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GNOME 2.12 Splash Screen Contest

Submitted by thos on Tue, 2005-08-23 15:07. Gnome Art
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With the imminent release of the GNOME 2.12, the time has come to find the ideal splash screen to go with it. Now is your chance to join the ranks of the precious few who have had their artwork associated with a major release of GNOME! This time, the contest will be judged by Garret LeSage of linuxart.com

Rules:

* The closing date for entries is the September 4th.
* All entries must be released under the GPL.
* No plagiarism - You must have permission if you create any derivative works
* Size should be: 450 width and 300 height
* No words other than GNOME and 2.12 (other text cannot be translated)

Submit contest entry- Contest gallery

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Some doubts about rules

Submitted by pata_pata on Thu, 2005-08-25 13:57.

Just some minor questions about how the design should be.

1. What bakground color will the splash run on?

To employ colors contrasting with it, or avoid a splash
very similar to the background.

2. Width of the bottom stripe in the splash (where icons
are shown at desktop loading for the different init steps)?

Mine is like Clearlooks-splash-04 (very good design indeed, no plagiarism intended, either).

3. Number of colors to use?

Just to know if there are some limitations, like say,
less than 32? between 2 and 16M? just those in the GNOME palette?

4. Van Gogh- or Mondrian-style?
Just kidding :-)

Why isn't splashs Open Source? by Anonymous George
Who needs it? by Anonymous George
Inkscape by Anonymous George
Thanks for clearing out the by Anonymous George
Your Silly! by Anonymous George
not silly at all by Anonymous George

Final Contest Winner is

Submitted by Anonymous George on Tue, 2005-08-23 21:04.

Here:
The King One

The King Reloaded

The King Revolutions

WOW by Anonymous George
He was president of by Anonymous George
art.gnome is cheap by Anonymous George

The upload is actually

Submitted by thos on Wed, 2005-08-24 02:29.

The upload is actually automated, it just takes time for the ftp to sync, which is what causes the delay between submission and appearance in the list.

The description was a small oversight (having worked when we originally tested), and is already fixed.

Thanks by Anonymous George

What's the point?

Submitted by Anonymous George on Tue, 2005-08-23 17:38.

Every distrobution adds their own splash screen anyway.

Some of us actually build by Anonymous George

For those who need little

Submitted by Anonymous George on Tue, 2005-08-23 16:18.

For those who need little Inspiration take a look at Gnome 2.10 splash contest.

Gnome 2.10 splash contest Gallery

-Yogesh Kanitkar

What's the font of Gnome? by Anonymous George

I don't know if this is what you asked...

Submitted by Sodki on Tue, 2005-08-23 16:40.

The fonts used in the default GNOME desktop are the Bitstream Vera fonts:

http://www.bitstream.com/font_rendering/products/dev_fonts/vera.html

I believe the font is MS by Anonymous George

Why not create a new one?

Submitted by nash on Wed, 2005-08-24 06:39.

Well we have new software, new default theme, new icons...

Why not have a new splash screen? Why not incorperate a new look for 2.12? Why not allow people to have some fun doing a splash screen?

The people who did the entries for 2.10 are welcome to submit the old entries with 2.12 as well.

HAHA! by Anonymous George
Gnome logo font by Anonymous George