F11 Artwork: Difference between revisions

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Fedora 11's artwork process is going to work a little differently than our artwork process has worked in the past. Rather than having multiple theme concepts competing with one another and dividing artists' time and energies, we're going to try having one theme concept (inspired by the release codename) that everyone works together on. We're hoping to produce higher-quality artwork in a more timely manner this way.

The Timeline

Key Milestones

20 Jan - Alpha freeze
01 Feb - Visual concept for F11 decided
03 Feb - Alpha release
01 Mar - First draft wallpaper ready to package for Beta
10 Mar - Beta freeze
24 Mar - Beta release
02 Apr - splashes / rest of artwork done for packaging for preview release
14 Apr - final freeze
28 Apr - Preview release
26 May - final release GA

Detailed Task Breakdown

http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-11/f-11-art-tasks.html

The Concept

We first need to works towards a solid visual concept for the F11 theme. We'll need to have this defined by Februrary 1, which gives only about 3 weeks so we need to move fast.

The Fedora 11 codename as announced 10 January 2008 is Leonidas. What is Leonidas?:

A ship in the British Royal Navy <= this is the meaning upon which the selection of the codename was based
The king of Sparta, an ancient Greek militaristic society, as portrayed in the popular recent movie 300 which has a very distinctive visual style.
A maker of Belgian chocolates
many others!

Since the Royal Navy ship definition of Leonidas is the one upon which the codename was based and is themeable, we should go with this one so we have a solid focus and move more quickly.

Nautical Theme

HMS Leonidas gives an idea for a nautical association/theme.

Nautical navigation instruments - which can be quite steampunky:
- Barographs
- Barometer
- Brass telescope
- Binoculars
- Nautical Charts
- Brass Nautical Clocks
- Nautical compass
- Sextant
- Constellations / Sky Chart
- Globe
Components of a Ship
- Port Hole
- Ship's wheel
- Hemp rope
- Sail
- Communication Flags (hang off mast)
A Ship's characters
- Captain
- Pirates
- Parrot
- Navigator guy in the little platform towards the top of the mast
Trireme

Tools

Parts of a Ship

Port Hole Wood by the_majestic_fool on Flickr, CC-BY-SA 2.0

Maps

These maps are actually old enough to be public domain! There are many beautiful maps including nautical charts made available here: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL Flickr Photo Stream

Trireme

A nice cross of the nautical and Greek theme ideas.

Greek Theme

Inspired by Leonidas of Sparta (as seen in the movie 300 :) )

Golden ratio
- Greek Architecture
  - Parthenon
- Mathematical Formulas
Hellenic Age in Greece

Quick links

(to be cleaned up later)

Leonidas of Sparta

Golden Ratio

Mock-ups

Captain's desktop (CharlieBrej)
Trireme morning (CharlieBrej)
Trireme evening (CharlieBrej)

The Temple of Zeus by palindrome6996 on Flickr, CC-BY  (Duffy)

Thermopylae-based greek concept.Pictures used:Stoa of Atallos,Epidaurus Theater,Hot springs at Thermopylae,View of Thessaly's Plain
Simple vector graphics based concept (MartinSourada), source svg Photos that can be used as reference: Greek Landscape by Kobal, Olympia Filip Temple by pufacz Ancient greek helmets by Kobal Greek mountains by Kobal Hot springs of Thermopylae by Fkerasar

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 Image:F11_Artwork_Greece_Concept_mso.png | Simple vector graphics based concept ([[MartinSourada]]), [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:F11_Artwork_Greece_Concept_mso.svg source svg] Photos that can be used as reference: [http://picasaweb.google.fr/kobal.inpacted/GreekLandscapesAndArchitecture?feat=directlink#5297850037371743602 Greek Landscape by Kobal], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olimpia_FilipTemple.JPG Olympia Filip Temple by pufacz] [http://picasaweb.google.fr/kobal.inpacted/GreekLandscapesAndArchitecture?feat=directlink#5297850971644945970 Ancient greek helmets by Kobal] [http://picasaweb.google.fr/kobal.inpacted/GreekLandscapesAndArchitecture?feat=directlink#5297850724842873586 Greek mountains by Kobal] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thermopylae_hot_springs.jpg Hot springs of Thermopylae by Fkerasar]
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+[[Image:Artwork_F11_greek-concept_mockup2_mo.png|Greek Concept 2; Field is [http://flickr.com/photos/bobydimitrov/2975402460/ |Balkan Highland Pastures by Boby Dimitrov on Flickr, CC-BY-SA]; Mountains are [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olimp_wisnia6522.jpg | Mount Olympus, Greece by Wisniowy on Wikimedia Commons,  GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version]  ([[Duffy]])]]
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