| It looks good, but..
Oct 11 2002 on content Experimental1 |
I would eliminate the text, it's just too distracting. Also, the bevels on that overlay are extremely ugly! What's behind the overlay is really interesting though...
If you tone it down some, make it less distracting, I think this would be a spectacular wallpaper!
Good work overall! |
|  | | Beautiful work...
Jul 25 2002 on content Underwater Sun |
...but I suspect that the low rating has something to do with a degree of irrelevance to the KDE proeject. I don't really see the connection to KDE that this image has. That's all fine and good in my opinion (I rated you up :) but a lot of voters rate based on KDE coolness factor. So don't take your score to indicate bad work. |
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| | | Life may be short...
May 27 2002 on content Oops (ha ha ha) |
...but our window of opportunity is even shorter. It's important to not do asinine things that detract the credibility of OSS.
Legislature geared to destroy open source is constantly in the works thanks to MS, MPAA, etc. lobbiests. Microsoft are making endless headways to lock businesses (by recent Windows EULA, it's illegal to replace Windows on computers it is installed on). Proprietary technologies that close off user choice are popping up left and right.
Why are these things acceptable to the mainstream users, corporations, and the government? Because Microsoft and other large entities appear to have more credibility than open source entities. Why do they appear to have more credibility? Becuase they are not making immature gestures of childish lunacy as demonstrated with wall papers like this. |
| | | Yes, MS are evil...
May 26 2002 on content Oops (ha ha ha) |
I agree 100% that Microsoft are not only very unethical, they are outright criminal. With that in mind, is the proper response to be violent or produce images of violence against them? They are guilty of criminal acts, but their supporters can always turn around and say "these guys always want to shoot at us and blow us up." That's not exactly the image we want open source to have.
When you use violence or images of it to convince people to adopt your point of view, you're doing the same thing Microsoft are doing. You're being oppressive.
Microsoft says, "we don't like open source, so we'll use anti-competitive practices to get rid of it." Images like yours say, "we don't like Microsoft, so we'll use bombs and fire to get rid of it." You play on their rules. It's all the same.
On a side note, there's already volumes of violence-related anti-Microsoft propaganda that's actually witty, original, and quite funny. I'm sorry to say that yours honestly does not have any of these qualities. A stolen graphic from another, rather funny image, collaged with a bullet hole ridden Windows logo just doesn't do it. If at the very least, violent anti-MS imagery should be funny so its not taken too seriously. When people see that genre of graphics and it's dull, open source advocates look like hate-filled fools. |
| | | Round the corners...
May 26 2002 on content KDEAqua |
...of the logo itself. You're trying to make this object appear glossy as a result of the surface being raised, rounded, and translucent. It follows then that the "base" of this shape is also rounded. Try cutting off the corners and sharp edges. Give the logo a softer feel and you should end up with a better "aqua" effect. |
| | | A cool logout screen
May 21 2002 on content akua |
Scope this URL: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=1828 for a really cool logout / shutdown screen that uses the gear bubble in this graphic.
Keep is up guys! I am loving the derivatives of this work! :) |
| | | To two prev posts...
May 17 2002 on news No more Liquid? |
Yes, you cut & paste from Mosfet's web site, but neither mentioned gender. :) How come all the pictures on the site (including screenshots from Pixie) are female? Or is Mosfet just REALLY good at drag? |
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