LucidCountdownBanners

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Countdown banners for Ubuntu 10.04

Post your ideas for a countdown banner here. Guidelines are:

  • width: 180px
  • height: 150px
  • optimized png, gif or jpg, or
  • iframe containing interactive content (using static html, css, js and images - no PHP)
  • no flash - must work perfectly with only free software

A successful implementation will countdown the days from the Beta to final release. This means 28 images numbered 28 - 1 plus one for day 0 that says "coming soon" and one more that says "it's here" (30 images total).

For reference see the JauntyCountdownBanners

Post your drafts and mock-ups here along with any extra information you feel is useful then send a message to the web presence team mailing list so we can discuss it.

A few of the best will be selected to be syndicated from www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/countdown and one of the best that harmonizes well with the Ubuntu website colors and look will be shown on the Ubuntu.com homepage.

Submissions

Florian Hubers's Design

I used the new Ubuntu bootscreen logo and "progressdots" for this banners. (Note: Please click the Full Size' link to see the original)

http://neogates.ath.cx/~huwa/ubuntuLucid/overview.png

Full Size (Overview) Banner info page

Andrew Higginson's Design

rugby471_design1.png

Brandon Ferringer's Design

I will have the rest of them ready if anyone likes the design.

ubuntuisherefinal.png ubuntuonedayleft.png ubuntutwodayleft.png ubuntuthirtydaysleft.png ubuntuiscomingsoon.png

Sorry, I feel these designs look cheap, good idea but I don't like the background effect, the colours are also unrelated to ubuntu's new branding Sad :(

Muscovy's Design

I'll make the rest if anyone likes the design. I think the banner should show off the new wallpaper.

muscovy_counter_30.png muscovy_counter_29.png muscovy_counter_1.png muscovy_counter_soon.png muscovy_counter_here.png

Silviu Radu's Design

I just wanted to keep it simple and in the same contrast as the new brand graphic. I also can do the rest ;).

lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_28d.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_27d.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_26d.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_25d.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_3d.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_2d.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_1d.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_ics.jpg lucid_lynx_cd_banner_v1_ih_gb.jpg

Jeff Stone's Design

Building on Muscovy's design, I used the official logo and added a tiny gnome-terminal. I've included the GIMP .XCF for easy changes

ubuntu-countdown-30.jpg ubuntu-countdown-29.jpg ubuntu-countdown-1.jpg

Marc Stewart's design

Also uses the new aubergine/orange/white palette, together with the open font Titillium—to reflect this release's emphasis on light, and for its wonderful legibility—for everything except the new logotype.

lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_28.png lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_15.png lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_03.png lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_01.png lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_coming_soon.png lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_its_here.png

Alternate forms with the URL and aubergine background:

lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_its_here_url.png lucid_countdown_marc_stewart_coming_soon_alternate.png

The .xcf file for GIMP (including all the days and alternate colours) is also attached.