Nice find Uvah acording to your post i made another concept took a picture as reference and repainted it completely - its not final yet quality is not high is not high so i will need bk to repaint the bird as he has a better wacom than i have just got the bamboo thing.
If there is someone that says that using the picture of a parrot as reference isnt ok or allowed i will take the picture down again of course.
If anybody can find info about who did the real reference photo of it i would be very thankfull since my search was not a success.
http://wallpapers.free-review.net/23_~_Backgrounds_Windows_7_-_African_parrot.htm source - keep in mind that the picture below is completely repainted.
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That (when rotated 90° Clockwise) reminds me of the MS wall in the "Lugares Coloridos" themepack... Maybe MS would let use use it as a one time thing for this young lady... maybe. Not hopeful, but... it is Xmas. Who knows?

Whoever did the original photo probably sold the rights to MS... only MS could tell you, Rolo. But it is a great design. The alternative is to create a vector brush and use a 'pop through' technique to color and create the image you want. Then, if there are significant shape and color differences, you could claim it as original.

DocEye beats Tineye this time:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/brazil-theme

Good 'eye' Doc.

Thanks to all of you for all the comments i dont have to much time to reply currently, but i try to read whenever i find the time.
Rolo?
When did you make that ? over night ? I like the 2nd picture, clearly it will be hard to get any permission from MS but i press you both thumbs since it looks great already.
But i had another idea that´ll cheer you up - i dont know if it will work out but i wanted to make a visit to the Bird Zoo located near Frankfurt with Kristine i got a new camera.If im lucky i get an equal shot of a parrot.Greetings to Caroline and Milli and a Merry Xmas Wincustomize

If any DX stuff, or Docks, etc. are needed, I'm available.

would a suite require mycolors ?
Concept so far : picture removed

Filename - BR-olwp1.jpg
ImageDescription - Arara Vermelha em vo no Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (Red Macaw in flight at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
Artist - Pete Oxford
Copyright - Pete Oxford/Minden Pictures/Getty Images
ExifOffset - 2318
Looks like he photographs for National Geographies/ might try there for permission!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pete-Oxford-Photography/153811571298899

http://www.peteoxford.com/

    

PETE OXFORD PHOTOGRAPHY

e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com

Thanks... i wrote both MS and Pete Ox.
even though I may must give up the project i felt like continuing
Next are windowframes and then buttons buttons buttons
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Buddy the link and the password for the server leads me to a file that is over 1 gigabyte in size- also it has no extension are you sure you gave me access to the right file ?
I dont want to get into any trouble with the company of yours...please make sure it is the right file or just give me a call your cellphone seems to be off.

Morning yes the file is that big i made the model with a little to much polys but it should be easier to paint this way...btw wish you all a happy new year