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knomegnight!00:01
LLStarkshi kwwii, quick question. is this a known bug? http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1491/windowcontrols.png01:33
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vishknome: damn you! there is no real channel  #ubuntu-human-haters  ;p07:26
vishkwwii: you just had to do it didnt ya?   panel-menu=22,22    :(07:27
vishhumanity does not have several icons in 22px :s07:28
darkmatter22. hehe. enjoy scrolling to find crap :P07:32
vishheh, just when i thought i was done with humanity for lucid :s07:40
knomevish, haha :P08:22
xivulonmichaelforrest hi13:22
xivulonevand informed me that you are working on some artwork for wubi13:22
xivulonwhat is the scope of that?13:23
xivulonSome new artwork for the app/website would be quite welcome13:23
thorwilxivulon: hi! if so, i wonder why nobody informed me ;)13:24
xivulonHi!13:26
xivulonI didn't know either, evand just told me about that on #ubuntu-installer13:26
xivulonbut hey, great!13:27
michaelforresthi xivulon13:33
xivulonhi13:33
michaelforrestyeah I'm looking at this13:33
michaelforrestno progress yet though13:33
michaelforrestlet me hassle someone for you13:35
vishhuh! seems i missed something interesting .. people talk only when i'm disconnected ;p13:35
* vish plans to stay disconnected longer that more chat can happen here ;)13:36
xivulonmichaelforrest  is this for the app itself, the website, the ubuntu.com page?13:36
xivulonfyi thorwill was very helpful in the past13:36
michaelforrestthis would be for the app itself13:36
michaelforrestas it has the old logo13:37
xivulonfyi there are some technical limitations, since the GUI we use does not really support transparency13:37
xivulonand we cannot do graphics on the background of other widgets13:37
xivulonso at the moment we have one-colour background and fixed size images for the header and the left hand size13:38
xivulonside13:38
thorwilmichaelforrest: you mean the old ubuntu logo? just in case you want to change the wubi logo itself, i'd appreciate if you talk with me, first13:39
xivulonsome updating for the wubi-installer.org website to incorporate the new style guidelines would be also welcome13:39
michaelforrestyes we're working on that13:41
michaelforreststructuring guidelines13:41
xivulonThe relevant wubi-app images are here: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-installer/wubi/trunk/files/head%3A/data/images/13:42
xivulonI would need a replacement for each of those images, and you can choose exactly 1 background color for the whole app.13:42
xivulonAs for the website, here is the css: http://wubi-installer.org/wubi.css13:43
xivulonmany thanks in advance, looking forward to that!13:47
thorwilhttp://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/getting-ready-for-fedora-13-to-rock-it/14:58
mikebeechamgood afternoon...have I found the right channel where the principal designers for the new  Ubuntu UIs hang out?15:29
mikebeechamI was hoping I could talk to someone and hope to contribute in some way...I'm an interface designer15:29
pace_t_zulukwwii, ping15:39
kwwiipace_t_zulu: hi15:42
pace_t_zulukwwii, I am looking at getting that printer test page resolved15:43
pace_t_zulushould I go ahead and produce the new test page .ps files?15:44
mikebeechamhi guys...did anyone see my post in this channel just now?15:44
kwwiipace_t_zulu: yes, that would be a good idea...the logo is now attached15:45
pace_t_zulukwwii, on it :)15:45
kwwiipace_t_zulu: if you have time and patience to do it, please do15:45
kwwiithanks!15:45
kwwiimikebeecham: no15:45
mikebeechamok..sorry, let me repost:15:47
mikebeechamgood afternoon...have I found the right channel where the principal designers for the new  Ubuntu UIs hang out?15:47
mikebeechamI was hoping I could talk to someone and hope to contribute in some way...I'm an interface designer15:47
pace_t_zulukwwii, you'd use inkscape for this... right? i've got the letter page no problem15:57
kwwiipace_t_zulu: hrm, I would just use something to create the page and then print to ps16:00
kwwiipace_t_zulu: but I never did this stuff, so however you get it working is good16:00
troy_smikebeecham: You have a portfolio up online at Behance or like place? Might help get you some interest.16:09
mikebeechamhi troy...not really...I have my photobucket account and my deviantart account, which has a SHED load of stuff, most proof of concept, etc16:11
