[ubuntu-art] The Brickyard - Week of 11/19/2010
The following is a summary of Artwork Team activity for the week of 11/19/2010 :-) * Screenshots @ Ubuntu.com * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/Request-4 Request 4 on the project board. This topic received the most discussion and brain storming. As a result, Ivanka from the Design Team decided to place this task on hold pending further review and advice from the author of "screensh...@debian.net". * Nucleus Meeting Called * As a result of the renewed activity of the Team, Martin Owens ( "doctorno" ) scheduled an IRC meeting to discuss topics such as leadership, grievance, and other processes of the team. 11/26 - 16:00 UTC on the IRC * Xubuntu and Edubuntu Natty Wallpapers * The Xubuntu and Edubuntu communities posted requests to the project board for wallpaper submissions. If I remember correctly, there was a thread some time back where many members indicated creating wallpapers was their interest. I believe this is an excellent opportunity for the team! * Artwork Team Logo Update * The submissions are still being posted and the quality and creativity is excellent. Thank you! The deadline is closing in (12/01) but there is still time for more ideas and submissions. As I stated before this is a high visibility icon which will add value to the team and the community. Don't be shy. :-) http://www.flickr.com/groups/uawt-1/ Submissions * Personal Note of Gratitude * I could not have been more pleased to see a post on the LibreOffice list which praised the guidance given by Thorsten to that community. Unsolicited comments like this are a true indicator of the talented membership of this team. Thank you Thorsten and members for contributing your time and talent to the Ubuntu community. :-) -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/The-Brickyard---Week-of-11-19-2010-tp30261964p30261964.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Posters for Zimbabwe
Hey Raymond, OK so there are no set requirements, but there are some good guidelines and examples: http://spreadubuntu.org/en/get-materials?field_media_value_many_to_one=Poster&field_purpose_value_many_to_one=All&field_derivative_value_many_to_one=All&field_version_value_many_to_one=All You can download the sources to a lot of those posters and simply edit them for your own use and redesign elements if you like. I like using svg as it's the most flexible source format but it's up to you if you like using Inkscape. Once you've completed your poster, please do post it to spread ubuntu to share the work. Also making sure to post your sources. Best of Luck, Martin Owens On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 15:33 +0200, Raymond Swart wrote: > Hi my name is Raymond Swart and I would like to set myself a personal > task of creating posters our loco team can use in Zimbabwe. I would > like > them to be as official as possible for a loco team. Please could I > have > guidelines/requirements etc so that I may begin work on this. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] [request] Application branding
Hello everyone! Here's another thing to add to our Tasks page: it's Ubuntu-branded apps initiative led by Scott Ritchie. It first appeared in Karmic, but Ubuntu branding has changed since then, so half of artwork created for Karmic needs updating. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/branding for more info. I've looked through the current state of the effort (as delivered to Maverick desktop) and that's what I found: * Gnome-games card backs: branded, does not need updating * Gnometris background: branded, needs updating (/usr/share/branding/gnome-games/gnometris/pixmaps/gnometris.svg) * Mahjongg tiles: branded, need updating, but that's not very noticeable (/usr/share/branding/gnome-games/mahjongg/pixmaps/postmodern.svg) * GIMP splash screen: not branded; concepts: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Branding_GIMP, http://ubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/Ubuntu+Gimp+Splash, the one from example-content * OpenOffice splash (LibreOffice since Natty): not branded; concepts: http://ubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/Ubuntu+Gimp+Splash, I guess we should collaborate with LibreOffice team on this * Eclipse splash: marked branded but I haven't tested myself (and I don't quite believe it because OpenOffice is marked branded but evidently isn't); concept: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Branding_Eclipse * Blender splash: not branded, no concepts I could find I propose a branded and high-resolution Totem "nothing played" icon (really ugly since Karmic AFAIR: http://www.foopics.com/show/7e92fcc4e8792460154ac190a0f80b18) Respectfully, -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Need Help with Wallpaper Spec
On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 15:51 -0800, j_baer wrote:
> * Single image for all resolutions ( viz. aspect ratio independent )
Aspect ratio independent design is a horrible idea regarding
composition. There's not much besides undefined blurriness that won't
look wrong with another then a single intended aspect ratio.
It's also very unnecessary, as there is "Style: Zoom" in background
settings. Isn't that the default? If it is not, that's a bug!
Of course that means you have to deal with varying parts of the image
being cropped, then. See the templates at the bottom of
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Backgrounds
> * "png" file format
And/or SVG.
Eventually XCF, ORA or KRA (Krita) sources.
> * 1900 x 1200 dimensions { ? }
2560 x 1600 pixels.
> * CC license
Needs to be more specific:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
I guess national instead of the unported version are ok, though I have
no clue about what it means if a french person creates a derivative of a
work that is licensed under a spanish CC license ...
Without the Share-Alike part is OK, too.
> * Suggested palette
More in a sense of "has to go well with these colors we use in the
interface", please not in a sense of "wallpaper must be blue".
> * Theming suggestions
Suggested topics. Desired message and/or characteristics.
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Thorsten Wilms
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