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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
All my sources can be found at https://code.launchpad.net/~t-w-/ubuntu-artwork/thorwils_backgrounds
Butterfly
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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)
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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)
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Another scan of the same piece of suede.
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Wood Block
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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
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Head-side of piece of wood. The cut resulted in an interesting pattern.
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Wooden trivet
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In no way elegant, I see this as possible additional background, for those who like a bit of dirt
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Rattan
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Scan of a rattan stool. Not your everyday pattern, but a bit on the loud side.
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Rattan (close-up)
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Scan of a rattan stool, close-up.
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Fingertip
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Scan of a fingertip, reveals a wonderful pattern. Certainly human, but might be seen as freaky.
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