Re: [ubuntu-art] Working with Ubuntu
Welcome Eric, Thanks for contacting us, I recommend start reading [1] which would help you through your journey here, on that page you will find a lot of important stuff that you might like, other contact info. and meetings info. In case of any questions, just ask :) [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork -- Regards, Vikram Dhillon ~~~ There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. -- Linus Torvalds On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Erik Wilhelm Sturm wrote: > Hello, Art Department: > > I am a graphic artist that would like very much to contribute designs > to Ubuntu. How can I get started? You may see some of my digital work > here: http://eriksturm.info/portfolio > > I love creating icons and logos despite the fact there are not displayed > on my site. > > Best regards, > > *Erik Wilhelm Sturm* - /Artist/ > e...@ewsmedia.info <mailto:e...@ewsmedia.info> > eWs Media <http://www.ewsmedia.info> > 858.764.2979 > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Numerals for 10.04
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Hi! > > Like for 9.10, I created text figures to set the version number for > Ubuntu 10.04: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Lucid/Numerals > > The goal was to pick up the exact style of the ubuntu logotype with its > subtle drawn-and-not-constructed feel to build a whole that flows! > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > That looks amazing :D -- Regards, Vikram Dhillon ~~~ There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. -- Linus Torvalds -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Artwork Cleanup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'll help out with cleaning up, is it possible to post up some generic instructions on a wiki page, on how to divide this into sub-tasks so we can ease some burden for you :D Regards, Vikram Dhillon On 12/26/2009 06:54 PM, Andrew SB wrote: > Hi all, > > As Lucid is a Long Term Support release, I feel that this is a good > time to clean up some of the artwork releated packages in the archive. > A number of packages haven't been updated at all since Hardy, > esentially un-maintained. Some look and feel quite out-dated, and if > we are going to carry them for the life of the LTS, they're only going > to feel more so going forward. > > A list of packages maintained by Ubuntu Artwork Team can be found here: > > https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-art/+related-projects > > Bazzar branches for team maintained packages can be found here: > > https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-art-pkg > > == GDM Themes == > > As a first step, I plan on removing old GDM themes from Lucid. Unless > there are any serious objections, I will be filing removal requests > for: ubuntu-gdm-themes, feisty-gdm-themes, edgy-gdm-themes, and > gdm-themes. I will also upload versions of blubuntu-look, peace-look, > and tropic-look removing their GDM themes. We'll probably also remove > arc-colors from Lucid as well, moving the wallpapers to the > shiki-colors package. > > == Theme Packages == > > blubuntu-look > peace-look > tropic-look > industrialtango-theme > outdoors-theme > silicon-theme > resilience-theme > gray-theme > > As I mentioned above, most of these packages haven't been updated in a > few releases. In fact, it seems as if blubuntu-look isn't even > currently installable. I'd like to drive some discussion on these > themes. Which themes could just use a bit of an up-date? Which themes > should just we remove? > > One thought I had was perhaps we should just new find themes that have > the same feel but an updated look, providing an upgrade path. It might > be simpler than actually updating the old themes. Any contenders? > > Any other ideas? Comments? > > Thanks, > > - Andrew Starr-Bochicchio > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAks2pkoACgkQcoBavQdRHcyfgACgxjkXlRIV1mMi9P3oNScRvI84 tuAAn2YnCJEWPvkT3dERehZm9GcwhW0j =VMWi -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hello
On Sunday 15 November 2009 10:22:09 pm Justin Scherer wrote: > Hello, > I have been using Ubuntu for about a year now and have always liked it. I > have switched almost everything over to Ubuntu except my gaming cause the > games I play do not work well in Ubuntu. Also, I have experience with the > GIMP and also with Blender. I have a creative mind and have a few ideas to > hopefully add to this group. I am still new to programming but I am trying > to learn it. I eventually want to learn how to program a GUI for Linux. I > am happy to help anywhere that I can in this group and will be the best > that I can be. > > Justin > I have to admit, you are a good writer :) Alright you should check this out [1] to help you get started. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Tasks -- Regards, Vikram Dhillon -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Presentation Template
Those are some nice templates, but shouldn't we select a standard template that people can use like Opensolaris does [1] [1] http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+advocacy/mktgdownloads -- Regards, Vikram On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Andrew SB wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Nathan Handler wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I recently had an idea for a new art-related project. We have members of the >> community giving presentations all of the time (at LoCo events, conferences, >> etc). Currently, there is no Ubuntu presentation template that these users >> can >> use. Debian has discussed this idea at DebConf in the past [1], and they have >> created some great designs. I think it would be great if we could attempt to >> do something similar for Ubuntu. If we do this, I think we should focus on >> LaTeX Beamer and OpenOffice.org Impress, which appear to be the most popular >> methods of creating presentations on Ubuntu. I wanted to know if any members >> of the Art team would be interested in working on this project. I would be >> glad to help in any way possible, but I am definitely not creative or >> artistic enough to create a theme from scratch. I would also like to hear any >> other ideas/suggestions you might have about this project. I personally think >> that if we could come up with a decent template, it would greatly benefit the >> Ubuntu community. >> >> Thanks, >> Nathan Handler >> >> [1] >> http://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/200706_debconf7_beamer/index_en.html > > As a starting point, there actually already is a collection of 30 > pretty amazing OO Impress templates for Ubuntu (and derivatives) made > by a Nicaraguan LoCo member on SpreadUbuntu: > > http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/th/material/presentation/ubuntu-impress-templates-vol1 > > They're really well done. > > - Andrew > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
