arctic

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Hi, I am arctic and I create Wallpaper Other, Icon Sub-Sets, Gnome Screenshots and more.

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Wallpaper Other

Fedora wallpaper

Wallpaper Other Dec 16 2006

5.0

Fedora Soft-Bubbles

Wallpaper Other Aug 12 2006

5.0

Mdv blue

Wallpaper Other Jun 29 2006

5.0

Mdv blue

Wallpaper Other Jun 29 2006

5.0

Yoper Wallpaper

Wallpaper Other Jan 16 2006

5.0

fedora - new logo

Wallpaper Other Nov 27 2005

5.0

linux blue stars

Wallpaper Other Jul 01 2005

5.0

circles

Wallpaper Other Jan 02 2005

5.0

yoper

Wallpaper Other Dec 20 2004

5.0

got milk?

Wallpaper Other Aug 05 2004

5.0

be different

Wallpaper Other Jul 27 2004

5.0

media desktop

Wallpaper Other Jun 06 2004

5.0

Icon Sub-Sets

Tango addon (not only for Mandriva!)

Icon Sub-Sets Aug 06 2006

5.0

Rhythmbox

Icon Sub-Sets Aug 04 2006

5.0

mare icons

Icon Sub-Sets Jul 10 2005

5.0

Gnome Screenshots

just for bugfixing

Gnome Screenshots Feb 18 2007

5.0

debian box

Gnome Screenshots Feb 17 2007

5.0

Wallpapers Mandriva

mandriva wallpaper

Wallpapers Mandriva Oct 17 2007

5.0

Mandriva wallpaper

Wallpapers Mandriva May 09 2006

5.0

GDM Themes

Fedora Soft-Bubbles

GDM Themes Aug 12 2006

5.0

Gnome 2 Splash Screens

soft white

Gnome 2 Splash Screens Jan 15 2005

5.0

GTK2 Themes

RubberSoul

GTK2 Themes Feb 16 2005

5.0

KDE 3.x Splash Screens

blue-glass splash

KDE 3.x Splash Screens Aug 06 2004

5.0

Metacity Themes

Milk flat - blue

Metacity Themes Jul 01 2006

5.0

Various Gnome Stuff

Gnome Eternal pack

Various Gnome Stuff Sep 24 2006

5.0

Wallpapers Gnome

gnome desktop

Wallpapers Gnome Mar 21 2005

5.0

Wallpapers Ubuntu

ubuntu blue wallpaper

Wallpapers Ubuntu Nov 19 2004

5.0

Nocturn Theme

GTK2 Themes by InnerMoon 22 comments

but it is still rough here and there: Screenshot.
http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/53383-pic1.jpg - Feb 18 2007

Nocturn Theme

GTK2 Themes by InnerMoon 22 comments

but it is still rough here and there: Screenshot.
http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/53383-pic1.jpg - Feb 18 2007

Bad Dog

Wallpaper Other by alexabney 3 comments

Although I am using Debian and should be offended about the poo-poo-kaka pic, I find it extremely funny. I had a good laugh! - Jan 23 2007

ubuntubabe

Wallpapers Ubuntu by hercul 2 comments

Another smart guy who doesn't care about copyrights... thank you. - Dec 16 2006

ubuntu orb

Wallpapers Ubuntu by tripod4 16 comments

... but perhaps a bit too bright for every-day usage. How about a dark-grey version? - Dec 13 2006

Safari_color

Wallpaper Other by slawomir 1 comment

I doubt it, mate...

And, honestly, I really get sick of the 1000 pictures that get posted here every day that infringe patents and simply sport a bloody ubuntu logo pasted on some picture stolen from elsewhere. It is annoying, uncreative and should be banned imho. - Dec 13 2006

AER-OS-XK

Icon Sub-Sets by tedet 58 comments

No consistency at all, blurry screenshots. To sum it up: Horribly bad. - Dec 11 2006

Fedora Soft-Bubbles

Wallpaper Other by arctic 2 comments

I added the svg-sources, so you can create a wallpaper in any size you want with any number of bublles or bubble arrangement you want. All you need for this is to install inkscape. - Sep 24 2006

Gnome Eternal pack

Various Gnome Stuff by arctic 2 comments

I am still working on rounded corners. I tried it already but the border was somehow hardly visible at the edges if one window was atop another (I got an almost white-colored border on the edges, sadly). Maybe I will find a nice solution for that problem. If I find one, then I will add a rounded version to the package. :) - Sep 23 2006

