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wachuneihello?12:40
mhbwachunei: it's a bit late here12:41
mhbwachunei: hello to you too12:41
wachuneithanks mhb , do you only speak english?12:42
wachuneinevermind, i have an inkscape question, may i ask here?12:43
mhbsome #inkscape channel could be better, I think12:44
mhbbut you can ask (I don't know if I can answer, too)12:44
wachuneii need a perspective transform12:45
AndyFitzsee you in #inkscape wachunei12:45
AndyFitz;-)12:45
mhbwachunei: I think he's right ... (I'm too tired to answer)12:46
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troy_sgreetz mad07:09
Madpilothi troy_s07:09
troy_swell i guess i should contact sheet the new stuffs.07:10
troy_sgrr.07:10
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=== Topic for #ubuntu-artwork: Welcome! -+- Start here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork -+- Work Specs at http://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-art/+specs -+- IRC Logs: http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs -+- Loose proposals for the Proposal phase are underway.
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=== Topic for #ubuntu-artwork: Welcome! -+- Start here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork -+- Work Specs at http://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-art/+specs -+- IRC Logs: http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs -+- Loose proposals for the Proposal phase are underway.
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kwwiimoin12:05
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klepasg'morgen02:03
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cyanescentahoy06:43
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troy_scyanescent, HES BACK08:04
troy_syo niel you in bro?08:04
cyanescenthey yup.. thank god for the internet connection at this uni08:04
cyanescenthad a panic session this morning though -- got a pone call at 8.30 saying I had to leave by 12 ;-(08:05
troy_swhat happeend?08:06
cyanescentsome misunderstanding... the house is given to us on lease by the uni. but they're all a bunch of nutty physicists with no idea how to plan accommodation.. so yesterday evening we got a family of 4 dropping in with the same keys saying they'd booked the room08:08
cyanescentI don't know the uni phoned saying they'd told us.. but they hadn't08:10
cyanescentso we thought we'd also got our bike stolen today... but it turns out the uni was scoping the bike stands to reclaim bikes without telling people either...08:10
cyanescentthank god I don't study here..08:11
troy_seek08:11
troy_ssorry... i was mailing08:11
cyanescentbrb..check on food08:11
cyanescentI saw mark's post.. sounds very confusing08:14
troy_sYep08:16
troy_sBut I tried to make a little sense of it.08:16
cyanescentnot sure whether there is enough agreement between what the AC wants and the CC wants08:16
troy_sWhat I think he wants is for all development to pick up from the LSplash events.08:16
troy_sWell... there is no Art Council yet08:16
troy_sThat said,08:16
cyanescentis Frank not AC ?08:16
troy_sfrank is the artist in cheif08:17
troy_syes.08:17
troy_sthis is why i was pressuring the point08:17
troy_sto get some clear direction from above... it requires a little work, but i think i have a pretty good handle on where to go in the immediate future...08:17
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(kwwii/#ubuntu-artwork) troy_s: I think so08:23
(cyanescent/#ubuntu-artwork) we really need a run down on what we need in submissions08:23
(kwwii/#ubuntu-artwork) which one are we talking about?08:23
(troy_s/#ubuntu-artwork) you see the lsplash mockups i forwarded? they are pretty simple and plain, but with a distinct difference per version (subject to sizing composition, position etc)08:23
(troy_s/#ubuntu-artwork) the "Ubuntu" gloss... here.08:23
(troy_s/#ubuntu-artwork) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/GlassyLogo08:24
(troy_s/#ubuntu-artwork) the problem that i have with the illustrative gloss08:24
(cyanescent/#ubuntu-artwork) brb... need to cook08:24
(mhb/#ubuntu-artwork) kwwii: what wallpaper do you have in mind?08:24
troy_swas one that i brought up in paris -- it isn't easily extrapolated across a wallpaper08:24
troy_sor a larger area...08:24
troy_sso i need some good sketch proposals on a way to integrate it08:24
troy_sweidel's work has a good little background attempt that MIGHT work with it.08:25
kwwiimhb: not sure, feel free to keep proposing ideas :-)08:25
kwwiiahhh, yes, I did help him a little08:25
troy_sthen we can bind the three things into one professional feel.08:25
troy_s(which is my main concern, i only bothered to contribute to at least get the ball rolling -- sometimes getting 'no' is better than getting nothing :) )08:25
troy_skwwii:  you see my issue?08:26
kwwiiI am still reading the emails :-)08:26
kwwiiok, so you want to make wiedels gloss stuff a bit more like the tangerine gloss look that who made?08:27
troy_sactually no08:28
troy_si need you to brainstorm on how to take the illustrative simple gloss08:28
troy_spresent on the human folder and who's logo08:28
troy_sand figure out a nice way to get that integrated into something on a wallpaper08:28
troy_swith a variant for a gdm08:29
troy_swith me?08:29
troy_sbecause obviously the wallpaper lacks logo etc.08:29
troy_sweidel's wallpaper has one set that has a good background that MIGHT be a starting point.08:29
