmore. Until it's accepted you can see it here: http://www.skim.dk/breezy/ogmore/ogmore-1600x1200.png (transparent) http://www.skim.dk/breezy/ogmore/ogmore-1600x1200.jpg I opted to go with all objects to the right. It

Re: [ubuntu-art] Thoughts on the calendar

2005-09-27 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
wont have the time to work on it myself :-S As a last resort we could pass the idea on to Canonical (or save it for Dapper). This was discussed briefly on IRC. Cheers Mikkel Kamstrup On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 10:10 +0200, Markus Majer wrote: > Hi There > > > Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen sc

Re: [ubuntu-art] NewBie

2005-09-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
There has been some photography talk on the list lately, so I thought I might as well throw my to cents in here to. While good photography can provide really good backgrouns, they seldom cut it if they are used "raw" - ie. with out being reworked. Simply sticking a logo on a photo won't do it

[ubuntu-art] Lots of mail but no IRC

2005-09-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
There's lots of mail traffic, but where are you guys on IRC? Head to #ubuntu-artwork (freenode) Cheers Mikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Lots of mail but no IRC

2005-09-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: There's lots of mail traffic, but where are you guys on IRC? Head to #ubuntu-artwork (freenode) Cheers Mikkel Typical! As soon as I write this mail I realize that I have to head on home - where I have no internet atm! :-S Happy last 24 hours b

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 3, Issue 33

2005-09-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Not exactly sure what your problem is, but here goes anyway :-) You have to upload the images to some external place first. I upload mine to www.skim.dk/breezy. Then in the submission form you type in the url. Hope it helps... Cheers Mikkel On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 10:08 -0400, Mark Hennessey wrote

Re: [ubuntu-art] The list of stuff to do!

2005-09-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Great initiative Pascal. I'd really much like to add my Ogmore wallpaper to the realism category. http://art.ubuntu.com/backgrounds/ubuntu/52 . Mainly because it's one of the few transparent photo-arts. Now how to select our proposals? Either Aaron and/or Andy sits down an decides solely, or we r

[ubuntu-art] Head to IRC ASAP!

2005-09-29 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Pascal Klein and I decided to weed out in the list of proposals [1], narrowing it down to three choices in each category. We're sorry that this might be a bit undemocratic, but we really need to get something out of the door. We will also be narrowing down on calendar proposals. Jeff Waugh hinted

Re: [ubuntu-art] composers here?

2005-10-30 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I know that they indeed intend to make new system sounds for the upcomming release Dapper Drake. It is also 100% sure they'd appreciate any help they can get... I just don't know exactly where to get involved in this... You might want to look here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoundEvents And here (un

Re: [ubuntu-art] Glow

2005-12-26 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Just a thought. Assuming that we will use the new Clearlooks 2 metacity theme (or derivative), the light source might pose better on the top. - Consider that the highlighted part of the window border is the top part (same for window buttons)... But anyways, I like it. I think it one of your best

Re: [ubuntu-art] Glow

2005-12-27 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 17:28 -0500, Viper550 wrote: > Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 14:47 -0500, Viper550 wrote: > > > > > Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > > > > > > > Just a thought. > > > > > &

[ubuntu-art] Dell vs Ubuntu Swirls (special att.: volvoguy)

2005-12-30 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Please look at the following screen shot: http://www.daimi.au.dk/~kamstrup/dell-vs-swirls.jpg Pay attention to the Dell commercial. Then go to art.ubuntu.com and find the Swirls background: http://art.ubuntu.com/backgrounds/ubuntu/3 Set swirls.svg as you wallpaper with a background gradient fro

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Dapper icon set

2006-03-01 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I just have to my own "OMFG that's some seriously cool icons!" to this debate :-D While I to some part agree with klepas that this kind of development (sorta like the Novell XGL thing) is a bit frustrating - it also shows (again) how effective this approach is. I think it is really great work, an

Re: [ubuntu-art] youth theme

2006-03-02 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 15:34 +, Who wrote: > On 3/2/06, Nikolai Dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone! > > As I understand it we're supposed to be making coherent themes > for inclusion into ubuntu. I'm trying to "gather" people > around me her

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu themes for phones??

2006-03-03 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 22:59 +0800, Jerome Gotangco wrote: > I actually have a simple theme for my K600i created by a friend who > runs it on a new walkman phone (I dont remember the exact model). > > I don't know how to transfer or package the theme but I can surely > send via bluetooth. I'll chec

[ubuntu-art] Responsible persons for proposed themes

2006-03-06 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I suggest we remove the themes on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/AdditionalThemes without a responsible person. If there's no responsible person for an idea, I suggest sticking it somewhere else. This way it will be clearer where people are actually working. Also, any themes in the table sho

Re: [ubuntu-art] some artwork.

