[07:22] <acanthus> hello
[08:47] <thorax> I'd like to make some designs or icons for ubuntu. Who I could contact?
[08:48] <Lcawte> Me two, but I was thinking more along the lines of themes and non-photographic wallpapers, hmm, ok, themes, do they need to be coded?
[08:53] <thorwil> Lcawte: while there are theme engines (that are coded), themes themselves are basically configuration files
[08:53] <Lcawte> hmm
[08:54] <Lcawte> I need to learn to use launchpad and ppa's :/
[08:55] <thorwil> the easiest way to get into theming is taking an existing theme and modifying it
[08:55] <thorwil> unfortunately, the whole area tends to be severely under-documented
[08:55] <Lcawte> ugh
[08:56] <Lcawte> I'm not a huge fan of reading lots of documentation, but this maybe something I would read
[08:58] <thorwil> the changes towards gnome3 and unity might further complicate matters. i mean, it might be advisable to wait for the dust to settle
[08:59] <thorwil> Lcawte: regarding backgrounds: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Backgrounds
[08:59] <Lcawte> I need a spare machine to test them on as well, this one is running a LAMP server and more, and it doesn't have the specs to be a decent testing machine as well
[08:59] <thorwil> you perhaps already know the flickr pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ubuntu-artwork
[08:59] <pentesilea> Lcawte: Did you already contact somebody
[08:59] <Lcawte> pentesilea: about?
[09:00] <pentesilea> Design
[09:00] <Lcawte> no
[09:00] <pentesilea> Do you know, how i could do this?
[09:01] <Lcawte> pentesilea: I'm here asking the same things :P
[09:01] <pentesilea> ok
[09:02] <Lcawte> thorwil: I do know the pool, but it seems to be just photo backgrounds, I only have a few photos big enough/worthy of being a background, and I'm not too great at touching images up, or I don't have the GIMP plugins and stuff
[09:02] <thorwil> Lcawte: perhaps useful if you get serious about wallpapers: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/backtestground-explained/
[09:02] <thorwil> Lcawte: i know that's the impression. but non-photo wallpapers are collected there, too
[09:03] <thorwil> Lcawte: this cycle there was a new rule making sure the judges selected at least a few non-photo wallpapers from there
[09:05] <Lcawte> I saw that
[09:06]  * Lcawte subscribes to your blog
[09:06] <thorwil> :)