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thorwil's Backgrounds

A Collection of Backgrounds in various stages of refinement. Most of them are meant to be in line with the briefing provided by Kenneth Wimer.

In short: inviting, progressive, balanced, refined, elegant. With a palette of mainly brown tones.

Possible sources of inspiration are the features coming with 9.04: the faster boot time, online services, the new notification system.

Everything shall be licensed as LGPL or CC BY SA (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike) in any specific version as required Wink ;)

All my sources can be found at https://code.launchpad.net/~t-w-/ubuntu-artwork/thorwils_backgrounds

Jumps

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Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Fast boot, jumping jackalope ...

SVG based on a rough Blender rendering. Current version has color-banding issues.

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Butterfly

butterfly_tn.jpg

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Currently only a concept sketch. The butterfly is light-weight and fast (boot time). It embodies elegance.

Possible problems are ending up with it looking like a moth or too much contrast in the details.

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Suede (flat)

suede_flat_tn.jpg

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

A scan of a piece of suede. Elegance with a little touch of savagness. Would only need a little cleanup to be ready.

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Suede (bumpy)

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Another scan of the same piece of suede.

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Wood Block

wood-block_tn.jpg

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Wood can embody elegance, warmth and a tie to nature.

As is, this scan has too many defects, of course. I will see what can be done here later on.

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Wood Cut

wood-cut_tn.jpg

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Face side of a piece of wood. The cut resulted in an interesting pattern.

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Wooden trivet

trivet_tn.jpg

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

In no way elegant, I see this as possible additional background, for those who like a bit of dirt Smile :)

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Rattan

rattan_tn.jpg

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Scan of a rattan stool. Not your everyday pattern, but a bit on the loud side.

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Rattan (close-up)

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Scan of a rattan stool, close-up.

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Fingertip

fingertip_tn.jpg

Fullsize Image by Thorsten Wilms

Scan of a fingertip, reveals a wonderful pattern. Certainly human, but might be seen as freaky.

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  • I like it a lot; I was about to make a similar one but thought it may be too personal or maybe even inappropriate/offensive in other cultures? Anyway, I think is a great idea, but the fullsize picture looks blurry, very out of focus, for this concept to work a very high definition macro picture should be used. My 0.02€ Wink ;) - -- -- inigoalonso 2009-02-16 21:01:21 2009-02-16 21:00:43

  • inigoalonso: thanks! Regarding the quality, it's the best I can do with my equipment. If I scale it down to my screen resolution, it looks quite sharp, though Smile :) -- t-w- 2009-02-15 21:04:43

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