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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE3 Splashscreen
From:       Cristian Tibirna <tibirna () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-02-02 14:08:45
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Hello Michel, Simon

The image is indeed very nice. But IMHO it won't "splash" with users' psyche.

First, the large "KDE" letters are somehow... unattractive to the eye, I tend 
to look away from them. E.g., the little kde in www.kde.org at right upper 
corner, enlarged duely, would do better.

Then, there is that ... stain of coffee, dunno what that should be, that by 
its irregular shape and especially by its color gives to the image a general 
character of carelessness and lack of confidence. I believe that all elements 
of the image should be crispy and engineeringly geometric, so that, as a 
whole, the splash could inspire precision and purposefullness.

Hope my amateurish art critique doesn't hurt sensible feelings :-)

Cristian

On Saturday 02 February 2002 08:53, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> I think that would give a very cool splash for 3.0 :)
>
> Simon
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Michel Stol <f1r3f0x@hotmail.com> -----
>
> From: "Michel Stol" <f1r3f0x@hotmail.com>
> Subject: KDE3 Splashscreen
> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:37:21 +0100
>
> Hey Tronical,
>
> If you can forward this to kde-core:
>
> --BEGIN
> Hey all,
>
> I'm Michel Stol, you might know me from some of the KDevelop splashscreens.
>
> A few days ago qwertz asked me if I could do a splash for KDE3. Although
> I'm not an artist (programmer art) this is what I came up with:
> http://wimpie.physos.info/download/kde3-10.png
>
> Let me know what you think, if you reply to this mail I won't receive it,
> so please CC: f1r3f0x@hotmail.com
>
> Cya,
>
> - Michel Stol

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