Re: PR, artwork
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 08:27:36PM -0600, Pat Mahoney wrote:
> >
> > I've been (well, I just started :) messing around with a primary color
> > (red blue yellow) theme with larger fonts for windowmaker.
>
> http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~pmahoney/debian-jr/
Not a bad start. Of course the first thing that will change is the
background color, as I don't think I've ever looked at the same color
background on any two consecutive days on my daughter's desktop. If you
want to preserve the three-color scheme, the blue should be worked into
the theme somewhere other than just the background.
> It's pretty simple... Let me know what you think. Uh, I just
> remembered that I didn't check to see if all the fonts I used were in
> the standard fonts packages... If we ever get a logo[1] I'd like to
> make a background including it like the default Debian theme. No, it
> won't be so visually distracting.
>
> P.S. I'm working on an 800x600x16 laptop display here, so constructive
> criticism is welcome.
Well, on 1024x768 on a 17" monitor, the fonts stand out well enough. I'm
not sure if they wouldn't still be too small on an old 14" and 1024x768,
which is what the kids' primary system has. I'll have to check it out at
home, and also get some comments from my children about it.
> [1] I've got one idea in the making. How about a toy block with three
> sides showing. The sides could have stuff like the swirl, the letters
> J and R, maybe the words debian jr. We'll see. Perhaps the logo
> should be language independent.
Hm. I'm not sure if I were a 10-year-old I would want my OS logo to be a
toy block. Something with broader appeal perhaps? The swirl by itself
looks a bit ... stuffy. Maybe we could simply anthropomorphize the swirl
and put it (him/her) into action? rough sketch:
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flying swirl?
the bottom loop of the swirl is suggestive of a smile and the curl
is suggestive of a nose. only a pair of eyes and some lines of motion
are really needed to bring it to life. but I am not an artist, so I'll
leave it to someone with talent to make it work. :)
Ben
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