Backdrops R Us
Each month, Club Amiga Magazine will spotlight the
community inspired backdrop competition by allowing members of
the community to choose and comment on their 5 favorite
backdrops as uploaded to the "AmigaOS 4 Artist Competition"
category of the Amiga Community Exchange site at http://os.amiga.com/community.
Next month (and in the following months), we want
to hear your thoughts on which are your favorite 5
contributions to the AmigaOS4 Artist Competition. So, write us
at cam@amiga.com and let us
know what are your favorites and order them from 1 to 5 with 1
being your most favorite and 5 being your least favorite.
Since this is a new column and we have no reader
votes at this time, Ray Akey will take the lead and choose 5
from the existing contributions and comment on why he chose
them.
The Amiga community is full of talented artists,
so it is not an easy thing for me to pick 5 out of so many
great entries. However, I will give you my opinion and allow
you to give yours in future CAM issues.
Of the currently existing contributions, here are
my favorites:
5. Amiga Future - I like the concept here and the
way the lines encompass both the Amiga logo and the Boing
ball. Also, I like dark backgrounds.
4. Waitin4 - The flow of the swish here draws my
attention from the AmigaOS text to the ultimate destination -
the Boing ball sitting in what appears to be the text "0" in
the text 4.0 which symbolizes AmigaOS 4.0. I look at this
contribution and think of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz
traveling from her starting point to her final destination --
Oz -- which takes her home. To me AmigaOS 4.0 is that
home.
3. Countdown - great abstract concept representing
the motions from AmigaOS 1.x to 4.x. This backdrop looks like
it would be a winner for icons with a shadow effect once
AmigaOS gains alpha blending support in its icons (yes, I'm
making an assumption here).
2. Amiga Art - Great use of color here. To me,
this symbolizes Amiga sitting atop a firestorm (of
controversy, past and present), which is a good statement of
where AmigaOS is today.
1. Red Skies - This one says it all. The concept
is absolutely fantastic, cries out technology and represents a
polished and energized future. The artist behind this one has
obviously put a lot of work into it. As I look at the download
count, I can't figure out why it hasn't been downloaded more.
Perhaps because it was just uploaded recently.
There they are. Feel free to agree or disagree.
You don't have to state why or how you came to your choices
but it would be nice to hear how you arrive at your choices.
Don't forget to vote for your favorite backdrop by sending us
the titles of your favorites ranked from 1 to 5, to
cam@amiga.com. |