A proposal for Debian 13 (Trixie).
Download the 4K wallpaper from here.
Update 2024-09-14:
- Darker background for GRUB 2, Isolinux and Syslinux.
- Fix typo on wiki text.
- Text and shapes are now lighter.
- Credits to j4p4n for his Triceratops drawing.
Contents
Concept
I wanted it to have paint strokes like the Debian logo that was created with a digital stroke. Also, I made it look like plastic like toys that are made of plastic. Then I chose the Debian red hue as main color. Finally, I vectorized a silhouette of the skull of a Triceratops to represent Trixie, the Pixar character.
Author
Copyright 2024, Alan Cristhian Ruiz, alan.cristh@gmail.com, License: GPL-2.0
Process
I did this entirely in Inkscape 1.2. and used a total of 237 filter primitives. A 4K render takes over 2 minutes on my machine. Sadly, no Desktop Environment can fully render that many filters in a reasonable amount of time, so it must be exported to PNG.
I exported all assets with a shell script, because if I do it in Inkscape, it will just crash in the middle of the process. Again, too many filters. The script was done with Inkscape and ?ImageMagic commands.
I'm also used a python script to check the overall luminosity. The goal was to have a luma close to 0.3426. That is the average luminosity of the Adwaita Dark wallpaper from GNOME.
Source Data
Mockups/Previews
GRUB 2
GRUB 2 Mockup
Installer
Installer Mockup
Isolinux
Mobile Wallpaper (50% size)
Plymouth (50% size)
Syslinux
Full HD Wallpaper Croped (50% size)
4K Wallpaper (50% size)
Website
Wiki
Credits
j4p4n -- Triceratops bones Under the CC0 1.0 License. I use it to trace the silhouette of the skull.