[03:08] Hello, everyone. Newbie here. [03:08] Is anyone currently on? [03:09] Adrint: this channel is pretty quiet, might have more luck on the mailing list :) [03:09] I don't know. The mailing list sounds scary D: [03:11] I'm essentially looking for a place where I can get together with others in the Ubuntu community and toss around ideas :> [03:11] Adrint: about what specifically? [03:11] (just trying to figure out where I can point you :)) [03:12] I was sort of wondering exactly how one would go about getting involved with design. Wether it be wallpapers, promotional banners and whatnot. [03:12] ah, so the artwork team doesn't do a whole lot these days, but they're generally told when there are wallpaper contests each cycle (notification sent out on the mailing list when that starts) [03:13] and whenever teams need artwork done, they can come to the mailing list to ask artwork folks to design logos and stuff [03:13] Yeah. I was aware of the wallpaper contest. (I even submitted one myself once.) I wondered if there was much else to dive into. [03:14] most recently was the call for submissions for the updater: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2013-January/013634.html [03:14] unfortunately not really much [03:14] but the mailing list is really the best place to sign up, since that's where most discussion happens and calls for help/participation [03:15] Yeah, I subscribed a few moments ago. I thought I'd check out the irc channel to see what might be going on :P [03:16] :) [03:16] there was talk on the list a couple months about more people coming here, but it kinda died off [03:16] I see. [03:19] I find it a little bit amusing, we have all of these people working on new icons for Nautilus, the software centre and the software updater. [03:19] But when it comes to the default wallpaper, they flip the old one upside down? [03:19] I never really understood it. [03:20] lol [03:20] yeah, I don't know :) Canonical is funny [03:20] Yeah :P [03:21] I love Ubuntu. I use it as my main OS. But I'm scared of scaring people away with the next release partly because of the wallpaper which in my opinion, dosen't fit too well. [03:21] I dunno, I think a lot of people change the default anyway [03:21] Yeah, that's a given. [03:22] But Imagine being entirely new to ubuntu and you turn the machine on for the first time. [03:22] * pleia2 shrugs [03:22] it doesn't bother me, but I'm not actually an art person :) [03:22] I'm sort of a noob. [03:23] I have some experience playing around a little in Gimp. [03:23] Not much else. [03:24] So what do you think about the way they're taking Unity? [03:25] I use it on one of my laptops, it's fine for basic work for me, and I love the keybindings [03:25] but I'm a Xubuntu user most of the time ;) [03:25] I see. [03:26] I primarily use unity aside from on my netbook where I use Lubuntu [03:29] I notice that a lot of the wallpapers that won in the contest had more of a nature-like theme with the occasional mascot. [03:30] yeah, I think people like flowers [03:30] Perhaps mine was trying too hard to be the default? :P http://www.flickr.com/photos/88058558@N07/8173666046/ [03:30] hah, perhaps :) [03:31] Maybe next time I'l do the same old frost and flowers things that we see every release. [03:32] time for me to head off for the evening, good luck [03:33] Good night. [03:33] And good luck to you too. [03:34] thanks [03:34] np === magespawn is now known as magestudy