2006-03-08 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Yes. I must say that the splash is really great. The wallpaper is good too, but somehow the contrast circles (magenta especially) sticks out a bit too much for my taste. Was the work inspired by Fedora Cores bubbly theme? Cheers Mikkel On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 21:30 +1100, Pascal Klein wrote: > On

[ubuntu-art] SandSkater preview

2006-03-09 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I have a preview of SandSkater ready at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/SandSkater Please comment. Also read the "Issues" section and see if you have a hint for me... Cheers Mikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Themes table clean up

2006-03-09 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I think we should clean up the wiki table listing the themes asap. As we agreed upon, we should remove the themes without a responsible. Also it should prolly be redesigned to something like: Theme Name ||| Concept Idea ||| Progress ||| Responsible Which icon/metacity/gtk themes it will use is r

[ubuntu-art] Setting wallpaper suggestion in theme...

2006-03-09 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
>From the gnome-theme-manager it would appear that there is a way to set a suggested wallpaper and font (look at the text below the theme list). How does one do that? Cheers Mikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] SandSkater preview

2006-03-09 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 15:33 +0100, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > I have a preview of SandSkater ready at: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/SandSkater > > Please comment. Also read the "Issues" section and see if you have a > hint for me... I have updated San

Re: [ubuntu-art] SandSkater preview

2006-03-09 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 23:49 +0100, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 15:33 +0100, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > > I have a preview of SandSkater ready at: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/SandSkater > > > > Please comment. Also read t

Re: [ubuntu-art] SandSkater preview

2006-03-10 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 18:46 -0600, Travis Watkins wrote: > On 3/9/06, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have updated SandSkater to version 0.3. I really need some > > feedback ... > > > > * Screenshot: http://www.skim.dk/SandSkater/

[ubuntu-art] SandSkater 0.4 released

2006-03-13 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
As promised * Screenshot: http://www.skim.dk/SandSkater/SandSkater.png * Theme: http://www.skim.dk/SandSkater/SandSkater-0.4.tar.gz This release should reflect the feedback I got from the list. The wiki page, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/SandSkater is (ofcourse) updated accordingly. Pleas

[ubuntu-art] Graphite vs Heat theme

2006-03-13 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 20:14 -0400, Javier Aravena C. wrote: > Hi all, I've made a theme for the Ubuntulooks engine based on the > graphite colours and I'll eventually make all major clearlooks color > schemes that look right with the theme (such as quicksilver, default, > gperfection and olive) if

Re: [ubuntu-art] Graphite vs Heat theme

2006-03-13 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I did my own heat-1.1 screenie. I'm quite impressed. http://www.skim.dk/ubuntu/heat-1.1.png I really think tango-aluminum goes well with this kinda theme. The square window borders of ubuntulooks-graphite might be closer to the "feel" of the theme..? On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 21:16 +0100, Frédéric va

[ubuntu-art] ArtworkTeam - DapperTasks

2006-03-14 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I created the page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/DapperTasks The idea was to list what seemed like active projects and/or worthwhile goals for Dapper. The page must be short, concise and to the point - and above all only list projects we will actually work on. Sorry to all the Splash/Wall

Re: [ubuntu-art] Graphite vs Heat theme

2006-03-14 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I've tried glossing up the Graphite-Heat theme to be a bit more silvery. Basically - what I've done is to lighten menuitem preligts, lighten buttons from the background. I also lightened menu backgrounds a bit, to make them stand out better[1], and played with a "contrast" switch I found in the ub

[ubuntu-art] HeatedGraphite - action for reaction

2006-03-15 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
It seemed the momentum of the Heat/Graphite theme died out a bit. Therefore I went on and finished the wikipage for it myself - listing myself as responsible. If I step on anyones toes, I'm sorry, but we need action for reaction :-D Since I put this into DapperTasks we need to get something ready

Re: [ubuntu-art] HeatedGraphite - action for reaction

2006-03-16 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Ping. I could really need some feedback on the HeatedGraphite theme - or should I take it that it's flawless ;-P ? Cheers, Mikkel On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 16:35 +0100, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > It seemed the momentum of the Heat/Graphite theme died out a bit. > Therefore I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal: Tangerine Icon Theme

