diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 0c0d2cade0..d09c4cde11 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -230,10 +230,12 @@ The following people have contributed art to GIMP:
 
  Lapo Calamandrei
  Paul Davey
+ Alexia Death
  Aurore Derriennic
  Tuomas Kuosmanen
  Karl La Rocca
  Andreas Nilsson
+ Ville Pätsi
  Mike Schaeffer
  Carol Spears
  Jakub Steiner
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index add581daee..c21144f768 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2008-09-29  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* data/images/gimp-splash.png: splash screen for GIMP 2.6. Created
+	by Alexia Death and edited together with Ville Pätsi.
+
+	* authors.xml: added the two splash screen artists.
+
+	* AUTHORS: regenerated.
+
 2008-09-29  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* INSTALL: prepared for the upcoming 2.6 release.
diff --git a/authors.xml b/authors.xml
index 4b3c244e5f..df3dc7eee6 100644
--- a/authors.xml
+++ b/authors.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.6">Kevin Cozens</contributor>
   <contributor role="artist" last-active="2.4">Paul Davey</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.6">Michael Deal</contributor>
-  <contributor role="author" last-active="2.6">Alexia Death</contributor>
+  <contributor role="author artist" last-active="2.6">Alexia Death</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="1.0">Brian Degenhardt</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.4">Karine Delvare</contributor>
   <contributor role="artist" last-active="2.6">Aurore Derriennic</contributor>
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.0">Garry R. Osgood</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="1.0">Alan Paeth</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="1.2">Jay Painter</contributor>
-  <contributor role="author" last-active="2.0">Ville Pätsi</contributor>
+  <contributor role="author artist" last-active="2.6">Ville Pätsi</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.4">Akkana Peck</contributor>
   <contributor role="documenter" last-active="2.6">Pierre Perrier</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.0">Asbjorn Pettersen</contributor>
diff --git a/data/images/gimp-splash.png b/data/images/gimp-splash.png
index c638f9dbba..9e0aa5460f 100644
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