i think the looks of KDE
right after installation need
to be impressive. first impression
is what counts. it's time
to choose some REALLY GOOD
artwork and tell KDE devs
what we want as KDE's default
look.
i've chosen this moment to
say this because these wallapers
were love at first sight.
i say the second wallpaper here
SHOULD be default after installation.
icon set is tougher decision because i still have not seen a truly COMPLETE icon set apart from the default.
oh, and window deco/ theme? LIQUID.
what do you guys think?
i feel like KDE is now very beautiful, but it's time to make it look impressive right out of the RPM.
Damian
> http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=2805
> "i think the looks of KDE
> right after installation need
> to be impressive. first impression
It not only needs to be impressive but also usable. Your current proposal
looks indeed quite beautiful. Still there are some issues which I'd like to
see fixed.
The default wallpaper not only needs to look good - we usually want the user
to keep it as the wallpaper he uses all the time. The problem with your
wallpaper is that the contrast is to high.
You have some "black stripes" in it and some clean white parts. I would
suggest to choose dark blue for the border of the planes instead of black
and dimming down the white parts a bit.
The clouds in the background remind me of windows. You might want to fix
that if you want to avoid bitching.
Great work though. Did you do it completely yourself or did you use stuff
which was created by other people.
You might want to talk to ante about the license ... he's the kde-artwork
license man ;-)
> is what counts. it's time
> to choose some REALLY GOOD
Seems your caps-lock is broken ;-)
> say this because these wallapers
> were love at first sight.
Well, default_blue was love at first sight, too (that's the default
wallpaper right now) ...
It doesn't show any reallife objects (which makes it a pretty usable
wallpaper, it's small in terms of memory and it's still decent beautiful.
> icon set is tougher decision because i still have not seen a truly
COMPLETE
> icon set apart from the default.
Well, you don't only need to have a complete set you also need to have
people who continously take care of the iconset (that's one of the tougher
points - most people loose interest after 3 months or so ...).
Everaldo and me have been paid by Conectiva and SuSE to work on a vectorized
corporate version of the crystal iconset in the past few weeks/months. It
will be shipped with KDE 3.1 as the new default.
> oh, and window deco/ theme? LIQUID.
The default for 3.1 will be keramik. It's fast and original.
> what do you guys think?
> i feel like KDE is now very beautiful, but it's time to make it look
> impressive right out of the RPM.
You are right. And we have been working on this all the time until now.
If you want to contribute tell us what you want to take care of.
>
> Damian"
Weren't you the guy who created artwork for Mandrake? Do you like to work
with vector graphics and can you adapt other people's style?
Greetings,
Tackat
Thanks mu friend for wasting your time with so beautiful things.
Try it thith Conectiva Crystal icons!!
And, please, I also would like a higer resulution image Could you post a bigger one?
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Very nice picture. I have it now as my wallpaper. ;)
I click the downloads button and it make a new window with only the first image as a .jpg. How do I download the second wallpaper?
just click on the screenshot, it is a 1024 picture in full quality!
The best there is!! Thanks, Greetings from The Netherlands
i think the looks of KDE right after installation need to be impressive. first impression is what counts. it's time to choose some REALLY GOOD artwork and tell KDE devs what we want as KDE's default look. i've chosen this moment to say this because these wallapers were love at first sight. i say the second wallpaper here SHOULD be default after installation. icon set is tougher decision because i still have not seen a truly COMPLETE icon set apart from the default. oh, and window deco/ theme? LIQUID. what do you guys think? i feel like KDE is now very beautiful, but it's time to make it look impressive right out of the RPM. Damian
> http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=2805 > "i think the looks of KDE > right after installation need > to be impressive. first impression It not only needs to be impressive but also usable. Your current proposal looks indeed quite beautiful. Still there are some issues which I'd like to see fixed. The default wallpaper not only needs to look good - we usually want the user to keep it as the wallpaper he uses all the time. The problem with your wallpaper is that the contrast is to high. You have some "black stripes" in it and some clean white parts. I would suggest to choose dark blue for the border of the planes instead of black and dimming down the white parts a bit. The clouds in the background remind me of windows. You might want to fix that if you want to avoid bitching. Great work though. Did you do it completely yourself or did you use stuff which was created by other people. You might want to talk to ante about the license ... he's the kde-artwork license man ;-) > is what counts. it's time > to choose some REALLY GOOD Seems your caps-lock is broken ;-) > say this because these wallapers > were love at first sight. Well, default_blue was love at first sight, too (that's the default wallpaper right now) ... It doesn't show any reallife objects (which makes it a pretty usable wallpaper, it's small in terms of memory and it's still decent beautiful. > icon set is tougher decision because i still have not seen a truly COMPLETE > icon set apart from the default. Well, you don't only need to have a complete set you also need to have people who continously take care of the iconset (that's one of the tougher points - most people loose interest after 3 months or so ...). Everaldo and me have been paid by Conectiva and SuSE to work on a vectorized corporate version of the crystal iconset in the past few weeks/months. It will be shipped with KDE 3.1 as the new default. > oh, and window deco/ theme? LIQUID. The default for 3.1 will be keramik. It's fast and original. > what do you guys think? > i feel like KDE is now very beautiful, but it's time to make it look > impressive right out of the RPM. You are right. And we have been working on this all the time until now. If you want to contribute tell us what you want to take care of. > > Damian" Weren't you the guy who created artwork for Mandrake? Do you like to work with vector graphics and can you adapt other people's style? Greetings, Tackat
its no problem for me to post it with a higher resolution, but please tell me, which one you like to have (the dof - project contains two artworks!).
Thanks mu friend for wasting your time with so beautiful things. Try it thith Conectiva Crystal icons!! And, please, I also would like a higer resulution image Could you post a bigger one?
I hae scaled it up to 1600x1200 and it looks really nice. Thanks
Great work... could you make a higher resolution version available? It'd look even better, then :D
sorry, wrong smile on the above comment...
Outstanding. This looks really cool.
...used to model and render ?? Greets Elias P.
C4D !