2006-03-16 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Andreas could you please fill out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/TangerineIcons explaining the situation, and listing you as responsible..? As leader you might delegate it to Pascal now that he has joined the Tangerine project ;-P Cheers, Mikkel On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 18:49 +0100, Andreas Ni

Re: [ubuntu-art] HeatedGraphite - action for reaction

2006-03-18 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 18:45 +0100, Jan Claeys wrote: > Op do, 16-03-2006 te 22:13 +0100, schreef Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen: > > I could really need some feedback on the HeatedGraphite theme - or > > should I take it that it's flawless ;-P ? > > The silver menu highli

Re: [ubuntu-art] HeatedGraphite - action for reaction

2006-03-20 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 00:46 +0100, Jan Claeys wrote: > Op za, 18-03-2006 te 13:57 +0100, schreef Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen: > > It uses the Tango-Akuminum icon set. Find it here: > > http://www.skim.dk/HeatedGraphite/HeatedGraphite-0.1.tar.gz > > Is that the correct URL?

[ubuntu-art] Att: gnome themers

2006-03-22 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I created the page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/ThemingTricks to share valuable tricks not easily discovered. Ie. this is not a tutorial or "getting started" page. Feel free to add your own tricks! NB: It appears that the current Human theme does not change the color of the Nautilus specia

Re: [ubuntu-art] Science Icons

2006-03-24 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 23:53 +, Phil Bull wrote: > Hi guys > > My apologies if this post is off-topic. I have prepared about 50 > new .desktop files for some universe science packages [1]. The problem > is, about 90% of them don't have icons. Does anyone have any suitable > icons they could spa

[ubuntu-art] Theme update: HeatedGraphite -> Silicon-0.2

2006-03-26 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I updated the HeatedGraphite theme. First on foremost - I've changed the name to "Silicon". Then there are a ton of minor tweaks, but let's not get lost in details - try it out! Theme: http://www.skim.dk/Silicon/Silicon-0.2.tar.gz Icons: http://www.skim.dk/HeatedGraphite/Tango-Aluminum.tar.gz Wal

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme update: HeatedGraphite -> Silicon-0.2

2006-03-27 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
icon like feel atm so I'm using a more desaturated brown (some would call it gray I guess :D). > Daniel Thanks a ton for the extensive feedback - and the metacity-theme-fix-not-to-forget! I hope you will notice that your opinion has influenced the next release. Cheers, Mikkel > &g

[ubuntu-art] Silicon-0.3

2006-03-27 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I updated the Silicon theme reflecting the feedback from Daniel. Screenie: http://www.skim.dk/Silicon/Silicon.png Theme: http://www.skim.dk/Silicon/Silicon-0.3.tar.gz Wallpaper: http://www.skim.dk/Silicon/ubuntu-silicon.png Icons: http://www.skim.dk/HeatedGraphite/Tango-Aluminum.tar.gz Changes:

Re: [ubuntu-art] Silicon-0.3

2006-03-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 20:46 -0500, Lukas Sabota wrote: > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 17:45 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > > > AGAIN: ANY FEEDBACK APPRECIATED :-D > > Very nice! I really like your theme suite, and I am using it daily right > now. It is very easy

[ubuntu-art] Default background... Some thoughts

2006-04-05 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
A good while ago Viper550 did some backgrounds that had some really good effects in it, and I want to draw attention to them again. Look at this screenshot: http://www.skim.dk/viper550-ubuntu-shiny.png Original wallpaper: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/attachments/20051226/406f3bae/u

[ubuntu-art] Tangerine Icon Request: Check-mark and Red-X

2006-04-08 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
This is espicially obvious in Synaptic... The green Apply check-mark icon is heavily pixelized - as is the red X in Cancel buttons. This just looks totally out of place in between otherwise antialised icons. Since I've long ago realized that I suck at making icons, I just hope that some one could

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tangerine Icon Request: Check-mark and Red-X

2006-04-09 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 21:21 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > This is espicially obvious in Synaptic... The green Apply check-mark > icon is heavily pixelized - as is the red X in Cancel buttons. This just > looks totally out of place in between otherwise antialised icons. >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tangerine Icon Request: Check-mark and Red-X

2006-04-10 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 01:51 +0200, Josué Alcalde González wrote: > El dom, 09-04-2006 a las 23:03 +0200, Sebastian Heinlein escribió: > > > If someone send me some graphics for those actions I can put them > > in > > > tangerine right away and probably in tango-icon-theme aswell. I > > would be >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-04-29 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/4/29, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: �tienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, > OK, so in addition to the internal development, can we ask the art > team to vote for the top TWO only existing themes that should be in > there with Human?We might also consider a theme for less resources com

