experimental minimalist backgrounds
experimental minimalist backgrounds
i have a single-pixel background that i use most of the time [actually 3, black, dark gray, and steely blue]
i was thinking about growing it to 2x2 and slightly shifting the color to make it more complex
when using the stretch feature, this turned out to be kinda interesting, so i played with it some more
here are a few i like, #10 is ubuntu-y, #13 is rasta [more experimenting later]
i was thinking about growing it to 2x2 and slightly shifting the color to make it more complex
when using the stretch feature, this turned out to be kinda interesting, so i played with it some more
here are a few i like, #10 is ubuntu-y, #13 is rasta [more experimenting later]
- abushcrafter
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whatsamatter, you guys don't know how to edit pixels in mtpaint?
anyways, here's a few in blue
#14 is most interesting as the colors are so close that the lattice pattern disappears, very smooth--but i prefer the stormy feel of #16 . . .
#18 is kinda elegant, i got lost in the close colors and went mildly random
EDIT - added 2 very nice ones at the end [20, 21], 20 is my favorite, it is sublime . . .
anyways, here's a few in blue
#14 is most interesting as the colors are so close that the lattice pattern disappears, very smooth--but i prefer the stormy feel of #16 . . .
#18 is kinda elegant, i got lost in the close colors and went mildly random
EDIT - added 2 very nice ones at the end [20, 21], 20 is my favorite, it is sublime . . .
baroque minimalism?
i was considering a vague similarity of these to the paintings of mark rothko
so decided to do some 'paintings' of my own, in an 8 x 6 pixel format
here are the first 4, with names
tree and mountain are not so good [too much figurative effort?], but sunset and sunrise are quite nice
[remember to stretch]
i was considering a vague similarity of these to the paintings of mark rothko
so decided to do some 'paintings' of my own, in an 8 x 6 pixel format
here are the first 4, with names
tree and mountain are not so good [too much figurative effort?], but sunset and sunrise are quite nice
[remember to stretch]
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- tree.png
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- sunset.png
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- sunrise.png
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- mountain.png
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three more, each 1 x 6 pixels, inspired by places i have lived
[and full rothko stylee]
[and full rothko stylee]
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- ocean.png
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- prairie.png
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- desert.png
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.. and they really go well (screenie 125k) with a pekwm theme I mod'd and probably will fuss with a bit more, creamy tan and turq go well together and the off-gray I used may seem a bit blah - wmsetbg does nice at scaling and smoothing mins; but sometimes there's nice texture in 'happy accidents' , Bob Ross haunts me at times - nope, Spring ain't here yet for sure.
good thing too, the spare change from shoveling snow is keeping me and the cat fed..
good thing too, the spare change from shoveling snow is keeping me and the cat fed..
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For those of use with bad eyes and/or twitchy fingers here is a tarball of bugman's images - seeing that you, yourself wear glasses (your pic?), i have come to the conclusion that you must be a bit sadistic
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Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].
.. in testing pups (occasionally rewards, hehhehheh)
bgmin works well with..
..various methods of setting a background (depending on your preferences - generally I have wmsetbg, hsetroot and a few others to choose from) even better if a minimal working palette (about a dozen colors) is smeared to create blends. Up to the user which setter and options work best. Alpha/opacity can also figure in, but probably not so good on the Xvesa patterned root (for me, that looks like a dense chainlink texture) rather than the deep black of Xorg. Quite likely a simple layer animation effect could be achieved with a simple script or randomizer so a bg need not be 'boring' or even resource hungry .. strangely enough there seem to be subtle pseudo-movement shifts/effects even without that on my CRT and card. Then again, sounding brass and tinkling chimes in shadows and light (;
big (236k) howto screenie, for some 'if-you-didn't-already-know' mtpaint tips
a few samples attached for demo - gs.png is fairly finished imo, ksdotohone.png shows those blocky distractions (which some may like, so much goes on in hwr,s/w,etc that it may not show .. YMMV)
ps - wjaguar's 'tips' for 3.31 in a nice 2.5mb pkg, I wish many docs were available in this form (but noooo.. instead and far too often you get a broken local 'help' or spend way too much time searching and filtering or simply giving up on what may be a terrific app if only it had some decent readable documentation so one could use it effectively /rant)
thanks, fscap is one of the reasons I use wine (a bit overkill to justify textnotes in its mini-editor, but even that can be a left-handed performance gauge)
bgmin works well with..
..various methods of setting a background (depending on your preferences - generally I have wmsetbg, hsetroot and a few others to choose from) even better if a minimal working palette (about a dozen colors) is smeared to create blends. Up to the user which setter and options work best. Alpha/opacity can also figure in, but probably not so good on the Xvesa patterned root (for me, that looks like a dense chainlink texture) rather than the deep black of Xorg. Quite likely a simple layer animation effect could be achieved with a simple script or randomizer so a bg need not be 'boring' or even resource hungry .. strangely enough there seem to be subtle pseudo-movement shifts/effects even without that on my CRT and card. Then again, sounding brass and tinkling chimes in shadows and light (;
big (236k) howto screenie, for some 'if-you-didn't-already-know' mtpaint tips
a few samples attached for demo - gs.png is fairly finished imo, ksdotohone.png shows those blocky distractions (which some may like, so much goes on in hwr,s/w,etc that it may not show .. YMMV)
ps - wjaguar's 'tips' for 3.31 in a nice 2.5mb pkg, I wish many docs were available in this form (but noooo.. instead and far too often you get a broken local 'help' or spend way too much time searching and filtering or simply giving up on what may be a terrific app if only it had some decent readable documentation so one could use it effectively /rant)
thanks, fscap is one of the reasons I use wine (a bit overkill to justify textnotes in its mini-editor, but even that can be a left-handed performance gauge)
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- ksdotohone.png
- various distractions :|
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- gs.png
- oki - this is the one in the big screenie
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Nice!`f00 wrote:.. in testing pups (occasionally rewards, hehhehheh)
bgmin works well with..
..various methods of setting a background (depending on your preferences - generally I have wmsetbg, hsetroot and a few others to choose from) even better if a minimal working palette (about a dozen colors) is smeared to create blends. Up to the user which setter and options work best. Alpha/opacity can also figure in, but probably not so good on the Xvesa patterned root (for me, that looks like a dense chainlink texture) rather than the deep black of Xorg. Quite likely a simple layer animation effect could be achieved with a simple script or randomizer so a bg need not be 'boring' or even resource hungry .. strangely enough there seem to be subtle pseudo-movement shifts/effects even without that on my CRT and card. Then again, sounding brass and tinkling chimes in shadows and light (;
big (236k) howto screenie, for some 'if-you-didn't-already-know' mtpaint tips
a few samples attached for demo - gs.png is fairly finished imo, ksdotohone.png shows those blocky distractions (which some may like, so much goes on in hwr,s/w,etc that it may not show .. YMMV)