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List:       kde-artists
Subject:    Re: Black shaft
From:       "Steven M. Scotten" <steves () joeunix ! com>
Date:       1999-09-13 2:05:08
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On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 17:39:46 +0100, Rik Hemsley wrote:

>I meant 'not circular' ;)

Ah. I haven't made any of those... =^)

>bluegreencrisscross: I like the brush, and it tiles very well. It looked 
better
>after I'd played with the colours and contrast a little.

Well, of course feel free to adjust as you see fit. One of the things I avoided 
when doing these last night was making several of the same pattern with 
different colors. I could have fidgeted around all night on just two or three 
patterns, but I figured it was better to get the patterns out and make multiple 
iterations later.

If there are any color changes you'd like me to make I'll be glad to.

>orange_stacks: Looks like tapeworms :) I had to adjust the colours to feel
>less sick; when it's a little more subtle it looks good.

OK. I liked it more in-your face, but I'm glad it works with more subdued 
palette.

>sunday_brunch: I wouldn't have thought that this would work as a background,
>but it seems like it might. Obviously it needs sorting so it tiles properly,
>but I have this feeling it could look quite attractive. It only loses points
>because I know I could make it with the gimp very quickly, but I'm just being
>unfair and marking on technical merit rather than artistic. It should be 
higher,
>er, down, this list.

I've got mixed feelings about it too.

>blue_angle: Subtle, root icon text still readable. Doesn't hurt my eyes like
>other swirly ones do (i.e. most of the Propaganda tiles). Every background
>set needs at least one unidentifiable swirly thing.

Ooops... I made a few, didn't I? =^)

>liquid_canvas: Fairly nice feel - makes my eyes go a little weird, but then
>if I reduce the contrast it's much better. It's only 3 colours ! Amazing.
>
>charcoal_sun: Very subtle, and gives the whole desktop a colourful feel. Nice
>to work with. Definitely one to brighten up your day !

Funny... I didn't think it was cheery at all... I was afraid it was going to be 
too subdued and moody. Shows we're all different, and amen to that! 

>gold_crinkle: Looks like something I recognise, just not sure what. Good use
>of shades here - looks like there's different angles, lighting and material
>going on. Changing the dominant hue to blue and reducing the general 
saturation
>makes it look like a window of ice that you can almost see through. Very nice.
>With the blue colour scheme, the desktop icon text is very visible.

Wonderful!

>northbeach: Now this is cool. It makes a pretty good wallpaper, but its
>main selling point is how cool it is :) I've spent ages staring at it,
>trying to work out how it's made.

Glad you like it. I kind of thought it was too busy to be a background image. 
I'll tell you how I made it... I took a picture of the North Beach neihborhood 
in San Francisco from the top of Coit Tower. Then I did a *lot* of seam 
cloning. pretty straightforward, actually. =^)

>faded_paint: Excellent ! Not only does it not make my head swim, it has just
>the right amount of detail to make it interesting, it looks like something I
>recognise (curtains or wallpaper or both), and it seems very original. If you
>change your kwm colour scheme to something with similar colours, the desktop
>looks great. This one's staying on my background.

Taken from the background of a photo. I think it was just paint, but it very 
well might have been wallpaper. I'd have to go back to the place I shot the 
photo to know.

>Great work - I hope we get some others like this and that everyone understands
>the reasons some deserve more 'points' than others.
>
>There aren't any 'corporate' tiles here, we're going to need a few. Any
>volunteers ? Look at the one that comes with the DrawingBoard theme, and
>the blue+green MacOS ones to see what I think is suitable.

I'll get cracking on it. The only problem is that I'm on jury duty for the next 
two weeks. Wish me luck!


Steve

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