[ubuntu-art] Gnome foot in Gnome splash panel-icon

2006-04-29 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
In the Gnome login splash the icon for the panel has the gnome foot in it. Should this not be the ubuntu logo?CheersMikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tangerine Icon Request: Check-mark and Red-X

2006-04-29 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 13:12 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: Josué Alcalde González wrote:> El dom, 09-04-2006 a las 23:03 +0200, Sebastian Heinlein escribió:> >>> If someone send me some graphics for those actions I can put them>>> >> in >> >>> tangerine right away and probably in tang

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gnome foot in Gnome splash panel-icon

2006-04-30 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/4/29, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I think it's reasonable to display the Gnome logo in places - they contribute a HUGE amount to Ubuntu!That is an indisputable fact. However; as the stock Ubuntu panel displays the Ubuntu logo for the Applications menu, it is inconsistent (I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-01 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Most Important things first (in random order):1) I generally think we should avoid pixmap themes all together. They bring my box to its knees :-S, I will not comment on them here.2) I think that all included themes should have some kind of Ubuntu feel to it. Not entirely brown or orange necesarily,

[ubuntu-art] Theming the Applications menu icon

2006-05-01 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I see that Tangerine is theming the Applications menu icon. I'm trying to do the same for the Silicon theme [1], but it doesn't seem to work.I'm changing the files in {22x22,24x24,scalable}/places:distributer-logo.png   (or svg in scalable)gnome-main-menu.pngnovell-button.pngstart-here.pngSoft link

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-02 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/2, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Most Important things first (in random order):1) I generally think we should avoid pixmap themes all together. They bring my box to its knees :-S, I will not comment on them here. 2) I think that

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-03 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/3, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:  2006/5/2, bvc < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    To address your list    1) I think any pixmap themes should come from the other 3 community themes. Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:     Please plese, no pixmap the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default themes

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/4, Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just did a big update on the IndustrialInspirate theme wiki page -> It now includes everything that is needed for it to be a very complete> and consistent theme. It just needs to be packaged> See: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/IndustrialInspirate>> Fo

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/3, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:  2006/5/2, bvc < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    What contrast, where in Smooth9?    Green Smooth9? gPerfect-flat or japan-flat? Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:     Sorry for being unclear, it was this one: http://

Re: [ubuntu-art] additional theme/s proposal

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Sorry for not responding to this sooner, but better late than never :-)> Hi,> I've worked through a few ideas and wanted to see what everyone thinks. > The two metacity's are just a result of tinkering with a tiled image and I'm not > too thrilled about any of the 10 or so I've done but I kinda lik

Re: [ubuntu-art] Some help needed from the Documentation Team

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/3, Pascal Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hey Matt,Just an update. I had a go at this with some ideas I had recently aboutsome splash screens for myself, and they seem to work just as well, ifnot better as a book cover.You can find the files on: http://klepas.org/temp/ubuntu/ubuntu-doc-cover-fron

Re: [ubuntu-art] Some help needed from the Documentation Team

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/4/25, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 22:38 +0100, Matthew East wrote:> > Secondly, we need some greyscale admonition icons (for warnings, notes> > etc) in the guides.Call off the hunt: I've found some, which are shipped with docbook-xsl, sorry for the noise.We're still

Re: [ubuntu-art] What about Firefox?

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/3, Frank Schoep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wednesday 03 May 2006 13:03, Jan Claeys wrote:> Op di, 02-05-2006 te 23:39 +0200, schreef Frank Schoep:> > http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/firefox-main-human-icons.png >> Hiding the text under the buttons might save some space, and make the> U

[ubuntu-art] Silicon theme updated

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I've updated the icons for the Silicon theme to an Ubuntu-tailored version of Tango-Aluminum, namely Tango-Silicon. The icons fall back to Human before of Tangerine (and then Tango) since the Human icons are more in style with the whole theme. Screenie: http://grillbar.org/Silicon/Silicon.pngTheme

Re: [ubuntu-art] Silicon theme updated

2006-05-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Blah! It appears that my hosting company has a bad day :-S The links where perfect just before I sent the mail *grumble* I hope they fix it asap - I can't even SSH onto my server...Cheers,Mikkel 2006/5/5, j Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The links are not working.Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [ubuntu-art] Silicon theme updated

