Thread:JoePlay/@comment-5175866-20170311165601/@comment-5175866-20170329210601

I have got some mixed feedback (both on this thread and orally or via extrawiki communication channels) on what to do regarding the background. It didn't seem that many others had much of an opinion on the other elements. I think I will probably have you help me out with different steps very slowly over the course of the next few weeks (as in ask you to make an image than maybe a week later have another small task etc), rather than all at once.

Based on my feedback I was wondering if you could create two test backgrounds (you could even put them on churchofcwa (My test site) and screenshot them for me to repost. If you put them on my test wiki you can leave one up and have the other one put in the theme designer history so I can look at them in more detail.

Here are the two different proposed designs from the community:

1. A portion of the paintings from the Sistine Chapel, because it is widely recongizable and contains a very large amount of biblical scenes. While there are some issues (such as Europeanization) the biggest change you would have to make is find/edit an image that just stitches some of the scenes together (i.e you can't tell it bends on a wall or a ceiling). I can give some specific advice if you thought I should suggest specific biblical scenes or areas of the wall.

2. Have a Bible scroll as the background. This should probably be squared off (i.e not have the rolled up ends but be just the manuscript) and have it cover all of the background space. I would think (but in the end I trust you as a designer) that it should be a brown-tinted scroll/manuscript (rather than a white one), should be photorealistic and should look semi-3d (either by image enchancements or even CSS; to give it a depth or thickness). If you think I should suggest a specific image I certainly will.

If you have the time I was hoping you could even make multiple versions of each, trying different concepts for each. I do not want to take more of your time than what is required of you, so I understand if you only make the two concepts. Hopefully this will be the last design element I have you do for me in this "round" (be a few years until I needed your help again), but I may ask for some specific tips on your ideas. Other than that the redesign efforts seem like they will have to be up to me in the end.

thank you for you rhelp.