On 08/12/11 Marcus wrote:
Hi all.
I agree, the mathematical shapes denote continuity. I simply wonder how many people will understand the idea or even appreciate the artwork. That was all. Hopefully Marcus continues to work with the guidelines he has set. However, he cannot dismiss good artwork, simply because "it's not what we want," that is why I suggested that artwork that's proposed be used accordingly. It could be used as an extra theme for kdm, or an extra wallpaper in the current set of wallpapers.
It's not about dismissing good artwork. It's about concepts.
Take a look at e.g. how Fedora does it.
Wallpaper submissions should fit into that concept.
One idea is e.g. to create a surface for every release, and let ppl create artwork based on that. And within these rules everyone is free to do whatever he/she wants.
fwiw, I agree. And the idea of JDD having some shape and for each release and tell people to use it somehow is very good. Meanwhile, for 12.1, I like where your work is going. It's a bit too smooth for my taste - look at what piotr did with the background. Maybe, the two pieces of work fit together - the flower-like shape on the background (which also features flower-like things). In any case, something flower+mathematics is awesome, I like that stuff. But as usual - I'm not an artist and suck at judging art too :D
Greets Marcus