Usplash

Basic setup is:

cd /usr/share/doc/libusplash-dev
make
make install
cd /usr/lib/usplash
update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-artwork.so
                    usplash-artwork.so /usr/lib/usplash/eft-theme.so 55

or just

ln -sf eft-theme.so usplash-artwork.so

Verify how it looks:

/sbin/usplash

and update the boot image:

update-initramfs

This command will copy the following files to ramfs:

/sbin/usplash
/etc/usplash.conf
/usr/lib/usplash/usplash-artwork.so