From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [ART] Updated GRUB background with GuixSD logo Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:41:44 -0500 Message-ID: <87r3to6tzr.fsf@netris.org> References: <1423760678.3242.7.camel@openmailbox.org> <8761b4gh80.fsf@netris.org> <1424101366.2617.19.camel@openmailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43747) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNqpq-0003p7-6e for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:41:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNqpk-0001Lv-Qh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:41:42 -0500 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:54412) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNqpk-0001Kq-NO for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:41:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1424101366.2617.19.camel@openmailbox.org> ("Luis Felipe =?utf-8?Q?L=C3=B3pez?= Acevedo"'s message of "Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:42:46 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Luis Felipe =?utf-8?Q?L=C3=B3pez?= Acevedo Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Luis Felipe L=C3=B3pez Acevedo writes: > El s=C3=A1b, 14-02-2015 a las 19:18 -0500, Mark H Weaver escribi=C3=B3: >> The drop shadow that you added here defeats the illusion of the >> 3-dimensional twist that makes earlier renditions of this logo so >> compelling. It ends up looking flat. Any ideas how this could be >> improved? > > Thanks for pointing that out, Mark. I agree with you. I spent too much > time in front of that logo, so it is hard for me to notice those details > sometimes. [...] > http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/static/temp/img/guixsd/C-grub-retouched-twi= st.png > > I think it looks better. But here is a D variant which includes the > retouched twist of C and adds a drop shadow: > > http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/static/temp/img/guixsd/D-grub-retouched-dro= p-shadow.png > > This shadow is more subtle than the one used in the current GRUB image, > but it may still flatten the logo because it is bevelled. > > I like C and D, but would go with C to avoid the problem you mention. > > What do you think? Thank you, both C and D are a great improvement. I would be happy with either of them, but here's what I would suggest to combine the best of both: starting with C, add a different kind of shadow from what you did in D. In D, it looks as though you added a low-opacity black layer on top, which results in highlights on the top edge and a shadow on the bottom. Instead, I would try adding a larger, feathered (i.e. fuzzy-edged) shadow in the *bottom* layer, closer to what you did in your recently proposed orange-on-black SLiM theme in the right half of this image: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/pngMImBoTqdbR.png (from https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/msg00395.html) though maybe not quite so large a shadow as that one. So, there would be no highlights on top, but rather just a fuzzy shadow underneath. What do you think? Would you like to try it? Thanks again for your beautiful work :) Mark