2006-05-05 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/5, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I've updated the icons for the Silicon theme to an Ubuntu-tailored version of Tango-Aluminum, namely Tango-Silicon. The icons fall back to Human before of Tangerine (and then Tango) since th

Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-05 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/5, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi guys TEN DAYS! I'd like to set Monday 15 May 10am UTC as the deadline for a decision from the art team as to:  - two or three "external" themes (from Gnome-Look, for example)  - two or three "internal" themes (from this team) For a tot

Re: [ubuntu-art] additional theme/s proposal

2006-05-05 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/5, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Sorry for not responding to this sooner, but better late than never :-)> Hi,> I've worked through a few ideas and wanted to see what everyone thinks. > The two metacity's are ju

Re: Fwd: [ubuntu-art] Silicon theme updated

2006-05-10 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/9, Billy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've updated the icons for the Silicon theme to an Ubuntu-tailored version of Tango-Aluminum, namely Tango-Silicon. The icons fall back to Human before of Tangerin

Re: [ubuntu-art] Dapper Folder Icons

2006-05-10 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/10, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Who wrote: http://mailforwho.googlepages.com/DapperFolderPreview.png These do look great! Mark --ubuntu-art mailing listubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-artOne thing I really like about th

Re: [ubuntu-art] Firefox theme set Debian package testing

2006-05-11 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I get an error:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i firefox-themes-ubuntu_0.5.debPassword:(Reading database ... 116712 files and directories currently installed.)Preparing to replace firefox-themes-ubuntu 0.5 (using firefox-themes-ubuntu_0.5.deb) ...Unpacking replacement firefox-themes-ubun

Re: [ubuntu-art] Firefox theme set Debian package testing

2006-05-11 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/11, Frank Schoep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thursday 11 May 2006 16:48, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:> I get an error:> ... snip ...My sincere apologies for this, I tested everything literally a gazillion times(trust me, that's a lot) and then I committed everything to

Re: [ubuntu-art] On Human Folder Icons

2006-05-13 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/13, Viper550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Based off the current Tango SVG's I grabbed off their website, I made anew idea for the folders of the Ubuntu iconset that you were complainingabout. They don't stray too-too far away from Tango but still, they look cooler!First, the folder icons are really

Re: [ubuntu-art] Updated "Minimalistic", patching usplash, sources

2006-05-13 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/5/13, Frank Schoep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: How can I obtain usplash'ssource to make a patch?I'll stay off the whole usplash design issue... You can get package sources byapt-get source usplashYou don't have to "sudo" the command. The command will put the sources in your current working dir. I don

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ahh, I think you forgot something...?

2006-06-03 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/6/2, Viper550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Umm, how could you let this new release of Ubuntu get shipped with aninconsistency between the new Usplash artwork and the Gfxboot theme? Ijust booted the Desktop CD and noticed the new Gfxboot menu's artworkhasn't been updated to the new Tangerine theme and

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ahh, I think you forgot something...?

2006-06-03 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/6/3, Oliver Grawert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: hi,Am Samstag, den 03.06.2006, 13:17 +0200 schrieb Mikkel KamstrupErlandsen:> That seems like a bit overkill to me. A slight artwork inconsistency> is hardly a showstopper. Maybe an update in the repos, but that might > be overkill too imho...just to ou

Re: [ubuntu-art] What about gtk-apply icon?

2006-06-05 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/6/4, Fabio Berta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: HiI really like the new Human icon set! Great work!But I have one complaint, the gtk-apply icon is still the old uglystandard gnome one! It looks very out of place. Also Tango and Tangerineseem to miss such an icon. Maybe something can be done about it!Thi

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Icon request

2006-06-13 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/6/13, Lukas Sabota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:11 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote:> Lukas Sabota wrote:> > Hello!> >   I am currently developing a GNOME front-end for the FCE Ultra NES> > Emulator: gfceu [1+2].  I am hoping to see this program pushed into > > universe.  One aspect

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Theme Idea

2006-06-27 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/6/26, Viper550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Guess what, now working around the face that the Human and Tangerineicons are being kept, I have made a brand new theme proposal, inspiredby the lights on the front of my Router (of all places for inspiration, it just had to be a network router!)https://wiki

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Ponder] Fyre textures

2006-06-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/6/28, Étienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello,There is something really cool in that texture : that's completelydifferent from SuSE, Vista and OS X lines. Where Dapper wallpaper looktoo much like OS X, that one is really distinctive.Of course, color needs to be tweeked, but that's really nic

