[Frugalware-devel] 0.8 Kalgan artwork in progress

[Daniel Exner]

Hi!

I'm no dev but crazy said I should write here :)

Devil505 wrote:

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> http://apu.mabul.org/up/apu/2008/01/23/img-s25cz93dic3.png
>
> What do you think about it ?
I don't like it. I understand how much hard work it is to actually *do* make a 
nice artwork, but I simply like the old logo more.

Things I liked on artwork so far:
* Grub, Splashy, KDM  look similar
* Its easy to distinguish from one release to the next

Things I don't like:
* KDE Splash looks completly different (not bad, just different)
* Splashy themes tend to look not that good on not default resolutions or not 
24bit
* Splashy text seems hardcoded in Image (no Idea if this is possible to 
change) so not chance for translation

My ideas:
* use SVG as much as possible (Background, GDM, KDM, Splashy with small patch)
* don't use to much color in images, or at least check they look stil good 
with vga=791
* define some kind of "Master" Artwork (like e.g the background)
* define a theming guideline having something todo with the planetary release 
codename, like "Kalgan is in Aquarius so the Artwork should be aquatic 
themed"
(no idea if there is enough info about the planets to do such things)

Just my 0,02€

DeX