kwwiione second, wife08:30
troy_sgood name for a band08:31
troy_s"One Second Wife"08:31
cyanescentheheh08:32
kwwiihehe08:33
troy_scyanescent, did frank talk to you about the illuminating meshes yet?08:33
cyanescentno. I suppose I should give him the gmail account08:33
troy_si think that gloss can be easily transitionned into a very 'illustrative' gloss via a few oil canvas passes08:33
troy_slaf.08:33
kwwiihrm08:34
troy_sits very easy... oil canvas then selective gaussian blurs stacked up08:34
troy_sends up looking very illustrative08:35
kwwiithe problem about the gloss on the logo is that it has a hard line, not sure how easy that is to put in a bg08:35
troy_sthat said, i would really08:35
troy_sexactly!08:35
cyanescentheh... well it's one style or another IMO. 3D doesn't always work, and if sabdfl doesn't want, there is no need to go further down that road08:35
troy_sthat's why i need you to pound out some sketches... look to some sort of obscure shapes that would be well suited to the background.08:35
kwwiiwell, I would make the background soft and fuzzy, then it doesn't matter08:35
troy_scyanescent, agree... but this is for futures :)08:35
kwwiisomething like fyre produces with nice gradients08:35
troy_ssoft and fuzzy doesn't carry the same gloss though08:35
troy_sand carrying the gloss is one step towards achieving the professionalism we are looking for08:36
troy_sso that things feel cohesive...08:36
troy_shere... let me snag the link.08:36
cyanescenttroy_s can't you just remix some of the colours on your backgrounds ?08:36
cyanescentfyre with honey ?08:36
cyanescentwell... fyre has many lines which may get in the way of the hard line08:37
troy_scyanescent, it is easy to get variants into usable items if you realize that proposals are very loose.08:37
troy_skwwii08:37
troy_skwwii https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/WallpaperProposal08:37
troy_stop two under Weidel's proposal section08:37
troy_sthose shapes would fit to gloss well i think08:37
troy_sand they are quite stylish08:37
troy_scyanescent, it is very easy when you have a full team of artists to look at bigger pictures, but when you are liasing with folks who aren't artist inclined, it can be difficult at first.08:38
kwwiitroy_s: you mean the rendered grey and brown stuff (that looks so damn cool)?08:39
troy_sthe brown set08:40
troy_syes08:40
troy_sminus the brand08:40
troy_ssomething like waves with the gloss applied over it?08:40
troy_sis where i am thinking08:40
troy_sand this is sort of your forte, so you could be of great assistance.08:40
kwwiiI would suggest staying away from that idea....I actually just tried it not to long ago, and it tends to make things look funky (you only notice that it looks like glass from far away because of the size of the effect08:41
troy_swell weidel's is simple enough to work08:41
troy_sit is already glossy (not in the same style though)08:42
troy_sand it isn't too busy08:42
kwwiiI think that if you use the same kind of gradients as in the logo in his abstract bg stuff it will do the trick08:42
troy_syes08:44
troy_sthat background with a subtle gloss twint across the tops of the emboss08:44
troy_salthough the shapes are completely arbitrary08:44
troy_si have a few folks working in that direction now.08:44
troy_sand i would dearly appreciate your help.08:44
kwwiitroy_s: look at http://bootsplash.org/edgy3a.png08:45
kwwiiyou mean that kind of effect (only not soo pronounced, etc.)?08:45
troy_shold...downing08:46
troy_sthe top gloss... basically white to transparent (if i remember correctly) in a sweepy curve, top to bottom, across a good series of shapes.  Coupled with a gradient.08:47
troy_spretty basic, but i think we can limit this game of battleship if we get a bunch of stuff like that on the table.08:47
troy_sOK I LIED08:47
troy_slooking at the folder again08:47
troy_sit is white gloss on top08:47
troy_slooks like an almost radial grad too, no?  how do you do it?08:48
kwwiithat is the problem08:48
troy_shttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/GlassyLogo08:48
troy_swell just make a bunch of curves on the background, and emboss them08:48
troy_sthen apply your technique08:48
troy_show's that?08:48
troy_swith me?08:48
kwwiiwell, it is simply a gradient from white to transparent, but it gets cut off by the curve08:49
kwwiiit is really simple08:49
troy_syes...08:49
troy_sso we need curves08:49
troy_sbecause that sells it08:49
troy_sso a few abstract wavy lines...08:49
kwwiito which pic?, the brown version from wiedel with a logo in it?08:49
troy_si can bang out some sketches if it would help for a given background.08:49
kwwiior something new, you mean?08:49
troy_swell i cited that as a starting point because he managed to take some08:49
troy_srather08:49
troy_sunobtrusive 'shapes', emboss them slightly08:50
troy_swhich makes for a potential sweepy gloss application08:50
troy_sso i think it is a step in the right direction08:50
troy_swith some good gradients.08:50
kwwiiI see what you mean now08:50
troy_salso, think towards grad'ing the stroke for the sweep as i find that to be quite slick (in the future... don't worry right now)08:50
cyanescentthis is for LSplash, right?08:51
troy_shttp://www.noscope.com/journal/assets/openhouse_0804/osx_bg.jpg08:53
troy_sthis is for all targets08:53
troy_sthat is a good example of the sweep lines08:53
kwwiiLSPlash? what is that?08:53
