This package contains everything you need to make a usplash theme, including an example

This package contains the runtime library for the usplash package.

Usplash is a userspace application that uses the Linux framebuffer interface to draw a splash screen at boot. It has a companion utility that is able to send commands to usplash, allowing information about the bootup sequence to be displayed in a more attractive way.

This package contains a usplash theme based on the ideas from the Debian Desktop Artwork project.

See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopArtwork for more details.