[21:33] <smallfoot-> ok who is the idiot who fucked up the wallpaper?
[21:33] <smallfoot-> i had a nice pretty purple wallpaper
[21:33] <smallfoot-> then ran apt-get update, and some idiot added some dumb ugly brown balls onto the wallpaper
[21:34] <smallfoot-> orange on purple ? wtf man?
[21:34] <smallfoot-> the guy is colorblind?
[21:35] <Equiet> :)
[21:36] <smallfoot-> is there no voting on the wallpaper?
[21:36] <smallfoot-> some idiot can just submit it and it gets accepted?
[21:36] <knome> calm down
[21:38] <smallfoot-> ubuntu wallpapers is not up to par with macosx and win7
[23:48] <mikebeecham> I was hoping to speak to someone about canonical?
[23:49] <mikebeecham> if anyone is around
[23:51] <kmrs75> about what
[23:52] <mikebeecham> well, I'm interested in getting involved with the artwork for Ubuntu, but speaking to Thorwill last night, he made it sound as though there's no way it would happen...because I'm from the 'community'
[23:52] <mikebeecham> I'm trying to understand why, really
[23:53] <mikebeecham> I'm not some meathead who just likes opening up photoshop to create a wallpaper
[23:53] <mikebeecham> I do this stuff for a living
[23:54] <kmrs75> what do you mean? not from the community -- if you mean windows or mac - he is prob right -
[23:54] <knome> mikebeecham, iainfarrell is the one you probably should talk with.
[23:54] <mikebeecham> ubuntu community
[23:55] <kmrs75> do you use ubuntu ?
[23:55] <mikebeecham> I'm a designer...it's what I do.  But it sounds like Canonical are very choosy about who they ask to do work for them
[23:55] <mikebeecham> kmrs75, yes
[23:55] <mikebeecham> have been for about 4 years now
[23:55] <mikebeecham> knome, Thorwill gave me his details, but I dont want to start firing off emails if it's going to be a waste of time
[23:56] <mikebeecham> I mean...I've been invited to display my work on Behance.net, if you know anything about it
[23:56] <knome> mikebeecham, he's on irc as well, just not right now.
[23:56] <knome> mikebeecham, sending email to him will not be bad either. he's a nice guy.
[23:56] <kmrs75> i haven't ever submitted anything to canonical -- so i cant be of help there - but i know people that have done submits and some have been used
[23:58] <mikebeecham> The other issue is...I wonder how bothered they will want to be to have someone come on board and 'do' stuff.  I'm not being funny but I've seen the latest proposed default wallpaper for Maverick, and it's.....not good.
[23:58] <mikebeecham> and I'm not the best designer in the world and I can see it
[23:58] <mikebeecham> I'm concerned that it will be a case of "hey, we like doing things our way...you dont like it, then p*** off"
[23:58] <mikebeecham> I've been around that mindset a lot in the past
[23:59] <knome> mikebeecham, honestly, ranting in irc won't help. send iain an email telling what you've done, etc. and he can either point you to somebody else or discuss further.
[23:59] <mikebeecham> knome, thanks...will do
[23:59] <knome> mikebeecham, as i said, he's a nice guy, and he won't get aggressive even if you did send him an email