New Background Image for Wayfire's Default Shell

[soreau]

As everyone knows, wayfire's default shell is wf-shell which includes wf-background. The build system installs a wallpaper.png which is used as the default background image for wf-background. By default, wayfire automatically launches wf-background if wf-shell is installed. With the upcoming release of the new GTK4 version of wf-shell, we want to also update the default background image, and we want the community's help.

How it works:

1. Upload a wallpaper.png with an aspect ratio of 16:9 with an optional screenshot.png using the background image with wf-shell components. Any combinations of wf-panel, wf-dock, wf-background or wf-locker will work, as long as either wf-background or wf-locker is displaying the uploaded proposed wallpaper.png in the screenshot.png. Please only include one wallpaper.png per comment.

2. Upvote the comments featuring the wallpapers you like the most.

3. When the next wf-shell release approaches, this discussion will be locked. The wallpaper with the most upvotes at that time, wins. It will be used as the new default background image for the next release of wf-shell.

NOTE: Any image considered distasteful will not be considered. Please only use one github account per person for upvotes and only include one wallpaper.png per comment. Wallpaper images that are not 16:9 aspect ratio will still be considered, but will be edited so that it is a common 16:9 resolution. In the event of a tie, the wayfire and wf-shell maintainers will decide which represents wayfire most appropriately.

[soreau]

[mrsteve0924]

this guy needs to take a break

[AKArien]

I say : i like the current one :)

[EliteAMDGamer]

I have both 1080 and 4k for mine, 4k will be in the gitlab folder.

https://gitlab.com/eliteamd-garuda/elite-artwork/-/tree/main/Artwork/2026_Wayfire_Wallpapers?ref_type=heads

[AKArien]

I like it a lot, but i think i would love the wayfire icon be way more muted... If you know what i mean ?

[EliteAMDGamer]

I like it a lot, but i think i would love the wayfire icon be way more muted... If you know what i mean ?

I'll mess with it a bit, I think I get what you mean.

[EliteAMDGamer]

Gitlab folder

[ammen99]

looks really cool :)

[soreau]

I just want to say, that this image might be better if the wayfire logo would be rotated π/3 radians counterclockwise, the top being rotated toward the left. The reason I say this is because the darkest blue stem of the logo blends in too well with the water behind it, while rotating it as described would make the two lighter colors stand out in front of the water, and make the dark blue stem on the left, in front of the clouds reflection, so the logo would stand out a lot more in general. Otherwise, it could just be dropped down a bit lower so it's completely in front of the clouds reflection. Just my two cents. 😁 Really nice image overall though. 👍

[EliteAMDGamer]

I just want to say, that this image might be better if the wayfire logo would be rotated π/3 radians counterclockwise, the top being rotated toward the left. The reason I say this is because the darkest blue stem of the logo blends in too well with the water behind it, while rotating it as described would make the two lighter colors stand out in front of the water, and make the dark blue stem on the left, in front of the clouds reflection, so the logo would stand out a lot more in general. Otherwise, it could just be dropped down a bit lower so it's completely in front of the clouds reflection. Just my two cents. 😁 Really nice image overall though. 👍

I'll tinker with it a bit and see how it is. Should definitely be easy though. 👍

[EliteAMDGamer]

Fixed it. I tried rotating it but it looked a bit weird. So I added a bit of shadow and dropped it lower, everything at least to my eyes is visible now.

[soreau]

Oh yea, that's a lot better I think. It's still subtle, yet poppin'!

[AKArien]

How about we ship a few ? After all, gotta show off that wf-background cycling feature...

[soreau]

If we start getting many backgrounds here, then I don't see why we can't have a few or more. We would have to pick a directory in which to install them and point the [background] image option at it.

[AKArien]

We would have to pick a directory in which to install them

I mean… i got a few ideas, but they may be a bit out there for you :P

[EliteAMDGamer]

could it go in /etc/skel/.local/Wallpapers/

[EliteAMDGamer]

[EliteAMDGamer]

Since its quite different its a V2

[AKArien]

Oh hell yeah, i was imagining it still gray-ish but that's even better !

[EliteAMDGamer]

Oh hell yeah, i was imagining it still gray-ish but that's even better !

I did try gray but it felt a bit to dark, so I went for light and blended.

[Secret-chest]

Inkscape SVG source available, just ask.

Photos used are all in the PD:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ulu%E1%B9%9Fu_(Ayers_Rock),_Sunset.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Bucura_03.jpg#Licensing
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drone_view_of_rice_plantation_on_bali_island_with_path_to_walk_around_and_palms._(46229046541).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pont_Royal_and_Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Orsay,_Paris_10_July_2020.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20131103_male_anna%27s_hummingbird_DSCN5041.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lofoten,_Norway_(Unsplash).jpg

[EliteAMDGamer]

https://gitlab.com/eliteamd-garuda/elite-artwork/-/blob/main/Artwork/2026_Wayfire_Wallpapers/

[soreau]

This concept is pretty nice, though personally, I kind of expect that the wayfire text would be a bit more dramatic, taking inspiration for color from the logo. Maybe some yellow and orange with flares of red if needed. The core background image looks nice though, I like the symmetry.

[EliteAMDGamer]

I'll mess around with it and see

[soreau]

@EliteAMDGamer Feel free to keep the original up and post some variations, as their own image in a separate new comment.

[EliteAMDGamer]

For this one, I did one with kinda wayfire colors but it didn't really turn out well so its in the [folder](https://gitlab.com/eliteamd-garuda/elite-artwork/-/blob/main/Artwork/2026_Wayfire_Wallpapers) with all the others I've done so far.

[soreau]

This one reminds me of retro computing/gaming.

[EliteAMDGamer]

I really like the 80/90s era of gaming/computers artwork/ ux even though I wasn't around in the 80s. haha So every now and then something comes out a bit retro feeling.

[EliteAMDGamer]

v2

[soreau]

Whoa, I love that subtle bloom effect on the text! Nice job!

[EliteAMDGamer]

kinda made it pop more then if just on its own

[EliteAMDGamer]

V4

[okcomput3]