Re: [ubuntu-art] Matte and Gloss work

2006-08-26 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/8/26, Chuck Huber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 13:25 +0100, Who wrote:> I have done some Matte and Gloss work (well, it ended up as Swirls,> Matte and Gloss...)> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Produce/Incoming/WhoLsplash>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Spe

[ubuntu-art] Glass panels - just a thought

2006-08-29 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Completely unrelated and out of sync to Edgy release cycle I put up a glass panel suggestion on the wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/GlassPanel I've been using it on my desktop for a few days and thought - "Hey, the artwork team has been going glassy all over the place lately. Perhaps

Re: [ubuntu-art] Glass panels - just a thought

2006-08-29 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/8/29, PingunZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I prefer panel-background set by the GTK theme.This usually fits better in the whole computer them..With a panel background like that you'll have a very ugly gaim logo as well ;)Cheers 2006/8/29, Étienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello,Setting a panel bac

Re: [ubuntu-art] [TT-Blubuntu] Blubuntu Update: lsplashes and GTK theme update

2006-08-29 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/8/30, Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi all,I have updated the Blubuntu GTK Theme, and would appreciate it ifpeople used it as their main theme for a while to test it out and seethat they like the look and feel - I know I like it, but I'd like opinions: Specifically, I am worrying that the backgroun

[ubuntu-art] Micro tweaks

2006-09-08 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Looking at the new gdm, splash, and wallpaper I really like what I see! Great work guys.I have a few (constructive - I hope) comments. In both gdm and splash the ubuntu logo appears a bit like an external bit just placed on the image. I think it is because the border of the logo is too dark, or may

Re: [ubuntu-art] Micro tweaks

2006-09-12 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 23:19 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > Looking at the new gdm, splash, and wallpaper I really like what I > see! Great work guys. > > I have a few (constructive - I hope) comments. In both gdm and splash > the ubuntu logo appears a bit like an ex

Re: [ubuntu-art] lsplashes based on Dapper GDM + GDM Logo

2006-09-20 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 22:00 +0100, Who wrote: > I have put a tarball up on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JonathanAustin of > lsplashes that are based on the Dapper lsplash with the aim of > incorporating elements of the Dapper GDM - particularly the logo > > For various reasons I cannot montage them now

Re: [ubuntu-art] And he went to the volcano to offer...

2006-09-28 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 07:41 -0700, Troy James Sobotka wrote: > On Wed, 2006-27-09 at 23:57 -0700, Chuck Huber wrote: > > A full size background that's only 21 kb and looks good. Imagine the > > extra space for tools. ie. network-manager-gnome and network-manager... > > > > Chuck > > p.s. It's n

Re: [ubuntu-art] [polish] FreshWaves Splash Screen

2006-10-02 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 08:28 -0400, Viper550 wrote: > I just made a nice matching splash screen to go with my new wallpaper > design... > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Polish/Incoming/Viper550 > > Enjoy! > > Viper550 > Looks great although I feel the lozenge with the

Re: [ubuntu-art] New emblems are complete! (update)

2006-10-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 15:28 +0400, Ivan Sagalaev wrote: > Troy James Sobotka wrote: > > Strengths: > > * Unified -- especially the orange set. > > While such a unification might be good from the artists point of view > it's not that good for usability. Three primary characteristics by which > h

[ubuntu-art] gdm proposal

2006-10-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I uploaded a proposal to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Polish/Incoming You can find the full png at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Polish/Incoming?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=kamstrup-edgy-gdm1.png I'll post the xcf if it gathers any interest. C

Re: [ubuntu-art] gdm proposal

2006-10-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
ppears gray here, what do other people see? It is easy to tweak the color of the box so go ahead and flame me ;-P Cheers, Mikkel > Nice work ! > > Cheers > > 2006/10/4, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I uploaded a proposal to > https://wik

Re: [ubuntu-art] gdm proposal

2006-10-04 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
#x27;ll try and adjust the colors. BBL. Cheers, Mikkel > > 2006/10/4, Toby Smithe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 21:50 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen > > wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 21:28 +0200, Kristof Verbeken wrote:

[ubuntu-art] Splash suggestion

2006-10-05 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
I appended a splash suggestion to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Polish/Incoming. There's an XCF available there too[1]. It is a bit controversial since it is designed for display *without loading icons*. During my design it suddenly occured to me that the current icons loadi

Re: [ubuntu-art] Splash suggestion

2006-10-05 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
2006/10/5, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I appended a splash suggestion to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Polish/Incoming . There's an XCF available there too[1]. It is a bit controversial since it is designed for display *without loading icons*

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