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=== Improved Document Templates ===
=== Reimagining the Fedora Art Team ===


[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] proposed on @fedora-art a new project for Fedora 11 "finding and developing nice-looking, general-purpose templates we could then package up for programs like OpenOffice.org Writer, OpenOffice.org Impress, Scribus, Inkscape, Gimp, etc.", proposal received[2] with enthusiasm by [[SethKenlon|Seth Kenlon]], who also asked bout font requirements in those templates "does anyone know if there are special requirements in terms of fonts we could actually use and expect upstream to definitely have?", a question answered[3] quickly by Máirín "I think we should only assume users will have access to the fonts packaged for Fedora proper. If we use a font that isn't included in the default live media installation, then we should require the Fedora font package needed."
Following a talk on the chat channel, [[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] proposed on @fedora-art a reimagining of the Art Team, as a better way to define the activities encompassed by its members "The Fedora Art Team's name and focus is more on artwork than UI design. Folks in Fedora who need help with UI design or potential contributors who want to help out with UI design might not necessarily link those kinds of tasks to an art team so they might be a bit lost. What if we renamed the art team to be the 'Fedora Design & Creative Team,' and the art team as it is now would be a subgroup of this new design team? Under a 'design' banner, it might be easier for developers seeking out UI design advice to know where to go, and for community UI designers to find a home / a place to get involved." The proposal was welcomed warmly, with only a minor technical concern from [[IanWeller|Ian Weller]] "Only thing I'm worried about is renaming all the references to the Art team that we control, but, eh, whatever."


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00001.html
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00059.html


[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00008.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00063.html


[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00009.html
=== OLPC Branding ===


=== Postprocessing in Icons ===
An earlier project of the Art Team, reported back at the time in Fedora Weekly News, to create a secondary mark for Fedora derivatives came to fruition: OLPC has started to use it for Sugar and [[PaulFrields|Paul Frields]] asked for a guidelines compliance check on @fedora-art and [[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] approved it. This is the first known use of the secondary trademark.


[[MartinSourada]] raised[1] a technical debate on @fedora-art, questioning if the desktop icons should be always generated directly from the SVG sources or if some additional raster post-processing is allowed "My reason for this is that while I am unable to achieve, to my eye,
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00070.html
perfect antialiasing in some cases when using direct export in inkscape, but after exporting it in bigger size applying some filters and resizing to desired size I am able to achieve, to my eye, better results", a question still under debate, awaiting input for contributors with more experience in icon creation.


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00005.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00072.html


=== FirstAidKit Artwork ===
=== A Fedora Promo Video (Beta) ===


[[MariaLeandro|Maria Leandro]] resumed[1] the work on an older DesignService request[2] "I made some tries and finally came up something he like" a graphic received with only a small concern[3] from [[MikeLanglie|Mike Langlie]] "The Red Cross owns the trademark to the red cross icon/logo. They have sent cease and desist orders to game companies that use it as an icon for health re-ups. They do suggest using a green cross or white cross on a green background instead as a generic alternative", something easily addressed by Maria[4]
[[María Leandro|María Leandro
 
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00002.html
 
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService#Firstaidkit
 
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00003.html
 
[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00004.html
 
=== T-Shirt Logo Design Tool ===
 
Following a chat on the IRC channel, [[CharlesBrej|Charles Brej]] followed[1] on @fedora-art with a small application which can be used to create T-shirt designs flom 'tag clouds': "I wrote a little tool to create these 'word splat' things with the idea of using the generated images as the Fudcon t-shirt designs". There is a strong possibility to see a number of graphics created during the upcoming year with this tool.
 
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00026.html
 
[2] http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~brejc8/temp/try3.png

Revision as of 14:37, 12 December 2008

Artwork

In this section, we cover the Fedora Artwork Project.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork

Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei

Reimagining the Fedora Art Team

Following a talk on the chat channel, Máirín Duffy proposed on @fedora-art a reimagining of the Art Team, as a better way to define the activities encompassed by its members "The Fedora Art Team's name and focus is more on artwork than UI design. Folks in Fedora who need help with UI design or potential contributors who want to help out with UI design might not necessarily link those kinds of tasks to an art team so they might be a bit lost. What if we renamed the art team to be the 'Fedora Design & Creative Team,' and the art team as it is now would be a subgroup of this new design team? Under a 'design' banner, it might be easier for developers seeking out UI design advice to know where to go, and for community UI designers to find a home / a place to get involved." The proposal was welcomed warmly, with only a minor technical concern from Ian Weller "Only thing I'm worried about is renaming all the references to the Art team that we control, but, eh, whatever."

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00059.html

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00063.html

OLPC Branding

An earlier project of the Art Team, reported back at the time in Fedora Weekly News, to create a secondary mark for Fedora derivatives came to fruition: OLPC has started to use it for Sugar and Paul Frields asked for a guidelines compliance check on @fedora-art and Máirín Duffy approved it. This is the first known use of the secondary trademark.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00070.html

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-December/msg00072.html

A Fedora Promo Video (Beta)

[[María Leandro|María Leandro

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