Gentoo Penguins

Wallpaper Other by invisiblekid 2 comments

Sorry, but this is NOT GPL'd. The pictures of National Geographic are proprietary and redistribution of those pictures is not allowed without approval from NG and/or the photographer who owns the rights on those pics. Please don't post illegal things here (this also applies to many other users, not only you!). I don't want to see the site going down one day because of license infringements. :( - Sep 17 2006

Rhythmbox

Icon Sub-Sets by arctic 6 comments

Agreed, some things should be improved here and there. I am already working on fixing the 1 px outline that was broken on a few icons. I already tried the non-flat perspective from the guidelines for the radio, but ... it looks simply bad in the stretched perspective mode. :(

About different icon sizes: This will follow later, once all basic svg files are done. I will not add them before the svg files are 100% correct and complete (otherwise I would have to export them over and over again!) The necessary file information will also follow later. This is a work in progress ( Remember: I am far away from the 1.0 version!) and Rome wasn't built in one day either, ;)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. - Aug 05 2006

Rhythmbox

Icon Sub-Sets by arctic 6 comments

I try to follow the guidelines as much as I can, but some things simply don't work with the default guidelines imho, which is where I use my own "artistic inspiration". It is not an official Tango addon, never was thought as such. If you don't like it, don't use it. This is why it is available as a separate download. ;)

If you examine this and the other icons, you will see that all colours are from the Tango palette. - Aug 05 2006

Mdv blue

Wallpaper Other by arctic 6 comments

The second screenshot does not have the Mandriva logo. Just click it and you have it available for download. No dpi loss. - Jun 29 2006

Mdv blue

Wallpaper Other by arctic 6 comments

Roughly 75% of all users are still using a 1024x768 resolution. - Jun 29 2006

Mdv blue

Wallpaper Other by arctic 5 comments

Done. :) - Jun 29 2006

Mdv blue

Wallpaper Other by arctic 6 comments

Yeah. Will upload it later. :) - Jun 29 2006

Tango addon (not only for Mandriva!)

Icon Sub-Sets by arctic 11 comments

A bit off-topic, isn't it? :D - Jun 23 2006

Tango addon (not only for Mandriva!)

Icon Sub-Sets by arctic 11 comments

A graphic-design made with several shades of blue by a person with some piece of software and some nice ideas. :P

Okay, on a more serious note: What you see is only a part of a wallpaper that I found months ago somewhere on the web. It was made for a Mac, but I really don't remember where I found it, nor who made it (maybe deviantart?... dunno). If I would remember it, I would post a link to it. - Jun 22 2006

Tango addon (not only for Mandriva!)

Icon Sub-Sets by arctic 11 comments

Apparently not you. But ... who cares? Stupid comments are always welcome. :P - Jun 21 2006

[Preview] Samui

Various Gnome Stuff by SiMoNsAyS 17 comments

Looks clean, reduced, very beautiful. A pity that it ain't downloadable yet. Is it based on clearlooks or which engine? - Jun 17 2006

loginproject

GDM Themes by hezral 8 comments

No problem with two users. They fit nicely into the list. A third one would not fit in, though.

PS: Nice work! :) - May 25 2006

Distribution & WM Logo Collection

Icon Sub-Sets by flomar 10 comments

Fedora and SUSE have completely different logos. Take a look at their websites. ;) - Mar 13 2006

Clearlooks-Luna

GTK2 Themes by Cyr4x 11 comments

PS: I just read tough your other comments on this forum. You are only insulting people on this forum from what I see. Not one constructive comment anywhere. That irritates me somehow. Did you only register for poo-pooing around? :lol: - Mar 02 2006

Clearlooks-Luna

GTK2 Themes by Cyr4x 11 comments

Think about it... e.g. in order to make the transition from Windows to Linux easier for some people?

And then there are (for whatever reason) users who like the Windows look. Just take a look at the Vista theme rip-offs here. They got a very high rating by Linux users. ;)

Btw. Not my style, but well done, nonetheles. - Mar 02 2006

Kristin Kreuk Wallpaper

Wallpaper Other by flomar 4 comments

It is a totally different matter to post a screenshot (publishing screenshots does not break copyright laws) than publishing a wallpaper that is basically not your work as your personal achievement. That definitely is illegal. Think about it. - Feb 20 2006

Kristin Kreuk Wallpaper

Wallpaper Other by flomar 4 comments

...who deliberately breaks license rules. See my post here. It applies to you, too.
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=35412 - Feb 18 2006

Girls-ubuntu

Wallpaper Other by jfestrada 9 comments

Don't want to be a party-pooper, but I doubt that your two postings are legal. Did you shoot the pictures? Did you ask for permission to redistribute them? Did you ask about the license? I bet you did not. In this case, the submission is illegal. Remember that there is/was a checkbox with which you guarantee that your submission is legal. Please respect the rules.

