New header image for the main menu

[siliconsniffer]

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Adds a new header image which is a pixelated version made by @Zughy - original artwork made by @SumianVoice.

• Goal of the PR
  Provide a nicer menu header image.
• Does it resolve any reported issue?
  solves Redesigning Luanti Banner #15590
• Does this relate to a goal in the roadmap?
  Maybe 2.3

How to test

Look at the new image.

Screenshot

[Zughy]

The logotype itself is good (I'm not saying it because it's mine, in the end I've only pixelated the original by Sumi), but I do agree with you when you say that it looks like "ahead" of its time. The whole main menu is dull, whereas the logotype is very bright and colourful. Also the contrast with the background is not great, but for that maybe a thicker outline might suffice

[siliconsniffer]

I really like it too, and while it might not fit perfectly now, I think it could be a great transition to a long-term main redesign (iirc you also had a proposal including this logo) as discussed in #6733 (comment).

[DragonWrangler1]

The logo is nice, but... It really stands out, as in I really don't think it fits with the current design

[grorp]

Honestly I have to agree that this looks "off", the fresh and colorful look of the header image doesn't fit with the old-ish grey-gradient menu style in my eyes.

However it did look better in combination with the removal of the button gradients, see the screenshot in #6733 (comment)

I feel like if we do both of these modern/fresh looking things together, it could fit together and turn out nicely, what do others think?

[appgurueu]

Dare I say: Maybe we should consider introducing some accent color into our default styles that isn't a shade of grey? Maybe some shade of green ¹, or blue?

As it stands, our default styles are literally 50 shades of grey.

Footnotes

1. which is already used a bit, see e.g. the text field or selected serverlist entry ↩

[Zughy]

I wouldn't touch anything else for now, leaving that to any potential art team

[DragonWrangler1]

I'm no core dev, but wouldn't it be better to update whole menu pages once so everything matched a theme rather than having multiple different looks in one page ?

[siliconsniffer]

Also the contrast with the background is not great, but for that maybe a thicker outline might suffice.

Or maybe make the logo a bit bigger? A thicker outline sounds reasonable.

I feel like if we do both of these modern/fresh looking things together, it could fit together and turn out nicely, what do others think?

That's the plan if no one objects. I'd adopt ROller's PR in a new one but I also want to address SmallJoker's concerns - I suggest discussing details about the buttons in the PR once its open. Currently I am struggling with Irrlicht though, could take me a bit.

Maybe we should consider introducing some accent color into our default styles that isn't a shade of grey? Maybe some shade of green 1, or blue?

Maybe from the same palette the image is using?

I wouldn't touch anything else for now, leaving that to any potential art team

Well, we're not doing a full redesign here - I think those changes are small enough to not need an art team.