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[Idea] New cursor theme

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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:58 pm
Sure, actually i did the frames on Inkscape

And sure why no, im gonna try those colors ^-^

Actually thats what i thought haha, it also reminds me, to win 8 a little bit, but as i said its not a definitive one,its just an idea, im gonna try other shapes when i got some free time

Thanks for the feedback ! ^-^
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:22 pm
sure, we have a lot of time to work on it.

Anyway, i finished clearing the white-classicia cursor theme. I have changed few things that were bothering me and now it looks like a good start to work on a new cursor.

@Leroux can you share your sources?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u3un1dnnj6f0 ... .tar.gz?m=
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:58 pm
Wow! Great work legnaVI!

Ok, so just to be consequent I give you my usable concept, so you can test it and tell us what you like, what is ugly or need to be improved.
http://ubuntuone.com/2H0zoo6Q8IW44lHVC7vEba
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:12 pm
Ok, so here is my question. Which of those 2 pointers sets is better? One with strips or without?
(Just to make it clear, upper set we can call "1 (or first)" and this next set "2 (or second)".) ;)

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What's important is that those strips come from idea cartoon gloves like those Image, and in accordance with this fact, pointer had to be three finger glove, not four. Finally I decided to make them upon the classica++ theme, so top of the glove is from classica hand and the bottom is mine.
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:21 pm
Leroux wrote:Wow! Great work legnaVI!

Ok, so just to be consequent I give you my usable concept, so you can test it and tell us what you like, what is ugly or need to be improved.
http://ubuntuone.com/2H0zoo6Q8IW44lHVC7vEba



Sorry but im not a linux user for the moment, so im unable to see the files nor test them :-\

you could try sendimg me images of the work if you want, so that way i can check them out and tell you my opinion

Now bout the Hands , the one with those cartoony strips reminds me to the ones from OSX haha but i like it ^-^
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:25 pm
Sure! Here you have all files including SVG and XCF http://ubuntuone.com/3iCPmV86KtV1BtAVecxSFP.

ps. tonight I'll cut this svg file into separate files.
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:33 am
Leroux wrote:Ok, so just to be consequent I give you my usable concept, so you can test it and tell us what you like, what is ugly or need to be improved.
http://ubuntuone.com/2H0zoo6Q8IW44lHVC7vEba

Leroux wrote:Sure! Here you have all files including SVG and XCF http://ubuntuone.com/3iCPmV86KtV1BtAVecxSFP.


Ok, I've cleaned up and improved those files. First of all, they're now one file, so from now only this link works http://ubuntuone.com/2H0zoo6Q8IW44lHVC7vEba.
Second of all, I added svg files cropped into a peaces, so from now every cursor is in xmc, svg, and xcf format.
I've also improved some svg cursors, so now they are better antialiased (and thats all improvments :P).
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:26 pm
Personally i don't like stripes – they just add visiual clutter, look childish an renders the cursor as a cheap OSX copy (square icons also are to much iOS in feel, but that's other story).
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:33 pm
I agree sir_herrbatka on the stripes: I don't think they add anything useful to the icons, nor do they make them more visually appealing to me.
Other than that: Great work, we're heading towards an awesome cursor theme here!
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:49 pm
BTW, i made a github repo. Right now it holds only my own files.
https://github.com/sirherrbatka/perspective-cursor
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:04 pm
I think it would be beneficial of both you sir_herrbatka and Leroux could work together on one cursor theme instead of each of your on your own. If this is about who takes credit for publicly, I'm sure we can find a way to make clear that it's a collaborative product of both of you.
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:19 pm
Actually we are working together since Tuesday ;) But for most decisions we want to get involved community, after all our work is FOR community :)
So in near future where will be more this stripes like polls. So please take a part with voting, you can just type "Stripes poll: first" or "I like stripes" it will be so much helpful!
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:21 pm
Oh sorry, I misinterpreted your recent posts, they looked like you guys still worked on separate files. Great to hear you're working together on the same theme!

Involving the community is of course the way to go!

I've already "voted" against the stripes in a previous post.
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:55 pm
We will merge everything into the family of uniform looking cursor themes. I actually just start doing that.
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Re: [Idea] New cursor theme

Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:16 am
Just holler when you guys feel confident about it and I'll post it on the VDG blog as the new cursor theme :D


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