Does anyone in here care about licenses? It seems as if people simply don't want to care and love to break licenses, thus giving Linux users the "image" of "crackers" and the like... :( - Feb 18 2006

Tango Metacity Theme (Up again)

Metacity Themes by hylkebons 26 comments

... but a smaller border wuld be more useful and more elegant imho. - Dec 10 2005

Glass Icons Theme

Icon Sub-Sets by fosstux 165 comments

I am speechless!. Wow. Great, Superb! Please finish this theme. I can't really say how much I appreciate your work. :) - Dec 03 2005

linux blue stars

Wallpaper Other by arctic 5 comments

i used inkscape to create it, not gimp. gimp is way too "complicated" for such easy things. ;) - Jul 09 2005

Blended

Metacity Themes by ECHM 60 comments

very, very good. thank you! :) - Jul 03 2005

CleanEyes

GTK2 Themes by rcares 42 comments

why is this small theme hosted at another server with such limited bandwidth? it is already "used up". why not upload it on this server here? i don't think that the file will be any bigger than 500 kb, or am i wrong?
btw: very nice colors. :) - May 04 2005

Devdustrial

GTK2 Themes by mkk 1 comment

together with the splash and the wallpaper, it makes an outstanding theme that is very friendly to the eye. very, very nice metatheme you created there. the only problem is: not all users are developers. :P - Apr 03 2005

Clearlooks

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

what makes me think it looks like plastik? the buttons e.g. and now, the windeco reminds me more of win-xp. i am not saying that plastik is a bad style (it is actually the best one for kde imho), but somehow, the 0.3 version was better FOR ME. - Mar 20 2005

Clearlooks

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

hehehe... the funny thing is that before it WAS unique imho. i do respect your opinion and you are doing a good job at making this theme bug-free, easy to use and easy on the eyes. i am only a bit afraid that it develops into a plastik-clone, which would be a pity because there is already a plastik-like style. this comment is not meant as some way to negatively critizise your hard work. just a reminder, not to let yourself draw away into a design we already have. after all, it is about choice, right? ;) - Mar 20 2005

Clearlooks

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

oops sorry... i thought it was a rework of the gtk-theme... shame on me...
but the critics remain for the gtk-theme. - Mar 20 2005

Clearlooks

Metacity Themes by Sparrk 62 comments

there are constant changes in this theme, some for the better, some for the worse. well, it does look very nice but i am wondering if with all these changes, it somehow develops into a plastik or winxp-theme clone. it is becoming less and less original imho. the previous versions (0.1-0.4) were more unique imho. - Mar 20 2005

Milky Smooth

GTK2 Themes by NikolaP 14 comments

yes, it is enough. there are more people who love these themes than people who dislike them. look at your rating... it is climbing all the time.

btw: thank you for this wonderful theme. :) - Feb 24 2005

MacOSX Session Screen

Gnome 2 Splash Screens by Senki 8 comments

have you ever heard of the possibility to let linux run on a mac? yes, it is possible. thus, using a mac-theme for a mac that is running on linux is okay imho. - Feb 19 2005

RubberSoul

GTK2 Themes by arctic 15 comments

i found it at customize.org and modified it a bit (added a soft gradient) - Feb 19 2005

RubberSoul

GTK2 Themes by arctic 15 comments

hmm.. i read the fix but the lines you mentioned are not included my gtkrc-file. :P

or am i blind? - Feb 17 2005

RubberSoul

GTK2 Themes by arctic 15 comments

i have thought about this problem the whole day and yes, the rounded versus sharp edge of the buttons will cause trouble. I have tried with including the background image into the button but the spacing needed new adjusting then and furthermore, i didn't really get the same effect. the only solution would be to replace the rounded corners with sharp 90° corners or does anyone have a phenomenal idea how this little problem could be solved? maybe i am thinking too complex on an easy thing... : ( - Feb 17 2005

RubberSoul

GTK2 Themes by arctic 15 comments

ouch... i must admit that i have not thought of this problem. maybe i can find a way to fix that, but as it is my first major theme for gnome, i cannot assure you that i can add all that you would like to see included. i will give it a try nonetheless. : ) - Feb 16 2005