kwwiihehe08:53
kwwiiyeah08:53
troy_sexcept with the kwwii gloss08:53
kwwiiI did quite a lot of that stuff 5 years ago08:53
troy_smake it work on the big08:54
troy_sthen we can migrate it to the smaller (lsplash)08:54
troy_sand get the proper hues08:54
troy_si would like to see something distinct if we can manage it...08:54
troy_sbut that is the needed direction08:54
troy_si think we will score more hits than misses if we travel that way.08:55
kwwiiwhat is the lsplash?08:55
kwwiiusplash, you mean?08:55
kwwiiI will whip something up a bit later...working on something atm08:55
troy_slsplash08:57
troy_slogon splash08:57
troy_sas in the splash between logon and wallpaper08:58
kwwiiahaaa, I see08:58
troy_shttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/LSplashProposal08:59
troy_swhere light grey is complete transparency08:59
troy_sand the pill is subject to gloss etc.08:59
kwwiigotcha09:00
troy_shttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wester/38490644/in/set-740780/09:00
troy_shere is some interesting sort of lines that might work, seastian just has been sending them to me.09:01
troy_shttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wester/34207376/in/set-740780/09:01
troy_sbut more abstract09:01
troy_sthe lines are terrific for that sort of thing though09:01
kwwiinifty09:01
troy_shttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wester/35180260/in/set-740780/09:02
troy_si don't know... something to give you some lines :)09:03
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viper550Hello09:12
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viper550I just realized that you can use Opera as an IRC program too!09:15
troy_sThat's Terrific!09:16
viper550But I still kinda prefer x-chat09:16
viper550Can Gimp open PSD files?09:19
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troy_syes09:24
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Viper550Does anyone know how to suggest fonts in metathemes?10:20
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Who_Hi all11:36
kwwiihi Who11:37
kwwiierm11:37
kwwiiWho_:11:37
kwwiihehe11:37
kwwiiyou get the point11:37
Who_indeed11:38
Who_I've been doing some work trying to make a gdm proposal a bit like the Dapper Splash - I could do with some opinion11:38
kwwiiWho_: could you post your blue bubble pic on the list and perhaps add it to the wiki page suggesting it for use in kubuntu?11:38
Who_s11:38
Who_yea, for sure :)11:38
Who_Where do proposals live on the wiki?11:40
kwwiiWho_: I guess on the same pages as the others11:40
Who_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals - there?11:40
kwwiihttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/WallpaperProposal  sounds like the right place11:41
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Who_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/GDMProposal11:50
Who_thoughts?11:50
kwwiiI think that the bg needs to be a bit more complex, with some hints of the gradients used in the title grapihc11:54
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kwwiibut otherwise, I love it :-)11:54
Who_yea, the title graphic does stand out a bit11:56
kwwiiit looks nice11:57
kwwiibut the bg is a bit too simple for oit11:57
kwwiiit11:57
troy_swho11:57
troy_syay11:57
troy_svery nice work who_11:58
troy_sterrific11:58
troy_sonly a couple problems as i can see Who_11:58
Who_not quite 'proposy' enough, I worry11:58
troy_snope11:59
troy_sits very good...11:59
Who_cool, suggest away11:59
troy_shave you tried it against the pre-rendered area for the gdm?11:59
troy_si think it is terrific11:59
troy_scan you do up some more with different stylings?11:59
troy_slike the placement of the logo plus text?11:59
troy_s1) ship me your glossy logo -- it looks wonderful12:00
troy_s2) mock up some more variations on the gdm, try this as a suggestion box:  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/LSplashProposal12:00
Who_lol, it doesn't when you scrutinise it :P!12:00
troy_s3) ship me as many as you can -- don't worry about resolutions12:00
troy_sno its perfect for proposal phase.12:01
Who_I am scaling them all donw at the moment, because they look bad on the wiki12:01
troy_swell just give them to me12:01
troy_syou use imagemagick?12:01
troy_simagemagick will contact sheet them very quickly and easily12:01
troy_si will contact sheet all the current viables... like weidel's approach (minus the brand)12:01
Who_well, then I will use that :) - can you give me some quick hints to save me tha man page?12:02
troy_smy only thought would be -- busy up the background a bit, so that the contrasts look more like gloss12:02
troy_swith me?12:02
troy_sright now they are so simple in tone (which is good -- we will provide a gradual progression)12:02
troy_sthat you can't really see the gloss.12:02
Who_I will do many variations. Just gimmie a little while12:03
troy_sits very good, and my gut tells me it is pretty much what sabdfl is looking for... can you ship me them via email when you are done?12:04
troy_si'll wiki them all together with the others...12:04
troy_sWho_?12:04
troy_sas i said, just bust out as many as you can (don't worry about any form of polishing), and try to work the gloss up.12:04
Who_troy_s: I will zip up a whole load and email12:04
troy_sterrific work though.12:04
troy_sthanks for coming back12:04
troy_syou were horribly missed :)12:04

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