[Design & UI/UX]: Creative GUI Mockups & Concepts for Desktop Wallpaper Picker (Good First Issue 🎨)

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Calling Designers, Linux Ricers & Creative Minds! 🎨🖥️

PaperForge brings Wallpaper Engine Workshop scenes to Wayland and Linux desktops. While the CLI and core daemon are solid, we are currently planning the visual desktop GUI experience (paperforge-gui).

We are seeking creative visual design proposals, mockups, and UI wireframes from the community!

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🌟 What Needs Creative Vision?

1. Wallpaper Grid & Scene Cards:
   • How should animated wallpaper thumbnails look in a masonry or responsive grid?
   • Thumbnail hover states: animated previews, title badges, workshop author tags, and resolution badges (1080p, 4K, Ultrawide).
2. Per-Monitor Output Selector:
   • Visual display representation (e.g. DP-1 and HDMI-A-1 side-by-side) to easily select which monitor receives which scene.
3. Control Bar & Micro-Interactions:
   • Audio mute/unmute toggle, pause wallpaper on battery, and FPS/hardware stats.
   • Clean, minimal Linux desktop aesthetic that looks at home on Wayland (Hyprland, GNOME, Sway, KDE).

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🛠️ How to Contribute

You don't need to know Rust to help shape PaperForge!

• 🎨 Figma / Penpot / SVG Wireframes: Share your design layouts or interactive prototypes.
• 🖼️ Screenshots & Concept Art: Post visual inspirations or UI mockups.
• 💬 Discussion & Feedback: Comment on layout ergonomics and workflow ideas.

Drop your mockups, feedback, or ideas below!