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Artwork

In this section, we cover the Fedora Artwork Project.

Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei

New posters needed for Fedora

PaulFrields asks[1] on the Fedora Art about a new series of posters: "'Infinity / Freedom / Voice' has been a powerful message and an excellent way to characterize the themes that went into the Fedora logo. The logo has become a completely identifiable brand for us, and the original 'triptych' posters for these themes have allowed our brand to grow throughout the community. Now, it's time for us to build a revitalized message around the more concrete themes that characterize the entire Fedora Project as a whole."

MairinDuffy comes[2] with a concept fitting one of the Fedora 10 theme proposals: "I'm wondering if this could be tied into the F10 artwork theme.... I've been sketching up some steampunky doodles lately. Maybe I'll do some along these lines. Here are some steampunk-inspired ideas" (following with a list of ideas[2]) and after receiving positive feedback even with a graphic sketch [3].

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00235.html

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00291.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00002.html

A T-shirt design for the upcoming FUDCon in Brno

MaxSpevack asks[1] on the Fedora Art list for a T-shirt design for the Brno FUDCon: "Since you guys did such an awesome job on the FUDCon Boston shirts, I was wondering if you'd be willing to make a few mock-ups of what a FUDCon Brno shirt would look like. I like the idea of trying to have a bit of design consistency for each year's FUDCon shirts... so maybe we could keep the front the same (switching the name of course) and doing something 'similar' on the back?"

The request is quickly followed by a design[2] by [NicuBuculei] using, as requested, the same template as the recent FUDCon in Boston, a design which is generally liked. The discuss touches[3] a hunt for usable Brno photos and a number of technical advices[4] from MairinDuffy about vectorizing photos.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00259.html

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00270.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00271.html

[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00305.html

The blue color of Fedora

PaulFrields starts an interesting debate[1] about the dominant color used in Fedora graphics: "Does the Artwork team think, overall, that using a blue palette for our desktop theme (background) helps Fedora with its identity and branding? Do you want to continue that for Fedora 10?"

A large chorus of contributors to the Art Team express their support for using blue, one of the most convinging arguments comming probably from MaxSpevack[2]: "Blue = Fedora. Mix in some other stuff as appropriate, but I believe that Blue is now 'our' color. We shouldn't give that up. Ubuntu has brown, OpenSuse has green. Red Hat has red. We have blue. Personally, I like that we maintain that general blue-ish feel. Play with the shades if you like, mix in some spice and variety if you like, but I think Fedora should always be identifiable with the color blue."

Of course there are different opinions, like the one voiced by DavidNielsen: "As a user I would love to see us break free of the blue prison, it looks dated and should be put down with all manners of mercy possible. I think it hurts us to stick with the blue theme and unlike other competing distros not work towards a unified look over several cycles."

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00326.html

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00338.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00333.html

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 Contributing Writer: [[NicuBuculei|Nicu Buculei]]
-=== Nodoka development ===
+=== New posters needed for Fedora ===
-After [[MartinSourada|Martin Sourada]] laid out some plans last week for the Nodoka GTK2 theme engine development, he updated the Fedora Art list with news about the topic:
+[[PaulFrields]] asks[1] on the Fedora Art about a new series of posters:
-"Considering that the Feature freeze for F10 is nearing and I haven't finished yet with the sketching, I'll push it for Fedora 11, while in Fedora 10 we'll have new notification theme [1], maybe the Echo icons and some minor improvements to the gtk theme/engine."
+"'Infinity / Freedom / Voice' has been a powerful message and an excellent way to characterize the themes that went into the Fedora logo.
+The logo has become a completely identifiable brand for us, and the original 'triptych' posters for these themes have allowed our brand to grow throughout the community.  Now, it's time for us to build a revitalized message around the more concrete themes that characterize the entire Fedora Project as a whole."
-[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00217.html
+[[MairinDuffy]] comes[2] with a concept fitting one of the Fedora 10 theme proposals: "I'm wondering if this could be tied into the F10 artwork theme.... I've been sketching up some steampunky doodles lately. Maybe I'll do some along these lines. Here are some steampunk-inspired ideas" (following with a list of ideas[2]) and after receiving positive feedback even with a graphic sketch [3].
-=== Gathering feed-back about Fedora 10 theme proposals ===
-After the first round of the theme creation process for Fedora 10 ended, [[NicuBuculei|Nicu Buculei]] started gathering[1] feed-back from the community (everyone is invited to participated, including the Fedora Weekly News readers):
+[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00235.html
-"Since the first round for F10 themes just ended, I wrote to my (infamous) blog an article[2] listing all the proposals, including thumbnails and descriptions and asked for feedback (noting that the preferred way is this mailing list). Also posted about it on FedoraForum[3]."
-[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00222.html
+[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00291.html
-[2] http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2008/07/fedora-10-themes-round-1.html
+[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00002.html
-[3] http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1050722
+=== A T-shirt design for the upcoming FUDCon in Brno ===
-=== A possible Bluecurve revival ===
+[[MaxSpevack]] asks[1] on the Fedora Art list for a T-shirt design for the Brno FUDCon:
+"Since you guys did such an awesome job on the FUDCon Boston shirts, I was wondering if you'd be willing to make a few mock-ups of what a FUDCon Brno shirt would look like.
+I like the idea of trying to have a bit of design consistency for each year's FUDCon shirts... so maybe we could keep the front the same (switching the name of course) and doing something 'similar' on the back?"
-[[AndyFitzsimon|Andy Fitzsimon]] shared[1] on the Fedora Art list a theme mockup "I didn't design it specifically for fedora but I hope someone here finds it useful for future mocks" and very quickly [[HylkeBons|Hylke Bons]] expressed his interest[2] and idea about using it in combination with his own project[3] "I think this will fit well in my attempt to ressurect Bluecurve" (Bluecurve is the venerable theme introduced in Red Hat Linux 8 and used as a default until Fedora 6).
+The request is quickly followed by a design[2] by [NicuBuculei] using, as requested, the same template as the recent FUDCon in Boston, a design which is generally liked. The discuss touches[3] a hunt for usable Brno photos and a number of technical advices[4] from [[MairinDuffy]] about vectorizing photos.
-[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00225.html
+[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00259.html
-[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00226.html
+[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00270.html
-[3] http://bomahy.nl/hylke/wip/bluetwist.png
+[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00271.html
+[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00305.html
+=== The blue color of Fedora ===
+[[PaulFrields]] starts an interesting debate[1] about the dominant color used in Fedora graphics:
+"Does the Artwork team think, overall, that using a blue palette for our desktop theme (background) helps Fedora with its identity and branding? Do you want to continue that for Fedora 10?"
+A large chorus of contributors to the Art Team express their support for using blue, one of the most convinging arguments comming probably from [[MaxSpevack]][2]:
+"Blue = Fedora. Mix in some other stuff as appropriate, but I believe that Blue is now 'our' color. We shouldn't give that up. Ubuntu has brown, OpenSuse has green. Red Hat has red. We have blue. Personally, I like that we maintain that general blue-ish feel. Play with the shades if you like, mix in some spice and variety if you like, but I think Fedora should always be identifiable with the color blue."
+Of course there are different opinions, like the one voiced by [[DavidNielsen]]:
+"As a user I would love to see us break free of the blue prison, it looks dated and should be put down with all manners of mercy possible. I think it hurts us to stick with the blue theme and unlike other competing distros not work towards a unified look over several cycles."
+[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00326.html
+[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00338.html
+[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-July/msg00333.html

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