mikebeechamI'm also creating iphone icons for when people need them...they're on my posterous blog...16:11
mikebeechami really need to centralise a lot of this stuff16:11
troy_smikebeecham: I am totally unrelated to the big C, but I'd say promoting work is likely your best avenue. That said, I strongly suspect they have their own visions.16:11
troy_smikebeecham: If people value your work though, the chance to do some ballsy design is out there... you just need to find a project you think is worthy and see if they are open to your work.16:12
troy_smikebeecham: Links?16:12
mikebeechamwell,  probably the best example of my UI work is the Plex Media Center on the mac platform.  The default UI is mine....you can also see it posted on a mate's website, teamrazorfish.co.uk16:13
mikebeechamthen:16:13
mikebeechamhttp://mikebeecham.photobucket.com/16:13
mikebeechamhttp://mikebeecham.deviantart.com/gallery16:13
mikebeechamand for icons:16:13
mikebeechamhttp://mikebeecham.posterous.com16:13
mikebeechamthat should give you an idea16:14
troy_smikebeecham: Lovely stuff Mike.16:14
mikebeechamthanks troy_s16:14
troy_smikebeecham: Do you have any all original pieces?16:15
troy_smikebeecham: Or do you prefer to do remix styled work?16:15
mikebeecham..and I've been messing with the colours on Ambience slightly:16:15
mikebeechamhttp://img401.imageshack.us/i/ubuntuambience2.png/16:15
mikebeechamoriginal?16:15
mikebeechamMediaStream UI is mine from scratch16:15
mikebeechamthats the Plex UI16:15
troy_smikebeecham: Sorry... that came off wrong. I meant all sources from yourself etc.16:15
troy_smikebeecham: I can't find the plex ui thing.16:16
mikebeechamhttp://www.teamrazorfish.co.uk/mediastream.html16:16
troy_smikebeecham: Ah yes. I think Cory pointed me at the Razorfish stuffs.16:16
mikebeechamrazorfish is the team I created when I was on the XBMC team...16:17
troy_smikebeecham: You have a twist of surrealism in there. ;)16:17
troy_smikebeecham: I love it.16:17
mikebeechamMediastream was my design, with some contributors coding it...I then ported it to mac16:17
troy_smikebeecham: It's really lovely stuff.16:17
mikebeechamand yes, I do like my surrealism!16:17
mikebeechamthese are all my icons from scratch, that were meant to go into an XBMC theme that never made it: http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/mikebeecham/Pandora/16:18
troy_smikebeecham: Nagging for a pass.16:19
mikebeechamexcel5916:19
troy_smikebeecham: Some exceptionally good work on your DA page. Props.16:20
mikebeechamamendment to Ubuntu....16:20
mikebeechamhttp://img169.imageshack.us/i/ubuntuambience2.png16:20
mikebeechamthanks mate16:20
troy_smikebeecham: Bzorked link. (And quite frankly, that bevel that they decided to put in just can't be resurrected into anything respectable no matter how desperately people try. LOL)16:21
mikebeechamhttp://img169.imageshack.us/i/ubuntuambience2.png/16:21
mikebeechambevel CAN be good if it's gentle16:21
mikebeechamlol16:21
troy_smikebeecham:  Alright we will agree to disagree. LOL. It just looks like a mess buried under a mess of desperation to avoid the connotation.16:22
troy_smikebeecham: But at any rate... lovely stuff. What did you do Curvature in?16:22
mikebeechamall done in photoshop16:22
mikebeechamagain, thanks sir!16:23
mikebeechampersonally, I would lose the bevel at the top16:23
troy_smikebeecham: Your nick regged?16:25
mikebeechamit is16:25
thorwilmikebeecham: hi! it's not exactly easy to get involved in a meaningful way. especially in the case of ubuntu, because there's a full-time payed design team16:29
mikebeechamhi thorwill16:30
thorwilmikebeecham: your chances would be much better with a smaller project. a single application16:30
mikebeechamnot a problem...I meant only to throw my hat in the ring and say "I would like to help out, and am available to"16:30
thorwilmichaelforrest: yes, i understand that. i just happen to know that this doesn't work16:31
troy_sthorwil: OOPS.16:31
mikebeechamwell, it's no pressure on me...I consider myself well informed :D16:32
thorwilarg16:32
thorwilmikebeecham: if you want to get involved, you pretty much need to act. passive approach leads nowhere (even if it should in case of obvious skill/talent)16:33
mikebeechamcool...I just go knock up 'Mubuntu'  over the weekend :D16:34
mikebeechamI've done some work already for Mac and Android, which hopefully should garner some favour on those platforms..I use Ubuntu as my main OS of choice in the office, so maybe some projects will appear that will help me "give something back"16:36
