FWN/Beats/Design

Artwork

In this section, we cover the Fedora Artwork Project.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork

Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei

New Posters Needed for Fedora

Paul Frields asked[1] on @fedora-art-list about a new series of posters: "'Infinity / Freedom / Voice' has been a powerful message and an excellent way to characterize the themes that went into the Fedora logo. The logo has become a completely identifiable brand for us, and the original 'triptych' posters for these themes have allowed our brand to grow throughout the community. Now, it's time for us to build a revitalized message around the more concrete themes that characterize the entire Fedora Project as a whole."

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00235.html

Mairín Duffy came up[2] with a concept fitting one of the Fedora 10 theme proposals: "I'm wondering if this could be tied into the F10 artwork theme.... I've been sketching up some steampunky doodles lately. Maybe I'll do some along these lines. Here are some steampunk-inspired ideas" (following with a list of ideas[2]) and after receiving positive feedback even with a graphic sketch [3].

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00291.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00002.html

A T-shirt Design for the Upcoming FUDCon in Brno

Max Spevack asked[1] on the Fedora Art list for a T-shirt design for the Brno FUDCon: "Since you guys did such an awesome job on the FUDCon Boston shirts, I was wondering if you'd be willing to make a few mock-ups of what a FUDCon Brno shirt would look like. I like the idea of trying to have a bit of design consistency for each year's FUDCon shirts... so maybe we could keep the front the same (switching the name of course) and doing something 'similar' on the back?"

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00259.html

The request was quickly followed[2] by a design by Nicu Buculei using, as requested, the same template as the recent FUDCon in Boston, a design which is generally liked. The discuss touched[3] on a hunt for usable Brno photos and a number of pieces of technical advice[4] from Mairín Duffy about vectorizing photos.

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00270.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00271.html

[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00305.html

The Blue Color of Fedora

Paul Frields started an interesting debate[1] about the dominant color used in Fedora graphics: "Does the Artwork team think, overall, that using a blue palette for our desktop theme (background) helps Fedora with its identity and branding? Do you want to continue that for Fedora 10?"

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00326.html

A large chorus of contributors to the Art Team expressed their support for using blue, one of the most convincing arguments came from Max Spevack[2]:"Blue = Fedora. Mix in some other stuff as appropriate, but I believe that Blue is now 'our' color. We shouldn't give that up. Ubuntu has brown, OpenSuse has green. Red Hat has red. We have blue. Personally, I like that we maintain that general blue-ish feel. Play with the shades if you like, mix in some spice and variety if you like, but I think Fedora should always be identifiable with the color blue."

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00338.html

Of course there are different opinions, like the one voiced[3] by David Nielsen: "As a user I would love to see us break free of the blue prison, it looks dated and should be put down with all manners of mercy possible. I think it hurts us to stick with the blue theme and unlike other competing distros not work towards a unified look over several cycles."

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00333.html