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=== Icon Design ===
=== The Game ===


When [[BryanNielsen|Bryan Nielsen]], as a new contributor, tried his hand <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003381.html</ref> at a first task<ref>http://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/99</ref> "I was looking for a simple ticket item that I could tackle and ticket #99 does not have an owner and looked like something I could handle", [[User:jimmac|Jakub Steiner]], the team's guru in icon design, stepped in<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003396.html</ref> with useful advices "Indeed, the workflow goes like this - create the highres, scale it down for 48x48, remove all the detail that won't render. Get rid of all the mask tricks, put 1px strokes in place. Make sure everything snaps to the pixel grid (snap to bounding box in inkscape). Once 48x48 is down, repeat for smaller sizes. Once done, edit the icon name and context in the baseplate layer, hide the baseplate layer and render the icon with `./render-icon-theme.py icon-name`" and after a number of iterations Bryan achieved<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003419.html</ref> a good result.
The idea of a role playing game was floating for a while inside the Fedora community so after an initial talk<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003413.html</ref> on IRC [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]] sent<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003411.html</ref> a first vision "I decided to start the ball rolling by exposing my personal vision about it. I focused only on the 'gameplay', not on the implementation details", [[User:crossland|Dave Crossland]] pointed<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003412.html</ref> to video on the topic "I recommended this Google Tech Talk on applying game dymanics to programs" and [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] tries<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003453.html</ref> to assemble a working team "Here's a whenisgood link to figure out when our meeting will be on the RPG, please fill it out - it's quick & painless."


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=== Release Graphics ===
=== ‘Fedora Students Contributing’ T-Shirt' ===


Media artwork (CD/DVD sleeves and labels) are one of the lasts items needing to be done before the Fedora 14 release so [[User:inkscaper|Alexander Smirnov]] proposed<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003387.html</ref> a design "It's my proposal for create DVD/CD sleeve artwork. This concept based on our new branding font Comfortaa and Cantarel." After a suggestion<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003390.html</ref> by [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] he removed the GNOME logo and improved<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003402.html</ref> the text layout. Alexander even created<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003409.html</ref> physical products and provided photos "I created real sleeve for preview (photo from my mobile phone)." [[User:marcstewart|Marc Stewart]] built his own version<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003408.html</ref> on Alexander's layout "I am indebted to Alexander for posting his designs. Up until a few hours ago, I felt there was something missing from mine, and have shamelessly stolen the overlay and front logo, and moved the front details from the bottom-left over to the right as a consequence of incorporating these
After [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] blogged about a new bi-weekly Design Bounty<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-students-contributing-t-shirt/</ref>, "what we need is an awesome T-shirt to commemorate and celebrate the students’ accomplishments, for this past summer and for future Fedora summer programs like this. The shirts will be given out to the students, their mentors, and the sponsors of the program", [[User:crshd|Christian Brassat]] was the first to claim the task and provide<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003425.html</ref> a design "we came up with the idea of using a flower to symbolize how the students
elements."
taking part in this project are 'growing'", which was polished in a number of subsequent iterations.
 
[[User:inkscaper|Alexander Smirnov]] also created<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003403.html</ref> the countdown banner<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_Artwork_Banners_Submissions/Countdown_Translate</ref> for the Fedora 14 release "I ended make translate version my countdown banner" and [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/websites/2010-October/008622.html</ref> it to the websites list.


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=== Design Suite Leadership ===
=== Fedora 14 Graphics ===


[[User:foxmulder881|Chris Jones]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003405.html</ref> his resignation as a co-maintainer of the Fedora Design Suite "This is by no means good bye for me and my Fedora and Fedora Design Suite Spin Development contributions. It's simply a change of position to something more suited to my current choices and availabilities", [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]] made the case<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003406.html</ref> for a better collaboration "I think it would have been helpful if all of you sat down together (at the weekly IRC Design Team meetings would be a perfect opportunity), talk and fine tune your vision", [[User:ppapadeas|Pierros Papadeas]] acknowledged<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003407.html</ref> his share "I really feel that I should apologize for not being responsive the past couple of months, as I have tremendous pressure from my school and job. I am feeling deeply sorry about that" and Chris reiterated<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003417.html</ref> talk did happen, but not in public "I should probably have mentioned that all three of us did have email contact and our own meetings away from the mailing list and out of public discussion."
Gearing for the release, the Design Team is closing the last remaining tasks: [[User:inkscaper|Alexander Smirnov]] created a finished version for media art<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003460.html</ref> "I ended my DVD/CD label & sleeve artwork (include full color labels)" and [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] the 'animated' wallpapers<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003463.html</ref> "I just got these finished up and tested them out; I think they are
looking good", which are ready for packaging.


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Revision as of 08:08, 13 October 2010

Design

In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1].

Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei

  1. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork

The Game

The idea of a role playing game was floating for a while inside the Fedora community so after an initial talk[1] on IRC Nicu Buculei sent[2] a first vision "I decided to start the ball rolling by exposing my personal vision about it. I focused only on the 'gameplay', not on the implementation details", Dave Crossland pointed[3] to video on the topic "I recommended this Google Tech Talk on applying game dymanics to programs" and Máirín Duffy tries[4] to assemble a working team "Here's a whenisgood link to figure out when our meeting will be on the RPG, please fill it out - it's quick & painless."

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003413.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003411.html
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003412.html
  4. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003453.html

‘Fedora Students Contributing’ T-Shirt'

After Máirín Duffy blogged about a new bi-weekly Design Bounty[1], "what we need is an awesome T-shirt to commemorate and celebrate the students’ accomplishments, for this past summer and for future Fedora summer programs like this. The shirts will be given out to the students, their mentors, and the sponsors of the program", Christian Brassat was the first to claim the task and provide[2] a design "we came up with the idea of using a flower to symbolize how the students taking part in this project are 'growing'", which was polished in a number of subsequent iterations.

  1. ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-students-contributing-t-shirt/
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003425.html

Fedora 14 Graphics

Gearing for the release, the Design Team is closing the last remaining tasks: Alexander Smirnov created a finished version for media art[1] "I ended my DVD/CD label & sleeve artwork (include full color labels)" and Máirín Duffy the 'animated' wallpapers[2] "I just got these finished up and tested them out; I think they are looking good", which are ready for packaging.

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003460.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003463.html
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