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Contributing Writer: [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]]


=== Banners, Posters, T-shirts ===
=== Easily Customizing the Wallpaper ===


[[User:tatica|Maria Leandro]] posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00012.html</ref> on @fedora-art a banner idea for FUDcon LATAM "I was working on some ideas for a banner that we want to use on fisl 9.0 ( FUDcon Latam ) but I know that I have some mistakes with the logo guidance and the tm background" which quickly received a round of improvements from [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]]<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00013.html</ref> and [[User:mso|Martin Sourada]]<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00017.html</ref> helping Maria to reach a better version<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00041.html</ref>.  
[[User:mccann|William Jon McCann]] forwarded<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00135.html</ref> a MSDN blog post<ref>http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/05/02/a-little-bit-of-personality.aspx</ref> about wallpaper customization in Windows 7 and [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]] observed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00138.html</ref> the similarities with "Wallpapers Extras"<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Wallpaper_Extras</ref>, a project of the Art Team which lately had little activity lately "he plan there is to gather as many as possible images from the larger community and figure out a way to select some which we think are both good and diverse." Nicu also  reminded by an old idea by a former Fedora contributor, [[User:clarkbw|Bryan W Clark]]: 'background channels'<ref>http://www.gnome.org/~clarkbw/designs/background-channels/background%20channels.html</ref>.


In reply, [[User:jaymeayres|Jayme Ayres]] came with his own design<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00019.html</ref> "as we have several spaces in the event, Maria Leandro and I are thinking of doing some different gear" and Nicu, even if not from LATAM, felt motivated<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00035.html</ref> to try his own poster concept "It looks like you will have a lot of eye candy and make me feel bad for being lazy and not implementing a few ideas buried deep in a corner of my head".
From here the discussion went to talks about [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]]'s question<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00141.html</ref> about a need of a gallery software "Would some gallery software help us out? E.g. we could maybe talk to Fedora Infrastructure about having a gallery install for our usage" and debates about the way to set the wallpapers from inside desktop application, which  [[User:johannbg|Jóhann B. Guðmundsson]] identified<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00142.html</ref> as important and [[User:mclasen|Matthias Clasen]] as already solved by Firefox<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00145.html</ref>.


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In parallel with the posters "ping-pong", [[MolaPahnadayan]] proposed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00018.html</ref> a lion themed T-shirt design. Later [[User:ianweller|Ian Weller]] proposed <ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00050.html</ref> a "splatter" t-shirt design, for which [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] tried<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00057.html</ref> her own variation "Here's some alternative ideas to get the same kind of look/feel without buzzing the logo so much."
=== Media Art for Fedora 11 ===


From the T-shirt talk a question was raised about the proper way to write the fedoraproject.org website address on such materials and it was answered<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00047.html</ref><ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00048.html</ref> by [[User:pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] "We do put 'join.fedoraproject.org' on our DVD/CD media, so we might want to remain consistent by using that URL. But I think leaving off 'http://'; is fine" and "I also think using 'fedoraproject.org' on its own would be fine."
[[User:herlo|Clint Savage]] asked<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00096.html</ref> on @fedora-art about one of the last design pieces needed for the Fedora 11 release, CC/DVD  labels and sleeves and he quickly followed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00129.html</ref> with an initial design "I've created some
 
initial artwork for the sleeves, but I think it needs some help" which was further improved<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00131.html</ref> by [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] "I've moved much of the lion off the design. I also removed a lot of the styles that were there to get this effect" until a final design<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00134.html</ref>. In parallel  [[User:susmit|Susmit Shannigrahi]] tried<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00154.html</ref> a version in richer colors, suitable for printing on a smaller scale.
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=== Wallpaper with or without the Lion ===
 
[[User:rodrigop|Rodrigo Padula]] expressed his dissatisfaction<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00063.html</ref> with the lion graphic not being visible in the single screen of the wallpaper for Fedora 11 (editorial note: the lion is currently used as a kind of Easter-egg for people with dual-screen setups) and called for a different way of decision-making "My sugestion isn't to 'voting on every bug and issue that comes up', but voting on artwork options for every Fedora Release to take a direction (not a final decision), to have feedback from the people that spread and use Fedora around the world. [...] For me this decision impacts all users/contributors/ambassadors, but the decision isn't clear and isn't open!" while [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] pointed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00067.html</ref> to the specific mailing list threads where the issue was discussed and underlined the need of a decision making and its downsides "There is no way to satisfy everyone with the artwork. When one person is happy, there are 5 others who are upset about it."
 
[[User:mspevack|Max Spevack]] defended Máirín's position<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00089.html</ref> "Mo has said it correctly. The purpose of Fedora is not to vote on all sorts of things. The purpose of Fedora is to provide a leadership model for individual teams to take ownership of tasks, and work those tasks to completion in an open, inclusive way. Discussing which of several options is 'most right' is perfectly fine, but in the end decisions are made by the people in the teams who are directly doing the work, or those who are active participants" and [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]] tried a compromise<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00084.html</ref> "here is my proposed solution, hope the schedule still allow it: include the right screen (the lion head) in the default package, so those wanting it don't have to download additional stuff, have only to click on 'Change Desktop Background' (as we had with the temple image)." Finally, [[User:mso|Martin Sourada]] provided<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00100.html</ref> and the situation was defused.


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Revision as of 13:09, 15 May 2009

Artwork

In this section, we cover the Fedora Artwork Project.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork

Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei

Easily Customizing the Wallpaper

William Jon McCann forwarded[1] a MSDN blog post[2] about wallpaper customization in Windows 7 and Nicu Buculei observed[3] the similarities with "Wallpapers Extras"[4], a project of the Art Team which lately had little activity lately "he plan there is to gather as many as possible images from the larger community and figure out a way to select some which we think are both good and diverse." Nicu also reminded by an old idea by a former Fedora contributor, Bryan W Clark: 'background channels'[5].

From here the discussion went to talks about Máirín Duffy's question[6] about a need of a gallery software "Would some gallery software help us out? E.g. we could maybe talk to Fedora Infrastructure about having a gallery install for our usage" and debates about the way to set the wallpapers from inside desktop application, which Jóhann B. Guðmundsson identified[7] as important and Matthias Clasen as already solved by Firefox[8].

  1. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00135.html
  2. ↑ http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/05/02/a-little-bit-of-personality.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00138.html
  4. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Wallpaper_Extras
  5. ↑ http://www.gnome.org/~clarkbw/designs/background-channels/background%20channels.html
  6. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00141.html
  7. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00142.html
  8. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00145.html

Media Art for Fedora 11

Clint Savage asked[1] on @fedora-art about one of the last design pieces needed for the Fedora 11 release, CC/DVD labels and sleeves and he quickly followed[2] with an initial design "I've created some initial artwork for the sleeves, but I think it needs some help" which was further improved[3] by Máirín Duffy "I've moved much of the lion off the design. I also removed a lot of the styles that were there to get this effect" until a final design[4]. In parallel Susmit Shannigrahi tried[5] a version in richer colors, suitable for printing on a smaller scale.

  1. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00096.html
  2. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00129.html
  3. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00131.html
  4. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00134.html
  5. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00154.html
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