[ubuntu-studio-devel] Default Wallpaper, WAS:Re: ART TEAM ALERT! 16.04 Wallpaper Contest has been decided.

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016, at 02:56 PM, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
> I like HotWheel. I'm slightly bothered by the CoF not being in the
> middle of the image. I'm sure the artist wanted to make up for the
> flames on the left side, but it gives it a slightly skewed impression to
> me. Also, it's a bit upward from the centre. All in all, it feels
> strange to me.
> 
> But, if we would prefer this one, we could work together with the artist
> to find the perfect default wallpaper for us. Besides working with the
> symmetry, another thing I would try is change the coloring. A blue flame
> would probably be the best fit for us, even if the original is "cooler"
> as an image. I any case, I would like to add something blue to it. There
> are a lot of things you could try to make the wallpaper a better fit for
> us as a default.
> I'll contact the artist to see if he would be interested in working more
> on it.
> 

I already sent an email to the guy, but realized we have other concerns
too. For 14.04, the wallpaper was not just a wallpaper. It was a theme
used for all our social channels. If we want to continue to have a
generic theme, which we use for everything, I'm not sure a flame will do
it. The flame could be a variant of it, but not the "it".
Zak would have wanted to do a general theme, I'm sure. It's not totally
needed, but it feels a lot more solid. I will need to consider this a
bit, and if anyone has any ideas on generic theme concepts, please let
me know. I would like to pursue it anyway.

I might not be much more involved in artwork for the rest of this week
though, so don't expect a lot of activity from me right away. I'm
currently working on adding planned features to ubuntustudio-controls,
so I will be busy with that. But, I will come back to this later!