thorwilmikebeecham: : that's nice. but try to set a realistic goal, of what you want to achieve with a mockup. influencing the official theme is hard to impossible. would you consider to turn your mockup into an actual theme?16:40
mikebeechamoooook....16:41
mikebeecham1) In answer to your question, yes I would be more than happy to do that16:41
thorwilguess i'm a great provider of stop energy, but we've seen so many mockups over time ...16:41
mikebeecham2) Your tone (just in case you didn't know) is VERY patronising thorwil.  The effort to contribute to a greater goal is not a 'nice' but unrealistic goal...it's something of great worth.  Incidentally, yes, it's a mockup...a proof of concept.  However, I've more than proven myself in many other areas...but thanks anyway!16:43
thorwilmikebeecham: what i was trying to get across is not at all about your abilities, but the situation16:44
vishkwwii: hi.. have you considered fixing this bug as well? > bug #53354117:11
ubottuLaunchpad bug 533541 in light-themes "Column header (first column left) is partially hidden" [High,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/53354117:11
vishkwwii: oh , nvm , it has been fixed ;p17:13
* vish closes bug17:14
rikaithorwil, to be fair, the way you phrased it did sound quite harsh :P17:32
rikaithough i understand what you were saying to him :)17:33
thorwilrikai: yeah, obviously i need a better way to say it ... or i need to learn to not care at all18:08
zniavre New option: cellstyle = 0 to remove the border around the selected cell.  > somebody can tell me what is cell please ?19:21
kwwiizniavre: it removes the border around the selected cell21:02
kwwiinot 100% sure but I assume it is a cell in a listview21:02
kwwiihrm, or treeview21:03
kwwiiif Cimi was here we could simply ask him21:03
darkmatterhmmm.... looks like opensuse is dropping the oxygen in kde21:05
darkmatter"cross-desktop themeing" :D21:05
darkmatterso I'll take that as 'Sonar all around" or "a hawt new theme that looks great in both kde and gnome"21:06
kwwiiwow21:08
darkmatterkwwii: you should crack the whip or have a designated slave driver crack one for you and have them do something similar in kubuntu ;o21:08
kwwiithat is stupid21:08
kwwiiI started oxygen while I worked for suse21:08
kwwiiI guess they cannot get any support from the oxygen team because they no longer work for them21:09
kwwiiI know I haven't been working on any bugs for them lately :-)21:10
darkmatterkwwii: I think it's just the widgets/plasma/kwin. it's not really stupid (they'll still have oxygen in the settings), as it's a matter of distro specific branding. but that's just my opinion21:11
kwwiiso now if I work on it, I am doing it only for kubuntu, good deal really21:11
kwwiiahhhh21:11
kwwiithat makes sense21:12
darkmatterdon't get me wrong, oxygen is nice, it's just gotten a wee bit to shiney of late21:12
kwwiidon21:12
kwwiidon't see any problems with that, really21:12
kwwiiI haven21:12
kwwiiurgh21:12
kwwiinew keyboard21:12
kwwiisorry21:12
darkmatterahh21:12
kwwiiI have not worked on oxygen for a couple of years, really21:12
darkmatterkwwii: punch it a few times, I've discovered that works wonders with breaking in the keys ;p21:13
kwwiithe ' is in a really wierd position21:13
kwwiibut the shift key is easier to hit than my thinkpad21:13
darkmatterkwwii: well, currently they have this gradient effect (thankfully it can be disabled iirc) that makes the widgets look like medium gloss plastic. it's kinda tacky imo21:15
darkmatterplus the usual reason of drawing to much attention to the gui21:17
darkmatterless is more and all that21:17
kwwiiI am not a fan of the oxygen widget stuff21:18
kwwiior window deco either21:18
darkmatterglimmer and gloss may be pretty, but when ovedone all your attention is drawn to the glimmer and gloss21:18
kwwiithe original ideas were killer21:18
kwwiibut the implementation is lacking21:18
kwwiiI don21:19
kwwiierm21:19
kwwiiI do not say anything because I simply do not have time to work on it anymore21:19
kwwiibut anyway21:19
darkmatteryeah21:20
darkmatteranyway. I'm off to rest my back for a bit21:20
darkmatterttfn21:20
zniavrekwwii,  thank you  i think also that "cell" is in treevien or list but not sure21:23
zniavretreeview*21:24
troy_skwwii: Amen to the Oxygen widget look. Strange choice there.23:19
darkmatterheck, even skulpture is 500% better than the oxygen qt style23:41

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