Since I did a look at Ubuntu’s early concept art and since I am usually very impressed by Fedora’s final art, I decided that it would make sense to take a look at what has appeared on the Fedora Art Team wiki. I have actually been waiting a few days to do this, since, as of just a few days ago, there were not enough submissions that I liked to talk about. My point is that there has been a new theme submission every one to two days, which is really impressive. Now on to the art:

“Solar”
The concept behind this theme is that the solar system is “the perfect system,” just like Fedora should be the perfect (operating) system.

The art has a cool explosive effect, making it feel active and lively. Also, at least in this piece of art, there is fairly clean space at the left, which is where icons usually go.

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“Simetrical Freedom” (Spelled as it is spelled on the Wiki page)
This time, the concept is that “the perfection that simmetry can offer with the freedom power of the possibilities of forms and states that it can take and reborn inside the same thing.” Yeah, umm… Let’s just look at the art, which happens to be quite cool.

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“Blue Fire”
While the art so far is not the most impressive, I can really see this concept turning into an amazing theme with some work. There is not much in the way of explanation for why blue fire symbolizes Fedora’s goals, but is that really that important?

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“Wing Anatomy”
Like “Blue Fire,” I can definitely see wings or feathers playing a role in the final theme for Fedora 10. The idea behind wings is that they represent “stability, balance and freedom,” which are, obviously, also goals for Fedora, and many Linux distros.

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“Neon”
While this idea comes in many variations, the idea of some sort of city scene particularly appeals to me. It would be very different from the past Fedora themes, but that is not necessarily a problem - it might even be a good thing. Perhaps something could be done with a city scene and the look of a long exposure picture of a highway at night, like this one.

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“Dice”
Though the current art is very simple, it shows the promise of becoming something more complex or, perhaps, staying nice and simple. I am not sure, however, if “dice like a symbol of the variability” is a very good message for an operating system.

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Overall, I cannot wait to see what Fedora 10’s final theme looks like. If the concepts look this good already, I bet they will look simply incredible when they are finalized. I guess we will have to wait for that, though.

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